JaneEyreranksasoneofthegreatestandmostperenniallypopularworksofEnglishfiction.Althoughthepoorbutpluckyheroineisoutwardlyofplainappearance,shepossessesanindomitablespirit,asharpwitandgreatcourage.Sheisforcedtobattleagainsttheexigenciesofacruelguardian,aharshemployerandarigidsocialorder.Allofwhichcircumscribeherlifeandpositionwhenshebecomesgovernesstothedaughterofthemysterious,sardonicandattractiveMrRochester.However,thereisgreatkindnessandwarmthinthisepiclovestory,whichissetagainstthemagnificentbackdropoftheYorkshiremoors. 《简·爱》讲述了这样一个故事:简·爱自幼父母双亡,投靠冷酷的舅母,但舅母无情地抛弃了她。她在一所慈善学校做了六年的学生和两年的教师。十八岁时,简·爱受聘到桑菲尔德府学当家庭教师,认识了主人罗切斯特。两人都被对方独特的气质和丰富的感情所吸引,于是不顾身份和地位的巨大差距深深相爱了。正当他们举行婚礼时,有人证明罗切斯特的前妻还活着
Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant, Senior Lecturer in English, Canterbury Christ Church University College This novel traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. Dicken\\\'s based his historical detail on Carlyle\\\'s \\\"The French Revolution\\\", and his own observations and investigations during his numerous visits to Paris.
With over eight million copies of her beloved books in print,Sophie Kinsella is a true phenomenon. Now Becky Brandon (neeBloomwood) is back, in a hilarious new" "Shopaholic novel Becky'slife is blooming She's working at London's newest big store, TheLook, house-hunting with husband Luke (her secret wish is a ShoeRoom)...and she's pregnant She couldn't be moreoverjoyed--especially since discovering that shopping cures morningsickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby: from thedesigner nursery...to the latest, coolest pram...to the celebrity,must-have obstetrician. But when the celebrity obstetrician turnsout to be Luke's glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend, Becky'sperfect world starts to crumble. She's shopping for two...but arethere three in her marriage?
Fewchildren'sclassicscanmatchthecharmandoriginalityofFrancesHodgsonBurnett'sTheSecretGarden,theunforgettablestoryofsullen,sulkyMaryLennox,"themostdisagreeable-lookingchildeverseen."Whenacholeraepidemicleavesherasanorphan,MaryissenttoEnglandtolivewithherreclusiveuncle,ArchibaldCraven,atMisselthwaiteManor.Unlovedandunloving,Marywandersthedesolatemoorsuntilonedayshechancesuponthedoorofasecretgarden.Whatfollowsisoneofthemostbeautifultalesoftransformationinchildren'sliterature,asMaryhersicklyandtyrannicalcousinColinandapeasantboynamedDicksonsecretlystrivetomakethegardenbloomoncemore. Auniqueblendofrealismandmagic,TheSecretGardenremainsamovingexpressionofeverychild'sneedtonurtureandbenurtured—astorythathascapturedforalltimetherareandenchantedworldofchildhood.
#1 New York Times-bestselling author Nora Roberts explores thewilds of the Grand Tetons-and the mysteries of love, murder, andmadness-in her engrossing and passionate new novel. Reece Gilmore has come a long way to see the stunning view belowher. As the sole survivor of a brutal crime back East, she has beenon the run, desperately fighting the nightmares and panic attacksthat haunt her. Reece settles in Angel's Fist, Wyoming-temporarily,at least-and takes a job at a local diner. And now she's hiked thismountain all by herself. It was glorious, she thought, as shepeered through her binoculars at the Snake River churningbelow. Then Reece saw the man and woman on the opposite bank. Arguing.Fighting. And suddenly, the man was on top of the woman, his handsaround her throat . . . Enjoying a moment of solitude a bit farther down the trail is agruff loner named Brody. But by the time Reece reaches him andbrings him to the scene, the pair has vanished. When authoritiescomb the area where she saw the at
MassieBlock:WhenthePrettyCommitteedeemsitsboy-fastnullandvoid,boyfeversweepsthroughBOCD.WhatbetterwaytobackhandspringintonewcrushDempsey'sheart-andmakeoldcrushDerringtonjealous-thancheerforhimonthesoccerfield?Andjustlikethat,MassieformsBOCD'sfirst-evercheerleadingsquad.ButwillMassiestillhavesomethingtocheeraboutwhenDempseystartsspendingahlotoftimewithLBRLayneAbeley?Givemean"E"forEhmagawd! KristenGregory:WithMassieandherSBFF(secretbestfriendforever)Laynevyingforthesameboy,Kristenhastomakeachoice:A)thePrettyCommittee,orB)theWittyCommittee.Andifshedoesn'tchoosefast,she'llendupC)Committeeless. DylanMarvil:Ishidingsomething,andit'snotjustthosepeanutbutterLunabarsstashedunderhermattress.She'sgotasecretcrushonDerrington-andit'snosecretthathelikesburpiliciousredheads... AliciaRivera:Preferspliéstopom-poms,especiallywhenMassieordershertothebottomofthecheer-pyramid.CanAliciaacceptherbetastatus,orisittimetobecomealphaofherownsquad? ClaireLyons:Nowthatshe'sbackwithCam,Clairefinallyhasherlovelifeinorder.Butherfriends