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Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs
W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert 试读
A book of ballads and songs by W.S.Gilbert, English dramatist and writer of humorous verse, he is best remembered as librettist of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. I collected the most popular of the songs and ballads which I had written for the series of light operas with which my name is associated, and published them under the title of "Songs of a Savoyard". It recently occurred to me that these songs had so much in common with "The Bab Ballads" that it might be advisable to weld the two books into one. This is, briefly, the history of the present volume. Gilbert wrote a large number of ballads for the magazine Fun using his pen-name Bab. These Bab Ballads became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plots and songs for the Grand Operas. Contains 'The Yarn of The Nancy Bell', 'Captain Reece', 'The Bishop and the Busman' and many others.
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Back to Billabong
Mary Grant Bruce 试读
Mary Grant Bruce (1878-1958), also known as Minnie Bruce, was an Australian children's author and journalist. While all her thirty-seven books enjoyed popular success in Australia and overseas, particularly in the United Kingdom, she was most famous for the Billabong series, focussing on the adventures of the Linton family on Billabong Station in Victoria and in England and Ireland during World War I. Her writing was considered influential in forming concepts of Australian national identity, especially in relation to visions of the Bush. It was characterised by fierce patriotism, vivid descriptions of the beauties and dangers of the Australian landscape, and humorous, colloquial dialogue celebrating the art of yarning. Her books were also notable and influential through championing of what Bruce held up as the quintessentially Australian Bush values of independence, hard physical labour (for women and children as well as men), mateship, the ANZAC spirit and Bush hospitality against more decadent, self-centred or stolid urban and British values. Among her most famous works are: A Little Bush Maid (1910), Mates at Billabong (1911) and Back to Billabong (1921).
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Wake-Robin
John Burroughs 试读
1871. Volume One of Twenty Three, Riverby Edition. John Burroughs emerged from an obscure boyhood in the Catskill Mountains to write more than thirty books, create the genre of the nature essay, and become the preeminent nature writer of his day. Through his essays in books and popular magazines, John Burroughs taught countless Americans to appreciate nature. His first book, Wake-Robin, is mainly a book about about the Birds, or more properly an invitation to the study of Ornithology, and the purpose of the author will be carried out in proportion as it awakens and stimulates the interest of the reader in this branch of Natural History. Contents: The Return of the Birds In the Hemlocks The Adirondacks Birds'-Nests Spring at the Capital Birch Browsings The Bluebird and The Invitation. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece
Homer 试读
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor ictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturaly important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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I, Thou, and the Other One A Love Story
Amelia 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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Queen Mary and Harold
Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 试读
Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and is one of the most popular English poets. Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes. One of Tennyson's most famous works is Idylls of the King (1859), a series of narrative poems based entirely on King Arthur and the Arthurian tales. During his career, Lord Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success even in his lifetime. His first publication entitled Poems by Two Brothers was published in 1827. He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems Chiefly Lyrical in 1830. In 1833, Tennyson published his second book of poetry, which included his well-known poem, The Lady of Shalott. In 1842 Tennyson published two volumes of Poems. The Princess, a satire of women's education, which came out in 1847, was also popular. It was in 1850 that Tennyson reached the pinnacle of his career, being appointed Poet Laureate until his death. Amongst his other works are Becket and Other Plays (1884) and Lady Clare (1884).
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Gargantua
Francois Rabelais 试读
Biting and bawdy, smart and smutty, lofty and low, Gargantua and Pantagruel is fantasy on the grandest of scales, told with an unquenchable thirst for all of human experience. Rabelais's vigorous examination of the life of his timesfrom bizarre battles to great drinking bouts, from satire on religion and education to matter-of-fact descriptions of bodily functions and desiresis one of the great comic masterpieces of literature.Parts of Gargantua and Pantagruel were banned upon their publication, and the whole of it has suffered in our century at the hands of translators too timid to say in modern English what Rabelais so frankly wrote in Middle French. Master translator Burton Raffel unapologetically brings to life in today's American idiom all the gusto of Rabelais's language. Raffel succeeds in making Gargantua and Pantagruel, so long a great unread classic, accessible and alive to the contemporary reader.
