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A Christmas Carol(免费公版书)
Charles Dickens 试读
On Christmas Eve, Scrooge sits in his house with not a kind word for anyone; he just wants to be left alone until the humbug of Christmas is over. But four ghostly visitorshis former business partner, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Comeshow him the error of his ways, and by the time Christmas Day dawns, Scrooge is a changed person.
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The Celtic Twilight
William Butler Yeats 试读
Born and educated in Dublin, Ireland, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) discovered early in his literary career a fascination with Irish folklore and the occult. Later awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923, Yeats produced a vast collection of stories, songs, and poetry of Ireland's historical and legendary past. "The Celtic Twilight" includes forty-two Celtic folklore tales, and Yeats makes no secret of his fascination and even belief in the world of the occult and the existence of faeries. Yeats' passion in these tales comes forth through the pages and adds a new dimension to these age-old tales. Though the stories are short in length, there is no scarcity of depth.
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The King in Yellow
Robert William Chambers 试读
Classic novel by the American artist and writer, most well known for his collection of weird fiction short stories The King in Yellow. According to some estimates, Chambers was one of the most successful literary careers of his period, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status.
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Out of the Primitive
Robert Ames Bennet 试读
The second night north of the Zambezi, as well as the first, the little tramp rescue steamer had run out many miles into the offing and laid-to during the hours of darkness. The vicinity of the coral reefs that fringe the southeast coast of Africa is decidedly undesirable on moonless nights.(This paragraph from the first chapter)
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English Past and Present
Richard Chenevix Trench 试读
In editing the present volume I have thought it well to follow the same rule which I laid down for myself in editing The Study of Words,and have made no alteration in the text of Dr. Trench’s work (the fifth edition).
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How to Tell a Story and Other Essays
Mark Twain 试读
"How to Tell a Story and Other Essays" is a collection of essays on various subjects by America's most famous satirist, Mark Twain. Contained in this volume you will find the following essays: How to Tell a Story, In Defense of Harriet Shelley, Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses, Travelling With a Reformer, Private History of the 'Jumping Frog' Story, Mental Telegraphy Again, What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us, A Little Note to M. Paul Bourget, The Invalid's Story, The Captain's Story, Stirring Times in Austria, Concerning the Jews, From the 'London Times' of 1904, and At the Appetite-Cure.
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The Flamingo Feather
Kirk Munroe 试读
"On a dreary winter's day, early in the year 1564, young Rn de Veaux, who had just passed his sixteenth birthday, left the dear old chateau where he had spent his happy and careless boyhood, and started for Paris. Less than a month before both his noble father and his gentle mother had been taken from him by a terrible fever that had swept over the country, and Rn their only child, was left without a relative in the world except his uncle the Chevalier Rn de Laudonniere. . . ."Poor young Rn was traveling to his uncle, then in Paris -- but ultimately the pair would end up on a warm bright island in the New World where young Rn would become the hero of the surprising adventures that this book holds. . . .
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Olympian Nights
John Kendrick Bangs 试读
While travelling through the classic realms of Greece some years ago, sincerely desirous of discovering the lurking-place of a certain war which the newspapers of my own country were describing with some vividness, I chanced upon the base of the far-famed Mount Olympus. Night was coming on apace and I was tired, having been led during the day upon a wild-goose chase by my guide, who had assured me that he had definitely located the scene of hostilities between the Greeks and the Turks. He had promised that for a consideration I should witness a conflict between the contending armies which in its sanguinary aspects should surpass anything the world had yet known. Whether or not it so happened that the armies had been booked for a public exhibition elsewhere, unknown to the talented bandit who was acting as my courier, I am not aware, but, as the event transpired, the search was futile, and another day was wasted.
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Red Saunders Pets and Other Critters
Henry Wallace Phillips 试读
"Of all the worlds I ever broke into, this one's the most curious," said Red. "And one of the curiousest things in it is that I think it's queer. Why should I, now? What put it into our heads that affairs ought to go so and so and so, when they never do anything of the sort?
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The Eyes of the World
Harold Bell Wright 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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Oh, Money! Money!
Eleanor H.Porter 试读
There was a thoughtful frown on the face of the man who was the possessor of twenty million dollars. He was a tall, spare man, with a fringe of reddish-brown hair encircling a bald spot. His blue eyes, fixed just now in a steady gaze upon a row of ponderous law books across the room, were friendly and benevolent in direct contradiction to the bulldog, never-let-go fighting qualities of the square jaw below the firm, rather thin lips. The lawyer, a youthfully alert man of sixty years, trimly gray as to garb, hair, and mustache, sat idly watching him, yet with eyes that looked so intently that they seemed to listen. For fully five minutes the two men had been pulling at their cigars in silence when the millionaire spoke. "Ned, what am I going to do with my money?" Into the lawyer's listening eyes flashed, for a moment, the keenly scrutinizing glance usually reserved for the witness on the other side. Then quietly came the answer. "Spend it yourself, I hope-for some years to come, Stanley."
