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黄帝内经素问(无注释版)
王冰次 试读
39《黄帝内经素问》简称《素问》,(英文意译),是现存最早的中医理论著作,相传为黄帝创作,实际非出自一时一人之手,大约成书于春秋战国时期。原来9卷,古书早已亡佚,后经唐王冰订补,改编为24卷,计81篇,定名为《黄帝内经素问》,所论内容十分丰富。
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南国哀歌(无注释版)
赖和 试读
赖和,台湾省彰化县人。台湾新文学奠基者,现代作家,诗人,原名赖河,字懒云,人称和仔仙。他的一生,首先是“俯首甘为孺子牛”的一生,是一位治病救人、为民服务的光辉榜样,同时,他的一生,又是“横眉冷对千夫指”的一生,是一位爱国反帝,以文学为武器,致力于民族解放运动的忠诚战士。他的爱国进步的社会观、文学观,都体现在他的创作实践中。他的文学活动的基本成就是在小说和诗歌的创作上。本书是他的诗歌集。他的诗作更为鲜明地体现了他的文学主张,充满了革命精神和牺牲精神,洋溢着宁死不屈的民族精神,是刺向日本殖民统治的尖锐投枪。他的作品也倾注了对台湾农民的深切同情和真挚关怀。
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剪灯馀话(无注释版)
李昌祺 试读
本书是李昌祺仿瞿佑“剪灯新话”而作,借以抒写胸臆。全书4卷20篇(另附《还魂记》1篇),董氏诵芬室刻本。成书于永乐十八年(1420),有永乐庚子夏自叙。其书大都取材于元末明初事,以婚姻爱情故事为主,又多幽冥灵异人物,作者以此表达他“善可法,恶可戒,表节义,砺风俗”之义。
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南柯太守传(无注释版)
李公佐 试读
《南柯太守传》,唐代传奇小说,出自《太平广记》卷四百七十五〈昆虫三〉,唐代李公佐著。 《南柯太守传》约作于德宗贞元末。传中述游侠之士淳于棼,家住广陵郡(今江苏扬州)东,宅南有大古槐一株,常与朋辈豪饮槐下。一日大醉,由二友人扶归家中,昏然入睡。忽见二紫衣使者,称奉槐安国王之命相邀。遂出门登车,向古槐穴而去。及驰入洞中,见山川道路,别有天地。入大槐安国,拜见国王,招为驸马,又拜为南柯郡太守。守郡二十载,甚有政绩,大受宠任。 后有檀萝国军来侵,淳于棼遣将迎敌,大败。不久公主病死,棼遂护丧归至国都。因广为交游,威福日盛,国王颇为疑忌,夺其侍卫,禁其交游。棼郁郁不乐,王即命紫衣使者将他送归故里。还入家门,乃矍然梦觉,见二友人尚在,斜阳犹未西落。遂与二友寻槐下洞穴,但见群蚁隐聚其中,积土为城郭台殿之状——与梦中所见相符,于是感人生之虚幻,遂栖心道门,弃绝酒色。本篇意在讽刺窃据高位者,言其贵宠荣盛,乃是傥来之物,不可恃以傲物凌人,同时也宣扬了浮生若梦的思想。它的构思立意与沈既济《枕中记》相类,而描摹尤为尽致,文辞亦较华丽。篇末“假实证幻,余韵悠然”,为《枕中记》所不及(鲁迅《中国小说史略》)。《南柯太守传》流传甚广,李肇曾为之作赞,唐人诗文中也用为典实。后世甚至附会扬州有南柯太守之墓(王象之《舆地纪胜》卷三十七引《广陵行录》)。明代汤显祖《南柯记》,即取材于本篇。
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书画传习录(节录·无注释版)
王绂 试读
前二卷分别为论书、论画,卷三为书事丛谈,共列六门:第一为道德门,主要是“采道德之言”以资艺事,而篇中所列全为两宋理学人物,有周濂溪、程明道、程伊川、张横渠、邵康节、司马温公、杨龟山、朱子、张南轩、蔡元定、陆象山、陆九龄等十二人,一一叙其行迹、录其出处大节、摄提其理学主旨,以为“临池者观感而兴起焉”。该书所强调的“涵泳经史”,实际上就是由理学入手而把握儒家思想,从而陶染性情、发为画艺。这是一部最典型的以读经书来助画学的著作。
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閤皂山志(无注释版)
俞策 试读
张道陵曾立于山之挂壁峰;丁令威亦有坛于仙峰顶;“南洲高士”徐稚 曾隐居于山间玉女峰北麓。汉方土葛玄于建安七年 (202)入山于东峰之下结庐筑坛,修道炼丹,采药行医,搜集古籍,编撰道书,并广收门徒,大宣道义;仙逝之后被后世道徒尊称为“太极仙翁”、“葛仙翁”。
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承晋斋积闻录(无注释版)
梁巘 试读
梁巘对于书法研究方面的著作,成于乾隆时期,但至民国年间始有刊本,裴景福为序;民间流传有手抄本,以光绪年间王荷亭抄本最著。近年则有洪丕谟氏整理本问世。今参照上述诸本,重行校点刊行,并列裴序、王记于前,以飨读者。
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红楼梦补(无注释版)
归锄子 试读
