《悲惨世界》是雨果最重要的作品。在这部小说中，雨果刻画了从拿破仑滑铁卢的失败直到反对七月王朝的人民起义这一阶段的历史面貌，绘制了一幅规模宏大的社会和政治生活的图画。书中描述了在逃犯冉·阿让和流落街头的妇女芳汀，还有她的女儿珂赛特三位中心人物的悲惨遭遇，愤怒地谴责和控诉了造成这一切不合理和不公平现象的原因。 此次收入“丛书”，特为中小学生课外阅读制作，书前配有“导读”，书后有“知识链接”，以给青少年朋友以必要阅读指引和知识积累。
唐代传奇即唐代的短篇小说，内容主要表现唐代的生活，以所写故事及人物命运来表达作者的思想。由于作品大多描写人世真情，因此引起广大民众的共鸣和欣赏，受到社会的广泛喜爱。其中还有如《任氏传》《柳毅传》《霍小玉传》等名篇，不断被后世的戏曲和白话小说所改编流传，并由此走进民间大众，成为中国脍炙人口的故事。 为了继承中国的优秀文化遗产，使文明古国的传统文化得以发扬光大，我们精选了中国唐代传奇名著10篇，以古籍原著加今、英译的形式出版。译文力求准确、流畅，使读者能够直面中国古代文化之精华，并在阅读中受益。 唐代传奇曾被译成英、日等外文出版流传。本书所选作品，由已故的张友鹤先生等校订，王中立先生作了今译，杨宪益、戴乃迭夫妇完成英译。
俄罗斯伟大作家列夫·托尔斯泰的《战争与和平》是世界文学目前一部不朽名著。作家以一八一二年拿破仑入侵俄国为中心，描写俄国人民奋起抗击侵略者的英勇场景。本书具有史诗的气魄，画面广阔，人物众多。书中既有俄国和西欧重大历史事件的记叙，又有故事情节的虚构；既写了金戈铁马、刀光血影的战斗，又写了安逸宁静的日常生活；既有慷慨激昂的议人论世，又有细腻婉约的抒情述怀。作者以高超的艺术技巧塑造了一系列鲜明的人物形象，写尽了各种人情世态。著名作家屠格涅夫称这部小说为“伟大作家的伟大作品”，说从中可以“更加直接和更加准确地了解俄罗斯人民的性格和气质以及整个俄国生活”，读它“胜过读几百部有关民族学和历史的著作”。
菲尔丁的代表作《汤姆琼斯》是一部传记体小说，叙述了弃婴汤姆在虐待中成长，被逐出家门，与恋人苏菲亚破裂，各自历尽重重磨难和诱惑，最后他身世之谜大白，并与苏菲亚团圆。作品富有创造性，同时继承和发扬了英国幽默讽刺文学的传统，被视为英国小说发展目前的里程碑。
《契诃夫短篇小说精选》 契诃夫著，汝龙译的《契诃夫短篇小说精选(经典名著口碑版本)/阅读丛书》收入了《变色龙》《苦恼》《万卡》《套中人》等契诃夫很为经典的短篇小说。所收入的这些小说都是具有很高艺术成就，不仅是作家的代表作，也是十九世纪末俄国文学的杰作。契诃夫作品很突出的艺术特点是：真实、朴素、幽默。他把文体的简朴和语言的洗练看作是艺术的优选标准。他的作品取材于平凡的生活，表现的却是重大的社会问题，内容深邃，文笔精练，形象鲜明，语调舒缓，读者在掩卷之余，总有余味无穷之感。 《欧·亨利短篇小说精选》 欧·亨利被全世界读者认可为20世纪初优选的短篇小说家，直到今天，故事结局的精彩转折依然被称为“欧·亨利式结尾”。他的故事展现出令人啼笑皆非的悲悯、独特的幽默和不到很后一秒保证猜不到的结局。它们
《安徒生童话选》精选了丹麦作家安徒生的69篇童话故事。安徒生的童话具有丰富的幻想，天真烂漫的构思和朴素的幽默感。他以满腔热情表达了他对人间的爱，对人间的关怀，对人的尊严的重视，对人类进步的赞颂。安徒生童话作为世界经典，伴随着许多代人度过了难忘的童年。
寓言是一种历史悠久而生命力强大的古老文体，虽多形制短小，却有丰厚的内涵。中国古代寓言大多数以人物故事为载体，说理深刻透辟，包含许多人生智慧。 中国先秦时期寓言创作很为兴盛，不少寓言作者是世界品质的思想家。《庄子》、《列子》中的寓言，想象飞驰，语言富丽，表现了道家重道、贵虚、齐物、逍遥的思想；《韩非子》中的寓言，文字简洁准确，表现了法家因时变法、严刑峻法的主张；《战国策》中的寓言，手法铺张，气势宏伟，针对外交、内政、军事方面的大事，随机应变，往往能够收到化险为夷的效果。 本书从这些先秦有名典籍中编选了许多寓言，同时还收录了后世其他寓言佳作，共选取121篇作品。它们流传广，饱含智慧，对文学创作和语言的发展影响很大。 本书英译者为有名文学翻译家杨宪益、戴乃迭先生。
《十日谈》是欧洲文学目前第一部现实主义巨著，约写于1349-1353年间。作品开头有个序曲，叙述了在佛罗伦萨瘟疫流行的背景下，十名青年男女在一所乡村别墅里避难时所发生的事情。十个青年每人每天讲一个故事，十天共讲了一百个故事，故名《十日谈》。每篇故事长短不一，内容包罗万象，而人文主义思想是贯穿全书的一条主线。
Yuan Longping, the renowned and respected Chinese scientist often taken for a farmer, has found the world a way out of famine. Unde-terred by the prevailing ignorance of heterosis in rice and other self-pollinating plants, he has dedicated himself to research into hybrid rice since the 1960s, and his feats have won him the accolade "father of hybrid rice" and earned him the honor of being made foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences Why is Yuan so obsessed by hybrid rice research? How did he manage with such simple conditions, scarce aterials, backward technol-ogy and insufficient information? What global impacts will Yuan and his team have? This book may give the answers.
