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
《1984动物农场(珍藏版)》中描述的是对极权主义恶性发展的预言人性遭到扼杀,自由遭到剥夺,思想受到钳制,生活极度贫乏、单调。特别可怕的是:人性已堕落到不分是非善恶的程度。一段写于五十年前的绝妙政治寓言让人不寒而栗:如果有一天这一切再重现……从未在任何极权国家生活过的英国人奥威尔,何以有如此天才般的预见和洞察?其实就象丁春秋的逍遥派、东方不败的日月神教,作家们不过是透视了人性中最原始而丑陋的东西。
1996 wurde das Teatro La Fenice in Venedig vom Feuer zerst?rt.Ausgehend von dieser Trag?die gestaltet der Autor einbeeindruckendes historisches Portr?t einer einzigartig sch?nenStadt und seiner Bewohner und prominenten G?ste.
A group of friends that hasnt seen one another in years isreunited through tragedy. Working through their grief together,they find that each of their lives is impacted in ways they couldhave never foreseen, in this story of friendship, family, and lifecoming full circle.
The Awakening: Elena Gilbert is used to getting what she wantsand she wants mysterious new boy, Stefan. But Stefan is hiding adeadly secret - a secret that will change Elena's life for ever...The Struggle: Elena is torn between her boyfriend, Stefan, andhis brother, Damon. But these brothers hide dark secrets and atragic past that threatens them all. Damon wants to lead Elenaastray - and he'd rather kill Stefan than let him possess her...
So begins the ageless epic of Aeneas and his men, who areseemingly destined to wander the ancient world endlessly, theplaythings of wrathful gods. Fleeing the ruins of Troy, Aeneas mustfight his battles with little notion that Jupiter has ordained thatthe Trojan champion shall promulgate a race that will be theforebears of Rome.
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
One of the most significant works ever to emerge from SovietRussia, this novel is both a graphic picture of World War II workcamp life and a testimony to the human spirit.
Drawn from the wondrous tales told to Kipling as a child byhis Indian nurses, "Just So Stories" creates the magicalenchantment of the dawn of the world, when animals could talk andthink like people.