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How to Do It
Edward Everett Hale 试读
Edward Everett Hale (April 3, 1822 - June 10, 1909) was an American author and Unitarian clergyman.
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The Perils of Pauline
Charles Goddard 试读
Short excerpt: These things had been in his mind since the motor industry started. He had lived with them wrestled with them during his meals and taken them to his dreams at night. Now they formed a rhythm and he heard them in his brain just before the fainting spells...
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Earths Enigmas A Volume of Stories-Charles George Douglas Roberts
Charles George Douglas Roberts 试读
It is a volume of stories aout earth enigmas.you can learn something mysterious.
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A Crooked Path A Novel
Mrs. Alexander 试读
The London season had not yet reached its height, some years ago, before the arch admitting to Constitution Hill had been swept back to make room for the huge, ever-increasing stream of traffic, or the plebeian 'bus had been permitted to penetrate the precincts of Hamilton Place. It was the forenoon of a splendid day, one of the earliest of June, and at that hour the roadway between the entrance to Hyde Park and the gate then surmounted by the statue of the Duke of Wellington on his drooping steed was comparatively free, when two gentlemen coming from opposite directions recognized each other, and paused at the gate of Apsley House—the elder, a stout, florid man of military aspect, middle age, and average height, with large gray mustache and small, slightly bloodshot eyes; the younger, who was tall and bony, might have been thirty, or even forty, so grave and sedate was his bearing, although his erect carriage, elastic step, and clear keen dark eyes suggested earlier manhood.
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Don Rodriguez; chronicles of Shadow Valley
Plunkett,Edward J. M. D.,Lord Dunsany 试读
After long and patient research I am still unable to give to the reader of these Chronicles the exact date of the times that they tell of. Were it merely a matter of history there could be no doubts about the period but where magic is concerned, to however slight an extent, there must always be some element of mystery, arising partly out of ignorance and partly from the compulsion of those oaths by which magic protects its precincts from the tiptoe of curiosity. Moreover, magic, even in small quantities, appears to affect time, much as acids affect some metals, curiously changing its substance, until dates seem to melt into a mercurial form that renders them elusive even to the eye of the most watchful historian. It is the magic appearing in Chronicles III and IV that has gravely affected the date, so that all I can tell the reader with certainty of the period is that it fell in the later years of the Golden Age in Spain.
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I, Thou, and the Other One A Love Story
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 试读
Beyond Thirsk and Northallerton, through the Cleveland Hills to the sea eastward, and by Roseberry Topping, northward, there is a lovely, lonely district, very little known even at the present day. The winds stream through its hills, as cool and fresh as living water; and whatever beauty there is of mountain, valley, or moorland, Farndale and Westerdale can show it; while no part of England is so rich in those picturesque manor-houses which have been the homes of the same families for twenty generations.
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The Great Prince Shan
E. Phillips Oppenheim 试读
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The Romance of Golden Star ..
George Chetwynd Griffith 试读
'Ah, what a thing it would be for us if his Inca Highness were really only asleep, as he looks to be! Just think what he could tell us—how easily he could re-create that lost wonderland of his for us, what riddles he could answer, what lies he could contradict. And then think of all the lost treasures that he could show us the way to. Upon my word, if Mephistopheles were to walk into this room just now, I think I should be tempted to make a bargain with him. Do you know, Djama, I believe I would give half the remainder of my own life, whatever that may be, to learn the secrets that were once locked up in that withered, desiccated brain of his.'
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说唐后传-(清)无名氏
无名氏 试读
19《说唐后传》,清代无名氏著,共55回。故事前14回主要讲述唐太宗扫北,被敌军困于木阳城内,罗成之子罗通挂帅扫北,大败敌军,救出太宗,俗称《罗通扫北》。后41回说了唐朝大将薛仁贵保唐太宗跨海征讨辽东的故事,俗称《薛仁贵征东》。
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The Duel and Other Stories
Anton Chekhov 试读
Six selections from the famed Russian,show case his natural aptitude for detail, dialogue, humor, and compassion. Includes The Darling, a poignant piece supporting the claim that life has no meaning without love; as well as The Kiss, Anna on the Neck, The Man in a Case, The Malefactor, and the title story.
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Real Ghost Stories
William Thomas Stead 试读
Real Ghost Stories -How can there be real ghost stories when there are no real ghosts? But are there no real ghosts? You may not have seen one, but it does not follow that therefore they do not exist. How many of us have seen the microbe that kills? There are at least as many persons who testify they have seen apparitions as there are men of science who have examined the microbe. You and I, who have seen neither, must perforce take the testimony of others. The evidence for the microbe may be conclusive, the evidence as to apparitions may be worthless; but in both cases it is a case of testimony, not of personal experience.