The Palace of Eternal Youth is one ofthe most important classic repertory pieces of Knn Opera. It'sabout the tragic love sloty of Tahng Emperor Li Longji and hisimperial concubine Yang Yuhuan one of the most inspiring beautiesin Chinese history. Their legend conveys the universal value thattrue love will transcend the boundaries of time and overcome alldiMculuies. This book with plain words; intends to help foreignreaders understand the story and appreeiate classic Chineseopera.
From Emperor to Citien is the autobiography of Pu Yi, the man who was the last emperor of China. A unique memoir of the first half of the 20th century as seen through the eyes of one born to be an absolute monarch, the book begins with the author's vivid account of the last, decadent days of the Ching Dynasty,and closes with an introspective self-portrait of the last Ching emperor transformed into a retiring scholar and citizen of the People's Republic of China. In detailing the events of the fifty years between his ascension to the throne and the final period of his life as a quiet-living resident of Beijing, Pu Yi reveals himself to be first and foremost a survivor, caught up in the torrent of global power struggles and world conflict that played itself out on the Asian continent through many decades of violence and upheaval. This firsthand de*ion of the dramatic events of Pu Yi's life was the basis for the intemationally acclaimed 1987 Bemardo Bertolucci film The Last Emperor which was named Be
寓言是一种历史悠久而生命力强大的古老文体，虽多形制短小，却有丰厚的内涵。中国古代寓言大多数以人物故事为载体，说理深刻透辟，包含许多人生智慧。 中国先秦时期寓言创作为兴盛，不少寓言作者是世界一流的思想家。《庄子》、《列子》中的寓言，想象飞驰，语言富丽，表现了道家重道、贵虚、齐物、逍遥的思想；《韩非子》中的寓言，文字简洁准确，表现了法家因时变法、严刑峻法的主张；《战国策》中的寓言，手法铺张，气势宏伟，针对外交、内政、军事方面的大事，*应变，往往能够收到化险为夷的效果。 本书从这些先秦著名典籍中编选了许多寓言，同时还收录了后世其他寓言佳作，共选取121篇作品。它们流传广，饱含智慧，对文学创作和语言的发展影响很大。 本书英译者为著名文学翻译家杨宪益、戴乃迭先生。
The Peach Blossom Fam is a greatmasterpiece of Kun opera and has been a favorite of Chineseaudiences for more than300 years, it takes the love story betweenthe Revival Society poet Hou Fanyu and the beautiful rivercourtesan Li Xiangiun as its basis; but as a historical epic, itreflects the brief splendor and fall of the short-lived SouthernMing dynasty. This book, with plain words, intends to help foreignreaders understand the story and appreciate classic Chineseopera.