“红楼梦补”共四十八回,归锄子撰。作者生平不详。成书于嘉庆二十四年(1819)。据自序后署“嘉庆己卯重阳前三日归锄子序于三时定羌幕斋”。“红楼梦补”第一回有“是年馆塞北”等语,知其嘉庆年间曾在塞外从军作幕。书从“红楼梦”第九十七回“苦绛珠魂归离恨天,薛宝钗出阁成大礼”补起,“凡九十七回以前之事,处处照应,以后则各写各事。”书叙归锄子一日梦中来到山中,在高峰之下,有一巨石,五色晶莹,明霞四照。石头上流出两股清泉,点点滴滴,如洒泪一般。石头忽然说此山是大荒山,峰为青埂峰。这石头是女娲补天时所遗留下的。入世为通灵宝玉,因与绛河仙草有未了情缘,千百年抱恨不平。此石头请求归锄子把“红楼梦”截去后二十回,补其缺陷,使天下后世有情人都成为眷属。说完,只听一声巨响,归锄子从梦中惊醒,忽见窗外落下一块石头,很是惊异。
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近世社会龌龊史(无注释版)
吴趼人 试读
吾人幼而读书,长而入世,而所读之书,终不能达于用,不得已,乃思立言以自表,抑亦大可哀已。况乎所谓言者,于理学则无关于性命,于实学则无补于经济,技仅雕虫,谈恣扪虱,俯仰人前,不自颜汗。呜呼!是岂吾读书识字之初心也哉。
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黄帝内经(无注释版)
太古真人 试读
240“黄帝内经”分“灵枢”、“素问”两部分,是我国最早的典籍之一,我国劳动人民长期与疾病做斗争的经验总结。成书亦非一时,作者也亦非一人。起源于轩辕黄帝,代代口耳相传,经医家、医学理论家联合增补发展创作,一般认为成书于春秋战国时期。在以黄帝、岐伯、雷公对话、问答的形式阐述病机病理的同时,主张不治已病,而治未病,同时主张养生、摄生、益寿、延年。是中国汉族传统医学四大经典著作之一(“黄帝内经”、“难经”、“伤寒杂病论”、“神农本草经”),也是中国医学宝库中现存成书最早的一部医学典籍。是研究人的生理学、病理学、诊断学、治疗原则和药物学的医学巨著。在理论上建立了中医学上的“阴阳五行学说”、“脉象学说”“藏象学说”等。
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春秋谷梁传(无注释版)
榖梁俶 试读
本书乃儒家经典之一,与《左传》、《公羊传》同为解说《春秋》的三传之一。所记载的时间起于鲁隐公元年,终于鲁哀公十四年。其作者相传是子夏的弟子,战国时鲁人谷梁赤(赤或作喜、嘉、俶、寘)。起初也为口头传授,至西汉时才成书。
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二十四孝(无注释版)
郭居敬 试读
“孝”是儒家伦理思想的核心,是千百年来中国社会维系家庭关系的道德准则,是中华民族的传统美德。元代郭居敬编成《二十四孝》。《二十四孝》全名《全相二十四孝诗选》,由历代二十四个孝子从不同角度、不同环境、不同遭遇行孝的故事辑录而成。
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容斋随笔(无注释版)
洪迈 试读
“容斋随笔”共“五笔”,74卷,1220则。其中,“容斋随笔”16卷,329则;“容斋续笔”16卷,249则;“容斋三笔”16卷,248则;“容斋四笔”16卷,259则;“容斋五笔”10卷,135则。据作者自述,该书写作时问历经近三十年。可以说“容斋随笔”是作者数十年博览群书、经世致用的智慧和汗水的结晶。 “容斋随笔”内容繁富,议论精当,是一部涉及领域极为广泛的著作,自经史诸子百家、诗词文翰以及历代典章制度、医卜、星历等,无不有所论说,而且其考证辨析之确切,议论评价之精当,皆倍受称道。其最重要的价值和贡献是考证了前朝的一些史实,如政治制度、事件、年代、人物等,对历代经史典籍进行了重评、辨伪与订误,提出了许多颇有见地的观点,更正了许多流传已久的谬误,不仅在中国历史文献上有着重要的地位和影响,而且对于中国文化的发展亦意义重大。
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洛阳伽蓝记(无注释版)
杨衒之 试读
本书主要讲了:永宁寺、建中寺、长秋寺、瑶光寺、景乐寺、昭仪尼寺、胡统寺、修梵寺、景林寺、洛阳伽蓝记卷二城东、明悬尼寺、龙华寺、璎珞寺、宗圣寺、崇真寺、魏昌尼寺、景兴尼寺、庄严寺、秦太上君寺、正始寺、平等寺、景宁寺等内容。
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霍小玉传(无注释版)
蒋防 试读
“霍小玉传”,唐代汉族传奇小说,略晚于“李娃传”、“莺莺传”,代表唐传奇发展的又一高峰。小说叙述的是陇西书生李益和长安名妓霍小玉凄楚动人的爱情悲剧。此书约作于元和四年(809)前后,作者蒋防,字子徵,义兴(今江苏宜兴)人,生卒年不详。
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Lord Arthur Saviles Crime and Other Storie
王尔德 试读