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且介亭杂文集(精品公版)
鲁迅 试读
公源计划之名家鲁迅,本系列书共收录鲁迅28篇著作。 《且介亭杂文集》为作者1934年在官民的明明暗暗、软软硬硬的围剿“杂文”的笔和刀下的结集,凡是写下来的,全在这里面。作者的任务,是在对于有害的事物,立刻给以反响或抗争,是感应的神经,是攻守的手足。潜心于他的鸿篇巨制,为未来的文化设想,固然是很好的,但为现在抗争,却也正是为现在和未来的战斗的作者,因为失掉了现在,也就没有了未来。
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骆驼祥子(精品公版)
老舍 试读
52公源计划之名家老舍,本系列书共收录老舍55篇著作。 《骆驼祥子》是老舍所著的长篇小说,描述了20世纪20年代军阀混战时期人力车夫的悲惨命运。祥子是旧社会劳苦大众的代表人物。
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青霞丹雪(精品公版)
老舍 试读
公源计划之名家老舍,本系列书共收录老舍55篇著作。 历史剧《青霞丹雪》写于1959年,描述明代严嵩父子专权,顺者昌逆者亡,任用宵小,迫害忠良的故事。剧名取自忠臣冯青霞和冯丹雪二人之名。
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语文影及其他(精品公版)
朱自清 试读
公源计划之名家朱自清,本系列书共收录朱自清27篇著作。 《语文影及其他》是朱自清先生的一篇杂文集,主要谈论了日常用语的运用和日常伦理规范两个方面的问题,先生用流畅风趣的文笔,勾勒出这些生活现象所体现出的普通百姓的思维习惯和行为准则,读之令人会心一笑。
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中国歌谣(精品公版)
朱自清 试读
公源计划之名家朱自清,本系列书共收录朱自清27篇著作。 《中国歌谣》中国现代歌谣理论专著,全书分6章:歌谣释名、歌谣的起源与发展、歌谣的历史、歌谣的分类、歌谣的结构、歌谣的修辞。
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标准与尺度(精品公版)
朱自清 试读
公源计划之名家朱自清,本系列书共收录朱自清27篇著作。 《标准与尺度》是鲁迅的一篇杂文,收录了评论、杂记、书评、书序等,其中谈文学与语言的占多数。作者说:“这本书取名《标准与尺度》,因为书里有一篇《文学的标准与尺度》,而别的文章,不管论文,论事,论人,论书,也都关涉着标准与尺度。”这些散文是所谓“说理性散文”,文章虽是简省字句,但不难懂,代表了作者散文风格的转变,但读起来仍使我们感到文学意味盎然。
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古诗歌笺释三种(精品公版)
朱自清 试读
公源计划之名家朱自清,本系列书共收录朱自清27篇著作。 朱自清先生的遗稿中有《古诗歌笺释三种》、《十四家诗钞》、《宋五家诗钞》三种讲义,“所选均属先秦至北宋有代表性的诗人与诗作,时间上前后衔接,呈露出朱先生关于古代诗歌史的构想”。《古诗歌笺释三种》大都是汉代以前无主名诗歌的笺注和解释,是作者授课时的讲义或教学用的参考读物。
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读书指导(精品公版)
朱自清 试读
公源计划之名家朱自清,本系列书共收录朱自清27篇著作。站在世纪门槛边的中国人,今天正以前所未有的开放胸怀,海纳百川,博取众长,向着二十一世纪迈进。回首百年风云,中国人在继承传统文化并吸取他民族文化精华以建设现代化的历程,付出了艰辛的努力,留下无数令人反思不已的话题。
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宋五家诗钞(精品公版)
朱自清 试读
公源计划之名家朱自清,本系列书共收录朱自清27篇著作。朱自清古典文学专集之四。朱自清先生的遗稿中有《古诗歌笺释三种》、《十四家诗钞》、《宋五家诗钞》三种讲义,“所选均属先秦至北宋有代表性的诗人与诗作,时间上前后衔接,呈露出朱先生关于古代诗歌史的构想”。《宋五家诗钞》是朱自清先生在西南联大开“宋诗”课时编撰的宋诗选本,选录了梅尧臣、欧阳修、王安石、苏轼、黄庭坚五位大家的152首诗。
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达夫自选集(精品公版)
郁达夫 试读
公源计划之名家郁达夫,文艺青年郁达夫经典作品。 郁达夫的第二部个人自选集,收录了包括小说、散文、信件、日记各种体裁在内的十五篇作品,从中可以看出郁达夫对自己作品的认识和偏爱,同时可以带给读者美的享受。郁达夫自己说:“我的偏见,也许将为别人所不取。可是文章千古,得失相知,只在存心,尤其是侧重于个人体验的我的那些不足为法的浅薄作品,大约其中的得失甘苦,总只有我自己知道得详细一。”
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自剖文集(精品公版)
徐志摩 试读
公源计划之名家徐志摩,诗人、散文家,新月派代表诗人“徐志摩”经典佳作。《自剖文集》分自剖辑、哀思辑、游俄辑3辑。前两辑收《自剖》、《想飞》、《北戴河海滨幻想》、《我的祖母之死》、《吊刘叔和》等11篇散文。游俄辑收《欧游漫录》(西伯利亚游记),分“开篇”、“自愿的充军”、“两个生客”、“西伯利亚”、“莫斯科”、“血”等13节记述。