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Baldy of Nome
Esther Birdsall Darling 试读
At all events, Tom had resented the entrance of the Eskimo, Wolf, into the Kennel; and never failed, when "Scotty" was not about, to manifest an enmity that would have told a civilized dog not to attempt any liberties with him. But Wolf was only an ignorant puppy, taken from a native igloo, where all of the dogs and all of the family lived in happy harmony; and so, one day when he was particularly joyous, he nipped, in a spirit of mischief, the end of Tom's wagging stump of a tail. Tom wheeled instantly, his hair bristling and his jaws apart, but the timely arrival of Matt made further demonstration impossible; and Tom's instinctive dislike for Wolf grew into an obsession after that direct and personal insult.
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Echoes of the War(免费公版书)
James Matthew Barrie 试读
A non fiction story line of how it was lived with emotions of becoming a crew member, as a i130 Flight Engineer. To bring together family life and Air Force life, with some joy and some sorrow as it unfolded. Written with hopes of going into high schools to inspire the young and give them the urge to want to be able to fly the planes and travel the world.
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A Fairy Tale in Two Acts Taken from Shakespeare(1763)
William Shakespeare 试读
Quince, a Carpenter, Mr. Love.Bottom, the Weaver, Mr. Baddely.Snug, the Joiner, Mr. Clough.Flute, the Bellows-mender, Mr. Castle.Snout, the Tinker, Mr. Ackman.Starveling, the Taylor, Mr. Parsons.(This paragraph from the first chapter)
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Grannys Wonderful Chair
Frances Browne 试读
Granny's Wonderful Chair is a book of several wonderful fairy tales, which was very popular when it first came out, and remained so for several decades.The story design is somewhat like that of Arabian Nights, in that the story is one story teller (the chair), who tells several stories. Now, one might think that a chair telling stories is a very strange concept to base a book on, but I assure you that the storyteller (and the author) is one of the best story tellers I've read recently.
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The History of Emily Montague
Frances Brooke 试读
Frequently called the first Canadian novel, The History of Emily Montague, presents subversive views on traditional subjects like love and marriage and introduces such unique Canadian themes as the relationships between the Quebecois and their British conquerors and the customs and habits of the native peoples.
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Poets of the South
Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter 试读
Poets of the South: A Series of Biographical and Critical Studies with Typical Poems, Annotated. "The poets of the South, who constitute a worthy galaxy of poetic talent and achievement, are not sufficiently known. Even in the South, which might naturally be expected to take pride in its gifted singers, most of them, it is to be feared, are but little read. "
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Loveliness A Story
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 试读
It is a story about a dog.His owner has a deep feeling with the dog,but it is lost.
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North and South
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 试读
On its appearance in 'Household Words,' this tale was obliged to conform to the conditions imposed by the requirements of a weekly publication, and likewise to confine itself within certain advertised limits, in order that faith might be kept with the public.
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Hereward, the Last of the English
Charles Kingsley 试读
A great read for those who are into history. Lots of background giving an understanding of why the events happened. It gave a life to all the dry facts that are fed to us from childhood and later taken for granted that we should know.
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Found at Blazing Star
Bret Harte 试读
The rain had only ceased with the gray streaks of morning at Blazing Star, and the settlement awoke to a moral sense of cleanliness, and the finding of forgotten knives, tin cups, and smaller camp utensils, where the heavy showers had washed away the debris and dust heaps before the cabin doors. Indeed, it was recorded in Blazing Star that a fortunate early riser had once picked up on the highway a solid chunk of gold quartz which the rain had freed from its incumbering soil, and washed into immediate and glittering popularity. Possibly this may have been the reason why early risers in that locality, during the rainy season, adopted a thoughtful habit of body, and seldom lifted their eyes to the rifted or india-ink washed skies above them. "Cass" Beard had risen early that morning, but not with a view to discovery. A leak in his cabin roof, -quite consistent with his careless, improvident habits, -had roused him at 4 A. M., with a flooded "bunk" and wet blankets. The chips from his wood pile refused to kindle a fire to dry his bed-clothes, and he had recourse to a more provident neighbor's to supply the deficiency. This was nearly opposite. Mr. Cassius crossed the highway, and stopped suddenly. Something glittered in the nearest red pool before him. Gold, surely But, wonderful to relate, not an irregular, shapeless fragment of crude ore, fresh from Nature's crucible, but a bit of jeweler's handicraft in the form of a plain gold ring. Looking at it more attentively, he saw that it bore the inscription, "May to Cass."
