A pair of twins are separated by a shipwreck, each believing theother has drowned. A lovesick duke woos a countess deep in mourningfor her brother, while her rowdy household plots the downfall ofher puritanical steward. Disguise, confusion, and mistaken identityfollow in Shakespeare’s great comedy of love in all itsmanifestations. 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 fro

This wisely funny comedy, which contains some of Shakespeare’sloveliest poetry, contrasts a court’s world of envy and rivalrywith a forest’s world of compassion and harmony. In the Forest ofArden, the banished young heroine, Rosalind, disguised as agentleman farmer, encounters an extraordinary assemblage ofcharacters, including a fool, a malcontent traveler, her ownbanished father, and the banished young man she loves. Romantichappiness triumphs, even as we laugh at the excesses of love, atthe ways of court and countryside, indeed, at everything, in thismasterpiece of comic writing. Each Edition Includes: · Comprehensive explanatory notes · Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship · Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enablingcontemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English · Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performancehistories · An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, alongwith an extensive f

在线阅读本书 The magnificent, timeless drama is the world's most famous tale of"star-crossed lovers." The young, unshakable love of Juliet andRomeo defies the feud that divides their families—the Capulets andMontagues—as their desperate need to be together, their secretmeetings, and finally their concealed marriage drive them towardtragedy. A masterwork that has long captured the hearts ofaudiences, this romantic tragedy has become part of the literaryheritage of all peoples in all nations.

Uncertain of their standing in court and fearing for theirlives, Rosalind and Orlando are forced into exile in the Forest ofArden, only to become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust,and mistaken identity. One of Shakespeare’s great comedies, As YouLike It subverts the traditional rules of romance, confusing genderroles, nature, and politics. 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 acces

Capturing the grandeur of a gracious, splendid Europe ofwealth and Old World sensibilities, this glorious, complex novelhas become a touchstone for a great writer’s entire literaryachievement. From the opening pages, when the high-spiritedAmerican girl Isabel Archer arrives at the English manorGardencourt, James’s luminous, superbly crafted prose creates anatmosphere of intensity, expectation, and incomparablebeauty. Isabel, who has been taken abroad by an eccentric aunt to fulfillher potential, attracts the passions of a British aristocrat and abrash American, as well as the secret adoration of her invalidcousin, Ralph Touchett. But her vulnerability and innocence leadher not to love but to a fatal entrapment in intrigue, deception,and betrayal. This brilliant interior drama of the forming of awoman’s consciousness makes The Portrait of a Lady a masterpiece ofJames’s middle years.

As the citizens of Venice compete for advantageousmarriages, wealth, and status, a moneylender is intent on deadlyrevenge. Mistrust and resentment thrive in Shakespeare’s darkcomedy. 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.

A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedypresents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters—theseductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader MarkAntony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man tornbetween pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and duty . .. between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in itssetting and emotions, Antony And Cleopatra ranksamong Shakespeare's supreme achievements.

With his family’s claim to the throne uncertain, Henry seeksto secure his position by turning the country’s attention abroad.But when his outnumbered army is trapped at Agincourt, disasterseems inevitable. Shakespeare probes notions of leadership andpower in this iconic depiction of England’s charismatic warriorking. 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 edition

When Tom Seymour,a child psychologist,plunges into a river to save a young man from drowning,he unwittingly reopens a chapter from his past he'd hoped to forget.For Tom already knows Danny Miller.When Danny was ten Tom helped imprison him for the killing of an old woman.Now out of prison with a new identity,Danny has some questions-questions he thinks only Tom can answer. Reluctantly,Tom is drawn back into Danny's world-a place where the border between good and evil,innocence and gulit is blurred and confused.But when Danny's demands on Tom become extreme,Tom wonders whether he has crossed a line of his own-and in crossing it,can he ever go back? 作者简介：Pat Barker was born in Thrnaby-on-Tees in1943.She was educated at the London School of Economics and has been a teacher of history and politics.Her books include Union Street,Winner of the 1983 Fawcett Prize,which has been filmded as Stanley and Iris;Blow Your House Doun;Liza's England,formerly The Century's Daughter,and the following Pubis

To read a story by Henry James is to enter a world--a rich,perfectly crafted domain of vivid language and splendid, complexcharacters. Devious children, sparring lovers, capricious Americangirls, obtuse bachelors, sibylline spinsters and charming Europeanspopulate these five fascinating Nouvelles --works which representthe author in both his early and late phases. From the apparitionsof evil that haunt the governess in The Turn Of The Screw to thestartling self-scrutiny of an egotistical man in The Beast In TheJungle, the mysterious tumings of human behavior are skillfully andcoolly observed--proving Henry James to be a master ofpsychological insight as well as one of the finest stylists ofmodern English literature.

