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。
Joyce's semi-autobiographical first novel follows StephenDedalus, a sensitive and creative youth who rebels against hisfamily, his education, and his country by committing himself to theartist's life.
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.
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.
With dramatic eloquence, this story of the French Revolutionbrings to life a time of terror and treason, and a starving peoplerising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadentregime.
Enduring Liturature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship A revolutionary collection of essays about the African-American experience at the turn of the twentieth century. This Enriched Classic Edition includes: A concise introduction that gives readers 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 help readers form their 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 Classi
Each edition includes: · Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play · Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play · Scene-by-scene plot summaries · A key to famous lines and phrases · An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language · An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play · Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books Essay by Cynthia Marshall The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs.
From the incredible wizadry of Merlin to the passion of SirLancelot, these tales of Arthur and his knights offer epicadventures with the supernatural as well as timeless battles without own humanity.
In Forster's most popular novel, he tracks British society'sclass warfare, as seen by members of three different castes-thewealthy Wilcoxes, the cultured and emancipated Schlegal sisters,and poor, young Leonard Bast.
"In Rouse's pages, Soctrates' strength of mind, his dedicationto the philosophical truth, are borne in on the modern reader withsomething of the power that impressed and disturbed the ancientGreeks."--Time "There has been no adequate translation of Plato sinceJowett...and I think Rouse has done it." --Dudley Fitts * Rouse is one of the world's most respected classical scholars--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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.
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.
The Winter's Tale was one of the very last plays Shakespeare wrote, a moving romance whose themes are sin, forgiveness, death, rebirth, and the power of Time and Nature to heal all wounds. Based on a novella by Shakespeare's enemy and arch rival Robert Greene, The Winter's Tale introduces Perdita, perhaps the Bard's most richly symbolic character. At times tragic, at times humorous, but always entertaining and instructive, The Winters Tale is a complex and rewarding work by the greatest dramatist of all time.
In 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematicianwith a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down arabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhapsthe most popular heroine in English literature. Countless scholarshave tried to define the charm of the Alice books–with thosewonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum,and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter etal.– by proclaiming that they really comprise a satire onlanguage, a political allegory, a parody of Victorian children’sliterature, even a reflection of contemporary ecclesiasticalhistory. Perhaps, as Dodgson might have said, Alice is nomore than a dream, a fairy tale about the trials and tribulationsof growing up–or down, or all turned round–as seen through theexpert eyes of a child.
Kafka's literary masterpiece about Gregor Samsa, a young man who, transformed overnight into a "monstrous verminous bug," becomes an essentially alienated man.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 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
Two boys: the same age, almost the same face. The onedifference: Tom Canty is a child of the London slums; Edward Tudoris heir to the throne. How insubstantial this difference is becomesclear when a chance encounter leads to an exchange of clothing andof roles...
Tolstoy startled the world with this powerful story ofadultery and its aftermath, of the human need for love andhappiness, and of the unyielding demands of society.
After King Shahryar had his wife killed for cheating, he beganto corrupt-then kill-one virgin a night, as revenge on womankind.Then he meets Scheherazade, who, night after night, saves her ownlife by telling him fantastical tales of genies, wishes, terror,and passion.
In this powerful book we enter the world of Jurgis Rudkus, ayoung Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in America fired with dreamsof wealth, freedom, and opportunity. And we discover, with him, theastonishing truth about "packingtown," the busy, flourishing,filthy Chicago stockyards, where new world visions perish in ajungle of human suffering. Upton Sinclair, master of the"muckraking" novel, here explores the workingman's lot at the turnof the century: the backbreaking labor, the injustices of"wage-slavery," the bewildering chaos of urban life. The Jungle, astory so shocking that it launched a government investigation,recreates this startling chapter if our history in unflinchingdetail. Always a vigorous champion on political reform, Sinclair isalso a gripping storyteller, and his 1906 novel stands as one ofthe most important -- and moving -- works in the literature ofsocial change. --This text refers to an alternate Mass MarketPaperback edition.
本书讲述了: 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。