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Oh, You Tex!
William MacLeod Raine 试读
It definately was a fun read for anyone who enjoys stories of the old west and grew up in the era when we read Zane Grey and later Louis LAmour. Tes is an oldfashioned hero, the kind who is self effacing and competent without bragging. There are some laughs in here, and a sweet romance that kinda keeps you guessing for quite a while! Settle in and enjoy "O, You Tex!"
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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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Music Talks with Children
Thomas Tapper 试读
A book of this kind, though addressed to children, must necessarily reach them through an older person. The purpose is to suggest a few of the many aspects which music may have even to the mind of a child. If these chapters, or whatever may be logically suggested by them, be actually used as the basis of simple Talks with children, music may become to them more than drill and study.
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Nature and Human Nature
Thomas Chandler Haliburton 试读
Thinks I to myself, as I overheard a person inquire of the servant at the door, in an unmistakeable voice and tone, "Is the Squire to hum?" that can be no one else than my old friend Sam Slick the Clockmaker. But it could admit of no doubt when he proceeded, "If he is, tell him I am here."
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Words for the Wise
Timothy Shay Arthur 试读
"THERE is one honest man in the world, I am happy to say," remarked a rich merchant, named Petron, to a friend who happened to call in upon him."Is there, indeed! I am glad to find you have made a discovery of the fact. Who is the individual entitled to the honourable distinction?"
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The Rules of the Game
Stewart Edward White 试读
The geography in this novel may easily be recognized by one familiar with the country. For that reason it is necessary to state that the characters therein are in no manner to be confused with the people actually inhabiting and developing that locality. The Power Company promoted by Baker has absolutely nothing to do with any Power Company utilizing any streams: the delectable Plant never exercised his talents in Sierra North. The author must decline to acknowledge any identifications of the sort. Plant and Baker and all the rest are, however, only to a limited extent fictitious characters. What they did and what they stood for is absolutely true.
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Strangers and Wayfarers
Sarah Orne Jewett 试读
The passenger and mail transportation between the towns of North Kilby and Sanscrit Pond was carried on by Mr. Jefferson Briley, whose two-seated covered wagon was usually much too large for the demands of business. Both the Sanscrit Pond and North Kilby people were stayers-at-home, and Mr. Briley often made his seven-mile journey in entire solitude, except for the limp leather mail-bag, which he held firmly to the floor of the carriage with his heavily shod left foot. The mail-bag had almost a personality to him, born of long association. Mr. Briley was a meek and timid-looking body, but he held a warlike soul, and encouraged his fancies by reading awful tales of bloodshed and lawlessness, in the far West. Mindful of stage robberies and train thieves, and of express messengers who died at their posts, he was prepared for anything; and although he had trusted to his own strength and bravery these many years, he carried a heavy pistol under his front-seat cushion for better defense. This awful weapon was familiar to all his regular passengers, and was usually shown to strangers by the time two of the seven miles of Mr. Briley's route had been passed. The pistol was not loaded. Nobody (at least not Mr. Briley himself) doubted that the mere sight of such a weapon would turn the boldest adventurer aside.