Book contains five story:Arthur Lord saville crimes,the guardian spirit,no confidential sphinx,model millionaire,Mr W.H.portrait.
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Bartleby the Scrivener A Story of Wall-Street
Herman Melville 试读
Bartleby is a kind of clerk, a copyist,who obstinately refuses to go on doing the sort of writing demanded of him; During the spring of 1851, Melville felt similarly about his work on Moby Dick. Thus, Bartleby can be seen to represent Melville's frustration with his own situation as a writer, and the story itself is about a writer who forsakes conventional modes because of an irresistible preoccupation with the most baffling philosophical questions Bartleby can also be seen to represent Melville's relation to his commercial, democratic society.
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Black Beauty
Anna Sewell 试读
One of the best loved animal stories ever written, the dramatic and heartwarming Black Beauty is told by the magnificent horse himself, from his idyllic days on a country squire's estate to his harsh fate as a London cab horse. No one can ever forget the gallant Black Beauty, a horse with a white star on his forehead and a heart of unyielding courage.
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Peter Christen Asbjornsen 试读
These Scandinavian fairy tales have had many interpretations through the years, but never have they been so beautifully illustrated as in this sumptuous edition. Golden Age artist Kay Nielsen, a master of fantasy, lavished the text with 25 intricately detailed color and numerous black-and-white images that glow with his phantasmagorical style. With 15 stories that include the popular "Billy Goat's Gruff," this is one of the most stunning children's books ever produced.
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Emma
简·奥斯汀 试读
As daughter of the richest, most important man in the small provincial village of Highbury, Emma Woodhouse is firmly convinced that it is her right--perhaps even her "duty"--to arrange the lives of others. Considered by most critics to be Austen's most technically brilliant achievement, "Emma" sparkles with ironic insights into self-deception, self-discovery, and the interplay of love and power.
