本书由三个文本组成。 *个文本是D（狄亚努斯）的日志，它构成了被称为 鼠的故事 的*部分。这部分以D的视角展开，记述了他与B的情乱，同时，在这场混乱的激情中，A（阿尔法主教）作为一个衔接D与B之关系的人物在场。 *部分也涉及了D与E的情乱，而这构成了第二个文本的记述核心。第二部分被称为 狄亚努斯 ，是A的笔记。这部分以A的视角展开。 这两个文本共同结构了本书的故事。被称为 俄瑞斯忒斯 的第三部分则更像是一个总的视角，或者说，一则诗性概述。它由诗歌和诗论组成。巴塔耶写道： 为了在一片明显的不可能中抓住一丝可能，我必须首先想象相反的情境。

For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettablecharacters, and language that brilliantly captures the livelyrhythms of American speech, no American writer comes close to MarkTwain. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of Twain'sinimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the bitingsatire of his later years. Every one of his sixty stories is here:ranging from the frontier humor of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog ofCalaveras County," to the bitter vision of humankind in "The ManThat Corrupted Hadleyburg," to the delightful hilarity of "Is HeLiving or Is He Dead?" Surging with Twain's ebullient wit andpenetrating insight into the follies of human nature, this volumeis a vibrant summation of the career of-in the words of H. L.Mencken-"the father of our national literature."

Called out of retirement to serve as the new president`s national security adviser jack ryan quickly realizes that the prolbems of peace are fully as comples as those of ear enemies have become friends ,friends enemies and even the form of conflict has changed ,when one of those new enemies readies a strike not only at america`s territory ,but at the heart of her economy ,it is ryan who must somehow prepare an untested president to meet the challenge. for there is a debt of honour to be paid-and the price will be terrifyingly high……

Christina Rossetti is widely regarded as the most considerablewoman poet in England before the twentieth century. No reading ofnineteenth century poetry can be complete without attention to thisprolific and popular poet. Rosetti's inner life dominates herpoetry, exploring loss and unattainable hope. Her divine poems havea freshness and toughness of thought, while many of her love poemsare erotic, and as often express love for women as for men. Thevaried threads of Rossetti's concerns are drawn together in what isperhaps her greatest poem, the strange and ambiguous 'GoblinMarket.304'.

Beowulf is the longest surviving poem of Anglo-Saxon England. Beowulf, a young warrior of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, king of the Danes, in his time of need. He first fights the hellish Grendel, then struggles with Grendel's no less fearsome mother in her hall beneath the cold waters of the mere. More than fifty years later Beowulf, now king of the Geats, must face his final challenge in the shape of a huge and terrifying dragon. But Beowulf is not just an adventure story. Other tales of war, feuding, and loss in less mythical worlds are interwoven with the main plot in such a way as to force readers to ask questions about the heroic code; equally thought-provoking are the juxtaposition of virtuous and vicious characters, the presence of some women who are helpless victims and others who exert a strong influence on men, and above all the fact that the characters are pagan while the poet is clearly (though not insistently) Christian. Marc Hudson's thoughtful modern English version combines readab

Plutarch's Lives is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time.In what is by far his most famous and influential work.Plutarch reveals the character and personality of his subjects and how they led ultimately to tragedy or victory,Richly anecdotal and full of detail,it contains profiles and comparsons of Romulus and Theseus,Numa and Lycurgus,Fabius and Pericles,and exaggerate.All classes of people have taken delight in them,from kings to shepherds,and it is fair to say that the influnce has always been wholesome,Not only do some of the greatest perods of the world's history,but also offer,in a concrete and inspiring form,the ideals of human character in the antique world incarnated in a series of great heroic figures.Of few books can it be said with shch assurance that they will remain a pemanent possession of the race.

"The Star Rover" is the story of San Quentin death-row inmateDarrell Standing, who escapes the horror of prison life--and longstretches in a straitjacket--by withdrawing into vivid dreams ofpast lives, including incarnations as a French nobleman and anEnglishman in medieval Korea. Based on the life and imprisonment ofJack London's friend Ed Morrell, this is one of the author's mostcomplex and original works. As Lorenzo Carcaterra argues in hisIntroduction, "The Star Rover" is "written with energy and force,brilliantly marching between the netherworlds of brutality andbeauty." This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the textof the first American edition, published in 1915.

