主人公格罗佛是个十二岁的男孩，在打工休假时与姐姐偷溜进城，却不幸感染伤寒死去。小说讲述格罗佛死后，家人对他的记忆。 ……光来了又走、走了又来……一则故事，四个视角，四样落失之感，四种人生领悟。 此作结构精巧，探究亲密家人离世后，生者如何反刍记忆、怀抱失落，并在未来人生中安排一个位置给那已然落失者，让其继续活。 ……事情的发展 偏离我们当初设想的样子……然后又渐渐逝去，变得好像从未发生过……好像那些都只存在于我们的梦境……你现在听懂我的意思了没？……就好像那些都只是我们从别处听来的，都只是他人的遭遇……接下来，我们才会再度忆起事情的全貌。
The series of which this title forms a part examines the wayin which all the major editions of Shakespeare's plays have beeninterpolated by a series of editors who have been systematicallychanging Shakespeare's texts from the 18th century onwards. Thistext looks at "Measure for Measure". --This text refers to anout of print or unavailable edition of this title.
A tale of two sisters Two sisters of opposing temperaments are brought to a closerunderstanding by their mutual disappointments—and true love finallytriumphs when sense gives way to sensibility and sensibility tosense. Austen’s insightful representation ofearly-nineteenth-century middle-class provincial life makes hernovels the enduring works on the mores and manners of her time.
Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens lifetime. He had always loved a good ghost story himself,particularly at Christmas time,and was open-minded,the existence of spirits.His natural inclinations toward drama and the macabre made him a brilliant teller of ghost tales,and in the twelve stories presented here,which include his celebrated A Christmas Carol,the full range of his gothic talents can be seen.Chilling as some of these stories are,Dickens has managed to inject characteristically grotesque comedy as he writes of revenge,insanity,pre-cognition and dream visions,he indulges also in some debunking of contemporary credulity.
The debut of an American original. Here is the accomplished first novel that catapulted F. ScottFitzgerald to literary fame-at the age of 23. It follows theeducation-intellectual, spiritual, and sexual-of young AmoryBlaine.
Purchase of this book includes free trial access towww.million-books.com where you can read more than a million booksfor free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: IllSTEVE TREATS It was for several minutes, I suppose, that I stooddrawing these silent morals. No man occupied himself with me. Quietvoices, and games of chance, and glasses lifted to drink, continuedto be the peaceful order of the night. And into my thoughts brokethe voice of that card-dealer who had already spoken so sagely. Healso took his turn at moralizing. "What did I tell you?" heremarked to the man for whom he continued to deal, and whocontinued to lose money to him. "Tell me when?" " Didn't I tell youhe'd not shoot ? " the dealer pursued with complacence. " You gotready to dodge. You had no call to be concerned. He's not the kinda man need feel anxious about." The player looked over at theVirginian, doubtfully. " Well," he said, " I don't know what youfolks call a dangerous man." " Not him " exclaimed the dealer withadmi
An international team of scholars offers:?? modernised, easilyaccessible texts?? ample but unobtrusive academic guidance??attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stagehistory?? informative illustations, including reconstructions ofearly performances --This text refers to an out of print orunavailable edition of this title.
Jack London's adventure masterpiece is not only a vivid account of the Klondike gold rush and North American Indian life, but it is also an intriguing study of the effects different environments have on an individual. Celebrate the centennial anniversary of the classic tale of a wolf-dog who endures great cruelty before he comes to know human kindness.
Wrongfully imprisoned for fourteen years, Edmond Dantes escapesto the island of Monte Cristo. What awaits him there is a fortunein gold-and a new identity with which to persue his revenge andredemption.
在线阅读本书 An international team of scholars offers:?? modernised, easilyaccessible texts?? ample but unobtrusive academic guidance??attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stagehistory?? informative illustations, including reconstructions ofearly performances --This text refers to an out of print orunavailable edition of this title.
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) relates Thomas De Quincey's early life and experiences of opium addiction at the time when that drug was widely used for the relief of pain, and before its addictive qualities were properly understood. It is a work which encompasses amusement with nightmare as the author experiences in turn the marvels of opium-induced dreams and equally vivid nightmares which are their counterpart.
If there ever has been a groundbreaking edition that likewisereturns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be theApplause Folio Texts. If there has ever been an accessible versionof the Folio, it is this edition, set for the first time in modernfonts. The Folio is the source of all other editions. The Foliotext forces us to re-examine the assumptions and prejudices whichhave encumbered over four hundred years of scholarship andperformance. Notes refer the reader to subsequent editorialinterventions, and offer the reader a multiplicity ofinterpretations. Notes also advise the reader on variations betweenFolios and Quartos. The heavy mascara of four centuries ofShakespearean glossing has by now glossed over the originalcountenance of Shakespeare's work. Never has there been a Folioavailable in modern reading fonts. While other complete Folioeditions continue to trade simply on the facsimile appearance ofthe Elizabethan "look," none of them is easily and practicallyutilized in general Shakespeare
《世界文学5000年》作为“彩色人文历史”系列丛书的一种，力求通过百科全书式的编辑理念，打造一部全新的世界文学读本。书中采用故事体的形式，将世界文学的发展与演进娓娓道来，融知识性、趣味性于一体。100多位文学大师、200多篇传世佳作、150千字美文，全面展示5000年人类智慧的结晶。同时，与正文契合的400余幅精美插图和丰富多彩的专栏板块全方位展示世界文学的丰富内涵，使读者在轻松获取知识的同时，获得更为广阔的文化视臣野、审美感受和想象空间。生动的文字，多彩的图片，新颖的版式，多种视觉要素的有机结合，组一幅内容宏大的文化地图，让文学史变得轻松有趣，历史，文学，艺术，设计，文化的精彩融合，带你步入愉快的彩色读书之旅。
Widely regarded as the first modern novel, Miguel de Cervantes's literary masterwork chronicles the exploits of noble knight-errant Don Quixote of la Mancha and his squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel throughout sixteenth-century Spain seeking glory and grand adventure.
The epic tale of Don Quixote and his faithful squire, SanchoPanza, and their picaresque adventures in the world of seventeenthcentury Spain, form the basis of one of the great treasures ofWestern literature - a book that is both a hilarious satire of thechivalric code and a biting portrayal of an age in which nobilitycan be a form of madness. This brand-new, thoroughly moderntranslation, and the extensive introduction and footnotes, makeCervantes' masterpiece more delightful and accessible to Englishreaders than ever before.
《地球杀场》是一部英雄史诗般的科幻小说。故事发生在公元三千年的时候，地球已被外星入侵者——塞库洛统治了若干个世纪。塞库洛用毒气毁灭地球人类，对捕获到的幸存者施以暴虐；他们依靠庞大的星系矿业公司，主宰着银河系。 在洛基山脉的一个贫瘠荒凉的小山村，幸存的人类过着野蛮人的生活。乔尼·泰勒决定出走山庄，去寻找乐土，不幸落入塞库洛的魔爪。在其他幸存者：苏格兰人、中国人、俄国人的帮助之下，乔尼巧妙地与宇宙间邪恶势力周旋，并运用人类的智慧，战胜了塞库洛和别的企图瓜分地球的外星入侵者。