本书是法国 作家、批评家 ·索莱尔斯对巴特的回忆录。巴特与索莱尔斯的友谊持续了一生。1980年3月26日,巴特离世,索莱尔斯万分悲痛。很多年之后,他才抑制哀伤,提笔写下对巴特的回忆。 本书即是这些回忆文章的结集。在本书中,索莱尔斯的回忆文章共有两篇:《友谊》记叙了他与巴特的相知相识,尤其是二人20世纪在同一知识阵 并肩作战的故事,这篇文章也对巴特诸多重要著作进行了回顾和评论;《R.B.》 像是《友谊》的延续,但有所不同的是,这篇文章 侧重对巴特的批判性思想进行分析,并对照当下的情况,说明巴特思想的重要性。

"Hooking Up" ranges all over the modern world; in it Tom Wolfe updates us on the sexual manners and mores of teenagers (he is not adverse to doing a survey of teenage address books to find out exactly how many of them don't know the names of the boy/girl they've just hooked up with). From this he moves effortlessly to an investigation of the fundamental ways in which our lives and self-perceptions have changed, living as we do in a modern world of genetic engineering and neuroscience. There are pieces on 'sting TV' as well as forecasts of radical changes sweeping the world of the arts. "Hooking Up" closes with the legendary, never-before-reprinted pieces about "The New Yorker" and its famously reclusive editor William Shawn, pieces, which early on helped win Wolfe his matchless reputation for reportorial bravura and spot-on insight. A glorious, questioning, memorable book, "Hooking Up" shows Tom Wolfe at the very top of his form. Tom Wolfe is the author of more than a dozen books,among them such conteprar

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在线阅读本书 An immensely popular bestseller upon its publication in 1905, The House of Mirth was Edith Wharton’s first great novel.Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulentcountry houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novelcreates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton herself called “asociety of irresponsible pleasure-seekers” with a precisioncomparable to that of Proust. And her brilliant and complexcharacterization of the doomed Lily Bart, whose stunning beauty anddependence on marriage for economic survival reduce her to adecorative object, becomes an incisive commentary on the nature andstatus of women in that society. From her tragic attraction tobachelor lawyer Lawrence Selden to her desperate relationship withsocial-climbing Rosedale, Lily is all too much a product of theworld indicated by the title, a phrase taken from Ecclesiastes:“The heart of fools is in the house of mirth.” For it is Lily’svery specialness that threatens the elegance and f

本书是法国 作家、批评家 ·索莱尔斯对巴特的回忆录。巴特与索莱尔斯的友谊持续了一生。1980年3月26日,巴特离世,索莱尔斯万分悲痛。很多年之后,他才抑制哀伤,提笔写下对巴特的回忆。 本书即是这些回忆文章的结集。在本书中,索莱尔斯的回忆文章共有两篇:《友谊》记叙了他与巴特的相知相识,尤其是二人20世纪在同一知识阵 并肩作战的故事,这篇文章也对巴特诸多重要著作进行了回顾和评论;《R.B.》 像是《友谊》的延续,但有所不同的是,这篇文章 侧重对巴特的批判性思想进行分析,并对照当下的情况,说明巴特思想的重要性。

酒店之夜，既不孤独，亦无陪伴，深夜寂静。本书讲述了一对学生恋人的故事。保罗是一个学生，为了维持生计，在一家宾馆中做夜间保安。他被租住在313号房间的年轻女子阿米莉娅给迷住了。关于她的一切都是谜：她去了哪里？又做了什么？四周流传着许许多多关于她的流言。后来，他们相爱了。有一天，阿米莉娅突然消失了。听说阿米莉娅为了找到她的母亲，去了萨拉热窝，她试图在那里找到她的身世与那场内战之间的联系。为了爱情，放弃安定的生活，背井离乡？还是选择遗忘，等待下一段感情？保罗经过反复思量，最终踏上了寻找阿米莉娅的路。

酒店之夜，既不孤独，亦无陪伴，深夜寂静。本书讲述了一对学生恋人的故事。保罗是一个学生，为了维持生计，在一家宾馆中做夜间保安。他被租住在313号房间的年轻女子阿米莉娅给迷住了。关于她的一切都是谜：她去了哪里？又做了什么？四周流传着许许多多关于她的流言。后来，他们相爱了。有一天，阿米莉娅突然消失了。听说阿米莉娅为了找到她的母亲，去了萨拉热窝，她试图在那里找到她的身世与那场内战之间的联系。为了爱情，放弃安定的生活，背井离乡？还是选择遗忘，等待下一段感情？保罗经过反复思量，最终踏上了寻找阿米莉娅的路。

“开卷闲话”是《开卷》中的专栏之一，已陆续结集出版7册，每次出书前都会请几位学界名流写些文字，或序或跋，为结集助兴，如此下来，这些序跋竟也有了50余篇，于是便又有了子聪编著的《开卷闲话序跋集》。序跋的作者同时也是《开卷》的作者，来新夏、舒芜、陈子善、止庵、钟叔河、黄宗江、黄裳、苏叔阳??这些名家一直坚持为刊物撰写稿件，见证了《开卷》的风雨历程，没有他们的支持，也便没有《开卷》的延续，读书界也便少了一道独特的风景线。这些文字带给读者许多历史文化的信息，开卷有益。

本书是法国当代著名当代思想家乔治·巴塔耶的早期哲思小说。本书共分三大部分：第一部分题为“鼠的故事”，形式上是主人公狄亚努斯的日志摘录。第二部分题为“狄亚努斯”，形式上是神父阿尔法的笔记摘录。第一部分和第二部分的视角叠加后，可以还原出整个故事的完整脉络，构成了本书的第三部分，即题为“俄瑞斯忒斯”的部分。这部分形式上由诗歌和诗论组成。但这个看似松散的文本，实际上是巴塔耶对“不可能”概念的诗学演绎。也就是说，第三部分是对前两部分的概念性总结。它在形式上标记了巴塔耶作为“后现代主义思想策源地”的身份。