本书精选法国著名作家莫泊桑的39篇中短篇小说，有《羊脂球》《我的叔叔于勒》《项链》等不朽名篇，内容丰富多彩，结构巧妙动人。
本书精选法国著名作家莫泊桑的39篇中短篇小说，有《羊脂球》《我的叔叔于勒》《项链》等不朽名篇，内容丰富多彩，结构巧妙动人。
小说以主人公夏冲从4岁到31岁的经历、见闻为主要线索，时间跨度为1976年至2008年。 夏冲是一个对悲剧非常敏感的人，发现周围生活中到处是被忽略的悲剧，他的父母、少年时代的朋友等人都在各种悲剧之中，与传统悲剧不同的是，这些悲剧往往被看作是理所当然，不足为奇。小说叙述的半个爱情故事则是悲剧中的一抹暖色，女主人公戚敏与夏冲同样年轻、聪明，但更平静，也懂得安之若素。夏冲经历了三次“寂静”时期，他不清楚为什么生活如此平淡又令人激动，无论时代如何变化，这国家这生活都像一条龙，庞大、强力、野心勃勃，而主人公则像一只蝉，疏离、弱小、难以平静。当他到了成熟的年纪，成了一名律师，却仍受制于往日记忆，不得自由。2008年北京奥运会之前，中国已经成了一个崭新的国家，生活完全变了。这时夏冲回首往事，就像蝉发出了一
Inspired by Anderson's Midwestern boyhood and his adulthood inearly 20th-century Chicago, this volume gave birth to the Americanstory cycle, for which Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and laterwriters were forever indebted. Defying the prudish sensibilities ofhis time, Anderson embraced frankness and truth. Here we meet allthose whose portraits brought the American short story into themodern age.
In the early years of the 18th century,Scotland is torn by religious and political strife.Hogg's sinner,justified by his Calvinist conviction that his own salvation is pre-ordained,is suspected of involvement in a series of bizarre and ideous crimes.A century later his memoirs reveal the extraordinary,macabre truth.The tale is chilling for its astute psychological accuracy as it illuustrates,with power and economy,the dire effect of self-righteous bigotry on a fanatical character. In the first half of his new introduction David Blair provides a detailed explanation of the historical and religious contexts of Hogg's novel.In the second half he probes the book's brillliant,complex engagement with issues of identity,history and narrative itself.
His dream was to build magnificent steamboats to ply therivers of the American frontier. But when Jean Talon began hisjourney westward, he stumbled upon a deadly conspiracy involving ayoung woman's search to find her missing brother, and a ruthlessband of renegades. Led by the brazen Baron Torville, this makeshiftarmy of opportunists is plotting a violent takeover of theLouisiana Territory. Jean swears to find a way to stop this daringplan. If he doesn't, it will not only put an end to all his dreams;it will change the course of history--and destroy the promise ofthe American frontier.
一部用智慧构建和平的心灵秘史??????上世纪初，“改土归流”在康区已接近尾声，地处藏、汉、回交汇地的具有开放意识的云登格龙同康巴的所有土司一样，正经历着沉浮、恐慌与彷徨。和其他土司不同的是，他意识到土司制度必然被新的制度取代。这种悲剧式的觉醒让他了悟，如果要在多民族聚居地保住生存位置，相互间就必须学会宽容和尊重。然而，诱惑使他难以改变惯有的权力欲，于是，绝望、挣扎、希望交替出现在他的生命中……??????一曲由鲜血和忏悔谱就的人性赞歌??????彻骨的仇恨让大商人尔金呷走入了藏地世代不变的家族仇杀的怪圈。终，仇人降央土司被灭族，尔金呷家族也只有阿满初一人幸免。皈依天主教的她，多年后为父兄、为仇人唱起了《为罪人诵》……??????一段因追求爱情而开启的传奇人生??????回族青年郑云龙为情杀人，逃到康巴藏地后，才
Hopalong Cassidy is one of the most enduring and popularheroes in frontier fiction. His legendary exploits in books,movies, and on television have blazed a mythic and unforgettabletrail across the American West. Now, in the last of four HopalongCassidy novels written by Louis L'Amour, the immortal saddlemanrides again--this time into a lonely valley of danger and death.Hopalong Cassidy has received an urgent message from the dead.Answering an urgent appeal for help from fellow cowpuncher PeteMelford, he rides in only to discover that his old friends has beenmurdered and the ranch Pete left to his niece, Cindy Blair, hadvanished without a trace. Hopalong may have arrived too late tosave Pete, but his sense of loyalty and honor demands that he findthat cold-blooded killers and return to Cindy what is rightfullyhers. Colonel Justin Tradwar, criminal kingpin of the town ofKachina, is the owner of the sprawling Box T ranch, and he hasbuilt his empire with a shrewd and ruthless determination. Insearch of Pet
In this swashbuckling novel, by the author of Treasure Island,young Dick Shelton is left orphaned. So he seeks the help of themysterious Black Arrow fellowship. Brimming with adventure andsuspense, this is a portrait of England during the War of theRoses, when many, like Dick, were torn between their loyalties.
The original vampire Since its publication in 1897, Dracula continues to terrify readerswith its depiction of a vampire with an insatiable thirst for bloodand the group of hunters determined to end his existence before hedestroys a young woman's soul.