A big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by ourmaster chronicler of the way we live now. As a police launch speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay-with ourhero, officer Nestor Camacho, on board-Tom Wolfe is off and runningheadlong into the only city in the world where people from adifferent country with a different language and a different culturehave taken over at the ballot box. This melting pot is full of hard cases who just won't melt,damn it: a Cuban mayor; a black police chief; a hot young reporterand a timid editor of the Miami Herald, both WASPs who went toYale; an Anglo sex-addiction psychiatrist who keeps his lovelyLatina nurse, Magdalena, in his bed and his star patient, aporn-addicted billionaire, on a string; a status-addled Haitianprofessor who thinks he's really French and wants his pale-skinneddaughter to "pass" and his Creole-spouting son to be quiet. Then there are the clueless collectors who "See it! Like it!Buy it!," spending tens of millions per minute on

Shakespeare became famous as a dazzling poet before most peopleeven knew that he wrote plays. His sonnets are the Englishlanguage's most extraordinary anatomy of love in all itsdimensions-desire and despair, longing and loss, adoration anddisgust. To read them is to confront morality and eternity in thesame breath. Produced under the editorial supervision of JonathanBate and Eric Rasmussen, two of today's most accomplishedShakespearean scholars, The Sonnets and Other Poems includes all ofShakespeare's sonnets, the long narrative poems "Venus and Adonis"and "The Rape of Lucrece," and several other shorter works.Incorporating definitive texts and authoritative notes from WilliamShakespeare: Complete Works, this unique volume also includes anexpanded Introduction by Jonathan Bate that places the poems inliterary and historical context and illuminates their relationshipto Shakespeare's dramatic writing. Also featured are key factsabout the individual selections; an index of the first lines of thesonnets; a chron

The internationally acclaimed autbor of The Satanic Verses crses creates a stunning literary masterpiece,brilliantly intermingling the themes of love,loss,music,myth,relism,bistory,and pop culure,wbile belling a captivating story of epic protortions "This is Rushdie at his absolute,almost nisolently global best-his adroit mastery of language serves brilliantly imagined characters and a mesmerizing narrative Completely scductive"-Toni Morrison 作者简介 SAMAN RUSHDIE has written six previous novels.Grimus,Midnight's Children,Shame,The Satanic Verses,Haroun and the Sea of Storiesm,and The Moor's Last Sigh as well as a collection of short stories and three nonfiction works.

Book De*ion This work tells the storyof 30 pilgrims who meet by chance at the Tabard Inn in Southwark,London, and journey together to the shrine of St Thomas Becket inCanterbury cathedral. To pass the time along the way, they tellstories to one another, shot through with cunning wit and dryhumour. About this book: Geoffey Chaucer (c.1340-1400) was one of thefinest storytellers in the English language, as well as being agreat poet and an accomplished prose writer. The Canterbury Tales,although incomplete at the time of Chaucer's death, is generallyregarded as his greatest work. The Canterbury Tales tells the storyof 30 pilgrims who meet by chance at the Tabard Inn in Southwark,London and journey together to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket inCanterbury cathedral. To pass the time along the way, they tellstories to one another. The Tales themselves range from theexemplary saints' lives told by the nuns, to the bawdy, comic talesof the miller and the reeve, always shot through with Chaucer'scunning wit and dr

One of the last plays Shakespeare penned on his own, TheWinter’s Tale is a transcendent work of death and rebirth,exploring irrational sexual jealousy, the redemptive world ofnature, and the magical power of art. Under the editorial supervision of Jonathan Bate and EricRasmussen, two of today’s most accomplished Shakespearean scholars,this Modern Library series incorporates definitive texts andauthoritative notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works. Eachplay includes an Introduction as well as an overview ofShakespeare’s theatrical career; commentary on past and currentproductions based on interviews with leading directors, actors, anddesigners; scene-by-scene analysis; key facts about the work; achronology of Shakespeare’s life and times; and black-and-whiteillustrations. Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers,these modern and accessible editions from the Royal ShakespeareCompany set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for thetwenty-first century

Once again, Carlos Ruiz Zafón takes us into a dark, gothicBarcelona and creates a breathtaking tale of intrigue, romance, andtragedy. At the beginning of this powerful, labyrinthian thriller,David Martin, a pulp fiction writer struggling to stay afloat, isholed up in an abandoned mansion in the heart of Barcelona,furiously tapping out story after story, becoming increasinglydesperate and frustrated. When he is approached by a mysteriouspublisher offering a book deal that seems almost too good to bereal, David leaps at the chance. But as he begins the work, andafter a visit to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, he realizes thatthere is a connection between his book and the shadows thatsurround his dilapidated home and that the publisher may be hidinga few troubling secrets of his own.