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Evelina Or the History of a Young Ladys Entrance into the World
Frances Burney 试读
Leaving the secluded home of her guardian for the first time, beautiful Evelina Anville is captivated by her new surroundings in London's beau monde--and in particular by the handsome, chivalrous Lord Orville. But her enjoyment soon turns to mortification at the hands of her vulgar and capricious grandmother, and the rakish Sir Clement Willoughby, who torments the naive young woman with his unwanted advances. And while her aristocratic father refuses to acknowledge her legitimacy, Evelina can hold no hope of happiness with the man she loves. Published anonymously in 1778, Frances Burney's epistolary novel brought her instant fame when the secret of its authorship was revealed. With its ingenious combination of romance and satire, comedy and melodrama, Evelina is a sparkling depiction of the dangers and delights of fashionable society.
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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Moral
Immanuel Kant 试读
The nature and theoretical underpinnings of ethics have been an intellectual driving force animating the pursuits of great scholars. In "The Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals" (1785), Immanuel Kant, one of the most powerful philosophical minds of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, inquires into the true nature of morality. In rejecting the results or cons……
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Gitanjali
泰戈尔 试读
Moving, heart-felt prose poems by the beloved and much admired Bengali poet and mystic who first achieved international fame (and a Nobel Prize) in 1913 with his translation of these moving poems. Reminiscent of Blake and Gibran, they include many works that are almost biblical in their rhythms, phrasing and images. Introduction by William Butler Yeats.
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Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm 试读
They saw their work in gathering the fairy tales of Europe as an academic exercise,but the Brothers Grimm-aka German folklorists and linguists JAKOB (1785-1863) and WILHELM GRIMM (1786-1859)-are today remembered best as tellers of dark stories for children.Here,in one compact volume,are 53 of the most beloved of the stories they assembled,from well-known ones such as"The Sleeping Beauty,""The Frog Prince,""Rapunzel,"and"Hansel and Grethel"to more obscure ones including"The Rabbit's Bride,""Six Soldiers of Fortune,""Faithful John,"and"The Three Spinsters."A treasury of classic stories,this replica of an 1886 edition-translated by English writer LUCY CRANE (1842-1882),with beautiful line drawings by her brother,William Crane-will delight children and adults alike.
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In Freedoms Cause – a Story of Wallace and Bruce
G.A.Henty 试读
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks,notations,marginalia and flawed pages.Because we believe this work is culturally important,we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting,preserving,and promoting the world's literature in affordable,high quality,modern editions that are true to the original work.
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Intentions
Deborah Heiligman 试读
Rachel thought she was grown up enough to accept that no one is perfect. Her parents argue, her grandmother has been acting strangely, and her best friend doesn't want to talk to her. But none of that could have prepared her for what she overheard in her synagogue's sanctuary.Now Rachel's trust in the people she loves is shattered, and her newfound cynicism leads to reckless rebellion. Her friends and family hardly recognize her, and worse, she can hardly recognize herself. But how can the adults in her life lecture her about acting with kavanah, intention, when they are constantly making such horribly wrong decisions themselves? This is a witty, honest account of navigating the daunting line between losing innocence and entering adulthoodandmdash;all while figuring out who you really want to be.
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Across China on Foot
Edwin John Dingle 试读
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne 试读
Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country," Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth.With The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne became the first American novelist to forge from our Puritan heritage a universal classic, a masterful exploration of humanity's unending struggle with sin, guilt and pride.
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The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett 试读
The story of an unhappy little girl, her invalid cousin, andthe healing power of friendship and love.
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The Time Machine
赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯 试读
Two classic science fiction novels in one handsome volume. Here are two masterpieces of irony and imaginative vision from the father of science fiction. The Time Machine propels the Time Traveller into a distant, dismal, Darwinian future. The Invisible Man tells of a brash young scientist who becomes invisible, then insane.
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Venus and Adonis
William Shakespeare 试读
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet and playwright, now widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Between 1585 and 1592 he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of the playing company the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He produced most of his known work between 1590 and 1613. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the sixteenth century. Next he wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, producing plays, such as Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies and collaborated with other playwrights.