清代初期的历史剧《长生殿》，是中国古代戏曲史上杰出的作品之一，作者洪升（1645—1704）于康熙二十七年（1688）完成。 《长生殿》讲述的是中国历史上唐朝皇帝李隆工（712—756年在位）和贵妃杨玉环之间的爱情情故事。这是一个由史实演绎而成、历代相传的传奇故事，作者供升继承了前人的成就，用人间天上、现实与幻景交错的戏曲艺术手法，将这对帝妃之间“在天愿为比翼鸟，在地愿为连理枝”的生殆恋情描绘得出神入化，凄婉动人。作品同时还反映了当时朝廷内外复杂的矛盾斗争，勾勒出悲欢离合家国兴衰的历史风貌，成为这类题材中成就、影响*的戏曲作品。剧作一经问世，当即产生了巨大的社会反响，成为剧坛竞相传抄和演出的剧目。 全剧共分为五十出，曾被译成英、日、俄等外文出版流传。本次出版，采用的是由徐朔方先生校订，杨宪益、戴乃
Trouble on Black Wind Mountain, tells how the Tang Priest's cassock is stolen by the Black Bear Spirit when Monkey shows it off at the Guanyin Monastery. To get it back, Monkey makes trouble on the Black Wind Mountain before the Bodhisattva Guanyin agrees to help subdue the Black Bear Spirit and get the cassock back.
The Peony pavilion is one of Tang's"Four Dreams" and has traditionally been performed as a Kun opera.The opera tells a romantic love story of Du Liniang and LiuMengmei, with its focuses on love, beauty, relationship, andmarriage.This passionate story has always been considered a Chinesenalional treasure, and continues to resonate with audienceeverywhere, even in this modern day and age. This book, with plainwords, intends to help foreign readers understand the story andappreciate classic Chinese opera.
Stealing the Golden Bells, tells how Monkey cures the king of Purpuria of his illness. Monkey learns that the queen has been kidnapped by a demon doing harm in the kingdom. He manages to enter the demon's cave, steal his magic golden bells, subdue him and rescue the queen.
The MONKEY SERIES are picture books based on the ancient Chinese fantasy novel Journey to the West, a story rich in tales about demons and monsters who try to stop the Tang Priest Xuanzang from reaching the Thunder Monastery in India to fetch Buddhist *ures. The real hero of this novel,loved for four hundred years by Chinese readers, is the resourceful, brave and humorous Monkey.
Since the appeance of this play TheRomance of the Western Chamber in the thirteenth century, it hasenjoyed unparalleled popularity. The play has given rise toinnumerable sequels, parodies, and rewritings; it has influencedcountless later plays, short stories, and novels and has played acrucial role in the development of drama crilicism. The theme ofthe drama is an attack on feudal mores, supporting the longing ofyoung people in those days for freedom of marriage, although itfollows the timeworn pattern of a gifted scholar and a beautifullady falling in love at first sight. This book, with plain words,intends to help foreign readers understand the story and appreciateclassic Chinese opera.
The Beginnings of Monkey tells how Monkey is born when a magic stone on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit splits open, how he becomes the Handsome Monkey King, how he sails across the seas to learn great magical powers,and how he comes back home to deal with the demons who have taken over the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit.
The MONKEY SERIES are picture books based on the ancient Chinese fantasy novel Journey to the West, a story rich in tales about demons and monsters who try to stop the Tang Pdest Xuanzang from reaching the Thunder Monastery in India to fetch Buddhist *ures. The real hero of this novel,loved for four hundred years by Chinese readers, is the resourceful, brave and humorous Monkey.