父亲一生都在为我们做着基石，把我们使劲向最理想的高度托，托着托着，不知不觉间自己就累弯了腰，老了。 ?? ?? ???这一生，无论我们人生的坐标有多高，都高不出那份父爱的高度。 ?? ?? ??所谓大音希声，大爱无言。就像阳光和空气一样，父爱无处不在，拥有了父爱，我们就会拥有一份永远不会褪色的至爱亲情。 ?? ?? ???在儿女眼中，父亲的角色定位似乎是明晰的，但更多的时候，父亲的角色定位潜藏在他们高贵的品质中。 ?? ?? ??父爱是本书，一本水远也读不完的书…… ?? ?? ???本书主要是以父爱为主题的文章。拥有了父爱，我们就拥有了做人的自尊，也能活出做人的伟岸。有一种爱让我们震撼，让我们流泪，甚至让我们无所适从。这就是父爱源于血脉亲情之间深沉的父爱。父爱是本书，一本永远也读不完的书……
A nineteenth-century American travels back in time to sixth-century England in this darkly comic social satire. THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information A chronology of the author's life and work A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader's own interpretations Detailed explanatory notes Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to the
With these words, Washington Irving expresses the dilemma ofevery American artist in the nineteenth century. The Sketch-Book(1820-1) looks simultaneously towards audiences on both sides ofthe Atlantic, as Irving explores the uneasy relationship of anAmerican writer to English literary traditions. He sketches aseries of encounters with the cultural shrines of the parentnation, and in two brilliant experiments with tales transplantedfrom Europe creates the first classic American short stories, 'RipVan Winkle' and 'The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow'. The result wasnot only a hugely successful travel book; it exerted a strongformative influence on American writers from Nathaniel Hawthorneand Edgar Allan Poe to Henry James, and is well worth rediscoveryin its own right today. Based on Irving's final revision of hismost popular work, this new edition includes comprehensiveexplanatory notes of The Sketch-Book's sources for the modernreader. In her introduction, Susan Manning suggests that the authorforged a new idiom
Oliver Twist was Dickens's second novel and one of his darkest, dealing with burglary, kidnapping, child abuse, prostitution, and murder. Alongside this gallery of horrors are the corrupt and incompetent institutions of 19th-century England set up to address social problems and instead making them worse. The author's moral indignation drives the creation of some of his most memorably grotesque characters: squirming, vile Fagin; brutal Bill Sykes; the brooding, sickly Monks; and Bumble, the pompous and incorrigibly dense beadle. Clearly, a reading of this work must carry the author's passionate narrative voice while being flexible and broad enough to define the wide range of character voices suggested by the text. John Wells's capable but bland reading only suggests the rich possibilities of the material. Restraint and Dickens simply don't go together. The abridgment deftly and seamlessly manages to deliver all major characters and plot lines, but there are many superior audiobook versions of this material, bo
Barnabus Pike is no gunfighter and not much of a streetfighter. Eddie Holt is a black boxer in a white man's world.They've both taken their share of hard knocks. Now they're lookingto survive a brutal winter in a remote Montana line shack, collecttheir pay, and settle down for good. Then they cross paths with ahardworking Irish immigrant and his beautiful, spirited sister,who've been burned off their land. It's a fight Pike and Holt don'twant, don't need, and don't dare turn their backs on--especiallywhen one of the perpetrators might be one of Pike's old friends.Hunted like animals across the frozen countryside, Pike and Holtwill risk everything--including their reputations, theirdreams--and their lives.
This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasantwoman in a primitive village in India whose whole life is a gallantand persistent battle to care for those she loves-an unforgettablenovel that "will wring your heart out" (Associated Press).
With an Introduction by Richard Jenseth, St Lawrence University The Red Badge of Courage is one of the greatest war novels of all time. It reports on the American Civil War through the eyes of Henry Fleming, an ordinary farm boy turned soldier. It evokes the chaos and the dull clatter of war: the acrid smoke, the incessant rumours of coming battles, the filth and cold, the numbing monotony, the unworldly wailing of the dying. Like an impressionist painter, Crane also captures the strange beauty of war: the brilliant red flags against a blue sky, steel bayonets flashing in the morning sun as soldiers step off into battle. In the midst of this chaotic outer world, he creates an intricate inner world as he takes us inside the head of Henry Fleming.
Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title—offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. This edition of The Turn of the Screw includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword.
Novel by Ivan Turgenev, published in 1862 as Ottsy i deti.Quite controversial at the time of its publication, Fathers andSons concerns the inevitable conflict between generations andbetween the values of traditionalists and intellectuals. Thephysician Bazarov, the novel's protagonist, is the most powerful ofTurgenev's creations. He is a nihilist, denying the validity of alllaws save those of the natural sciences. Uncouth and forthright inhis opinions, he is nonetheless susceptible to love and by thatfact doomed to unhappiness. In sociopolitical terms he representsthe victory of the revolutionary nongentry intelligentsia over thegentry intelligentsia to which Turgenev belonged. At the novel'sfirst appearance the radical younger generation attacked itbitterly as a slander, and conservatives condemned it as toolenient in its characterization of nihilism.
What's the truth behind the legend of the hound of theBaskervilles? Is it really a devil-beast that's haunting the lonelymoors? Enter Sherlock Holmes to find the answer, in this, the onlyfull-length novel ever written by the creator of one of the mostpopular and enduring detective series ever written.
This specially commissioned selection of Conrads matchless short stories includes such favourites as Youth. a modern epic of the sea; The Secret Sharer. a thrilling psychological drama: An Outpost of Progress.a blackly comic prelude to Heart of Darkness; Amy Foster. a moving story of a shipwrecked, alienated Pole: and The Lagoon and Karain. two exotic, exciting Malay tales. II Conde and The Tale are subtle portrayals of bewildered outrage: An Anarchist and The Infomer are sardonic depictions of revolutionaries:and Prince Roman is a tale of magnificent, doomed heroisrn set in Conrads native Poland during the Uprising of 1831. Both those new to Conrads work and those familiar with his novels will delight in this wide-ranging collection.