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Walden
Henry David Thoreau 试读
By virtue of its casual, off-handedly brilliant wisdom and the easy splendor of its nature writing, Thoreau's account of his adventure in self-reliance on the shores of a pond in Massachusetts is one of the signposts by which the modern mind has located itself in an increasingly bewildering world. Deeply sane, invigorating in its awareness of humanity's place in the moral and natural order, Walden represents the progressive spirit of nineteenth-century America at its eloquent best. (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
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No Name
Wilkie Collins 试读
After the tragic deaths of their parents, Magdalen and Norah discover the devastating news that they are both illegitimate and not entitled to any inheritance. Norah is forced to become a governess to earn her keep but Magdalen has grander plans and embarks on an elaborate scheme of revenge against her cold-hearted relatives.
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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
Robert Burns 试读
Robert Burns (1759-1796) (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire and in Scotland as simply The Bard), was a poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the bestknown of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a 'light' Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic Movement and after his death became an important source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism. Burns also worked to collect and preserve Scottish folk songs, sometimes revising, expanding, and adapting them. His poem (and song) Auld Lang Syne is often sung at Hogmanay (New Year), and Scots Wha Hae served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country. Other poems and songs of Burns that remain well-known across the world today, include A Red, Red Rose, A Man's A Man for A' That, To a Louse, To a Mouse, The Battle of Sherramuir, and Ae Fond Kiss.
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Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks
Horatio Alger 试读
Part of a series of rags to riches stories of boys achieving the American dream of wealth through hard work, these works can also be seen as helpful in understanding the development of American cultural and social ideals.
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The Adventures of Ulysses
Charles Lamb 试读
The leader of the Greek forces returning from Troy encounters the Cyclops, the beautiful sorceress Circe and more, as he tries to ward off the anger of the gods.
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The Blue Fairy Book
Andrew Lang 试读
Once upon a time there lived a king who was deeply in love with a princess, but she could not marry anyone, because she was under an enchantment. So the King set out to seek a fairy, and asked what he could do to win the Princess's love .The Blue Fairy Book is the first in a series of fairy-tale anthologies beloved of children in the last century. Each fairy book is a veritable treasure trove of stories for children and adults alike, spellbinding and special. Hesperus is very proud to present the first anthology, The Blue Fairy Book, which includes wonderful renditions of the old favourites such as Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel, as well as some intriguing fairy tales that modern audiences have yet to discover such as Why the Sea is Salt, Prince Hyacinth and The Dear Little Princess.
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The Bride of Lammermoor
Walter Scott 试读
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The Man Who Would Be King
Rudyard Kipling 试读
Rudyard Kipling is one of the most magical storytellers in the English language. This new selection brings together the best of his short writings, following the development of his work over fifty years. They take us from the harsh, cruel, vividly realized world of the 'Indian' stories that made his name, through the experimental modernism of his middle period to the highly-wrought subtleties of his later pieces. Including the tale of insanity and empire, 'The Man Who Would Be King', the high-spirited 'The Village that Voted the Earth Was Flat', the fable of childhood cruelty and revenge 'Baa Baa, Black Sheep', the menacing psychological study 'Mary Postgate' and the ambiguous portrayal of grief and mourning in 'The Gardener', here are stories of criminals, ghosts, femmes fatales, madness and murder.
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy 试读
From its spectacular opening–the astonishing scene in whichdrunken Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a passingsailor at a county fair–to the breathtaking series of discoveriesat its conclusion, The Mayor of Casterbridge claims a unique placeamong Thomas Hardy’s finest and most powerful novels. Rooted in an actual case of wife-selling in earlynineteenth-century England, the story build into an awesomeSophoclean drama of guilt and revenge, in which the strong, willfulHenchard rises to a position of wealth and power–only to suffer amost bitter downfall. Proud, obsessed, ultimately committed to hisown destruction, Henchard is, as Albert Guerard has said, “Hardy’sLord Jim…his only tragic hero and one of the greatest tragic heroesin all fiction.