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ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A poignant tale about the life and labors of a Chinese farmerduring the sweeping reign of the country?s last emperor. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: ? A concise introduction that gives readers important backgroundinformation ? A chronology of the author's life and work ? A timeline of significant events that provides the book'shistorical context ? An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers formtheir own interpretations ? Detailed explanatory notes ? Critical analysis, including contemporary and modernperspectives on the work ? Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book groupinteraction ? A list of recommended related books and films to broaden thereader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of greatworks of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightfulcommentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classi

Anton Chekhov's popularity in the west is without parallel for aforeign writer. He has been absorbed into our culture, and acceptedas one of our own. His plays lend themselves easily to the stage,calling for actors with intelligence and common sense rather than adramatic voice or histrionic skills. He takes from everyday lifethemes of frustration which apply to us all - the difficulty ofcarving out a happy existence, the problems of love, the fading ofhope, the universal feeling that time passes and we never quite getthings right. This seems pessimistic, and yet Chekhov claimed hewas writing comedy. Readers, actors and directors must decide forthemselves which way to play these pieces. They are full ofsadness, but a sadness described as the darkness of the last hourbefore the dawn . Whether tragic or comic, however, they are worksof the first importance. The Cherry Orchard has been described asthe best play since Shakespeare , Three Sisters as the best play inthe world .

Three Early Comedies Love's Labor's Lost Farce and fun follow when ayoung king and his three friends vow to give up women for ayear—just as a pretty princess and her three ladies-in-waitingarrive—in a delightful play that ends with one of Shakespeare’sloveliest songs. The Two Gentlemen of Verona In this lyricalcomedy, two friends are infatuated with the same woman, while ajilted girl disguised as a boy and a clownish servant with araffish mutt set the scene for laughter and a timeless story oflove. The Merry Wives of Windsor Shakespeare’s famousrogue, Falstaff, woos two married women with identical loveletters—and becomes the focus of a hilarious comedy when the womenconspire to teach him a lesson.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER In 1951, the second year of the KoreanWar, a studious, law-abiding, and intense youngster from Newark,New Jersey, Marcus Messner, begins his sophomore year on thepastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. And whyis he there and not at a local college in Newark where heoriginally enrolled? Because his father, the sturdy, hardworkingneighborhood butcher, seems to have gone mad-mad with fear andapprehension of the dangers of adult life, the dangers of theworld, the dangers he sees in every corner for his beloved boy. Farfrom Newark, Marcus has to find his way amid the customs andconstrictions of another American world. Indignation, Philip Roth'stwenty-ninth book, is a startling departure from the hauntednarratives of old age and experience in Roth's recent books and apowerful exploration of a remarkable moment in Americanhistory.

When this classic collection of stories first appeared in 1962, on the author s thirtieth birthday Arthur Mizener wrote in The New York Times Book Review: Updike is a romantic [and] like all American romantics, that is, he has an irresistible impulse to go in memory home again in order to find himself. . . . The precise recollection of his own family-love, parental and marital, is vital to him; it is the matter in which the saving truth is incarnate. . . . Pigeon Feathers is not just a book of very brilliant short stories; it is a demonstration of how the most gifted writer of his generation is coming to maturity; it shows us that Mr. Updike s fine verbal talent is no longer pirouetting, however gracefully, out of a simple delight in motion, but is beginning to serve his deepest insight.

On Christmas Eve, a party of friends descends on a purportedlyhaunted country retreat, charged with the task of discoveringevidence of the supernatural. Sequestered in their rooms for theholiday, the friends reconvene on Twelfth Night at a great feastand share their stories of spectral encounter. “Conducted” byCharles Dickens and counting Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collinsamong its contributors, The Haunted House examinesquintessentially Victorian themes–sex and longing, nostalgia andloss–in ways that continue to resonate today. Ingeniously conceivedand written, and spiked with flashes of Dickensian humor, thisvolume is a strange and sheer delight.