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The Mystery
Samuel Hopkins Adams 试读
The late afternoon sky flaunted its splendour of blue and gold like a banner over the Pacific, across whose depths the trade wind droned in measured cadence. On the ocean's wide expanse a hulk wallowed sluggishly, the forgotten relict of a once brave and sightly ship, possibly the Sphinx of some untold ocean tragedy, she lay black and forbidding in the ordered procession of waves. Half a mile to the east of the derelict hovered a ship's cutter, the turn of her crew's heads speaking expectancy. As far again beyond, the United States cruiser Wolverine outlined her severe and trim silhouette against the horizon. In all the spread of wave and sky no other thing was visible. For this was one of the desert parts of the Pacific, three hundred miles north of the steamship route from Yokohama to Honolulu, five hundred miles from the nearest land, Gardner Island, and more than seven hundred northwest of the Hawaiian group.
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The Princess of Cleves
Madame de La Fayette 试读
The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of Thomas Sargent Perry's 1892 translation, indisputably the translation that has best served readers in English. Reprinted repeatedly over the last one hundred years, the Perry translation is a classic in its own right. After careful review, the editor has corrected minor infelicities of translation (necessary to remain true to Lafayette's text) and updated vocabulary. To experience the innovation of Lafayette's writing, it is necessary to understand the critical resistance it met with in seventeenth-century France. "Contemporary Reactions" includes five assessments of The Princess of Cleves by Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette herself, Roger de Bussy-Rabutin and Marie de Sevigne, Jean-Baptiste-Henry du Trousset de Valincour, Jean-Antoine de Charnes, and Du Plaisir following its controversial publication. John Lyons's translations for this Norton Critical Edition make these reactions available in English for the first time. "Criticism" includes eleven modern studies of the novel, five of which appear here in English for the first time, by Jean Fabre, Michel Butor, Jean Rousset, Helen Karen Kaps, Gerard Genette, Roger Francillon, Kurt Weinberg, Peggy Kamuf, Erica Harth, Joan DeJean, and Laurence Gregario. A Glossary of Characters and a Selected Bibliography are also included.
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Oedipus Trilogy
Sophocles Montrose Jonas Moses 试读
Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Before he was born, his parents consulted the Oracle at Delphi. The Oracle prophesied that Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother. In an attempt to prevent this prophecy's fulfillment, Laius ordered Oedipus's feet to be bound together, and pierced with a stake. Afterwards, the baby was given to a herdsman who was told to kill him. Unable to go though with his orders, he instead gave the child to a second herdsman who took the infant, Oedipus, to the king of Corinth, Polybus. Polybus adopted Oedipus as his son. Oedipus was raised as the crown prince of Corinth. Many years later Oedipus was told that Polybus was not his real father. Seeking the truth, he sought counsel from an Oracle and thus started the greatest tragedy ever written.
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Fairy Book
Sophie May 试读
Rebecca Sophia Clarke (1833-1906) was an American author of children's fiction. She wrote under the penname Sophie May and had 45 published works between 1860 and 1903. The most successful were the Little Prudy characters which made their first appearance in short stories for the children's periodicals, The Little Pilgrim and the Congregationalist. The series was later published into books. Her sister Sarah Jones Clarke (1840- 1929) was also an author of children's books. She wrote under the penname Penn Shirley. Rebecca attended a "female academy" in Norridgewock and taught for a while, but she never married. Amongst her works are: Little Prudy (1863), Little Prudy's Sister Susy (1864), Little Prudy's Captain Horace (1864), Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple (1868), Dotty Dimple Out West (1868), Dotty Dimple at Play (1869), Little Folks Astray (1870) and The Twin Cousins (1880).
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Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe
Sewell Ford 试读
Sewell Ford (1868-1946) was an American prolific author who wrote Horses Nine: Stories of Harness and Saddle (1903), Shorty McCabe (1906), Cherub Divine (1907), Side-Stepping with Shorty (1908), Torchy (1911), Trying Out Torchy (1912), Odd Numbers (1912), On With Torchy (1914), Torchy, Private Sec. (1915), Shorty McCabe on the Job (1915), Wilt Thou Torchy (1917), The House of Torchy (1918), Torchy and Vee (1919) and Torchy as a Pa (1921).
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Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece
Homer 试读
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