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History of American Literature
Reuben Post Halleck 试读
The transcendentalist, while voicing his ecstasy over life, has put himself on record as not wishing to do anything more than once. For him God has enough new experiences, so that repetition is unnecessary. He dislikes routine. "Everything," Emerson says, "admonishes us how needlessly long life is," that is, if we walk with heroes and do not repeat. Let a machine add figures while the soul moves on. He dislikes seeing any part of a universe that he does not use. Shakespeare seemed to him to have lived a thousand years as the guest of a great universe in which most of us never pass beyond the antechamber.
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Fighting the Whales
Robert Michael Ballantyne 试读
R. M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. In 1848 he published his first book, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated. The Young Fur-Traders (1856), The Coral Island (1857), The World of Ice (1859), Ungava: A Tale of Eskimo Land (1857), The Dog Crusoe (1860), The Lighthouse (1865), Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines (1868), The Pirate City (1874), Erling the Bold (1869), The Settler and the Savage (1877), and other books, to the number of upwards of a hundred, followed in regular succession, his rule being in every case to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes he described.
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Home Again
George MacDonald 试读
WILL THIS YOUNG POET AMOUNT TO NOTHINGHis Aunt Ann certainly thinks so."Walter is a drain on your finances " she states self-righteously.But Richard Colman, a farmer, doesn't think so. He loves his son, Walter Colman the young poet, and supports his ambition. Walter is his link to his dead wife. And besides . . .However Richard Colman's finances fail and the young poet must fend for himself.At first Walter finds some success -- but he meets the seductive Lufa and endures trouble.Should he return to the simple life of father, farmland and childhood friend Molly -- and his love of God HimselfFind out in this heartfelt parable of faith and art by the nineteenth century Scottish Christian master
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A Double Story
George MacDonald 试读
She might call and shout, and no one aboutWould ever call back, Who's there On the wide road leading straight into the country, the wise old woman unfolds her cloak -- and releases from within its folds the Princess Rosamund. When the girl opens eyelids swollen from weeping, she sees nothing familiar. City and palace -- gone Soon she and the wise old woman arrive at a cottage . . . one that seems to have a mind of its own -- to the infinite displeasure of the spoiled young girl Master tale-spinner George MacDonald writes of the palaces and furze-covered hills of mystic old Scotland in his delightful novel of court and countryside, A Double Story.
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The Dew of Their Youth
Samuel Rutherford Crockett 试读
Jo was preparing a further instalment, including clanking chains, gongs that sounded unseen in the air, hands that gripped the passengers and tried to pull them from their seats--all the wild tales of Souter Gowans, the village cobbler, and of ne'er-do-well farm lads, idle and reckless, whose word would never have been taken in any ordinary affair of life. Jo had not time, however, for Agnes Anne had a strong imagination, coupled with a highly nervous organization.
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The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Anne Warner 试读
Introducing Aunt MaryThe first time that Jack was threatened with expulsion from college his Aunt Mary was much surprised and decidedly vexed -- mainly at the college. His family were less surprised, viewing the young man through a clearer atmosphere than his Aunt Mary ever had, and knowing that he had barely escaped similar experiences earlier in his career by invariably leaving school the day before the board of inquiry convened. . . .Anne Warner was, while she lived, considered one of the best American humorists, often compared to celebrated New Englander Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. Warner's wit was at its greatest when she spoke of men -- she had a thing or two to say about the subject, as you'll see. . . .
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A Dozen Ways Of Love
Lily Dougall 试读
A love tale by the author of Beggars All and What Necessity Knows.
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A Thin Ghost and Others
Montague Rhodes James 试读
"This volume of M.R. James's classic ghostly fiction contains: ""Preface,"" ""The Residence at Whitminster,"" ""The Diary of Mr. Poynter,"" ""The Episode of Cathedral History, ""The Story of a Disappearance and an appearance,"" and ""Two Doctors.""About this volume, the author wrote: ""I have had my doubts about the wisdom of publishing a third set of tales sequels are, not only proverbially but actually, very hazardous things. However, the tales make no pretence but to amuse, and my friends have not seldom asked for the publication. So not a great deal is risked, perhaps, and perhaps also some one's Christmas may be the cheerfuller for a storybook which, I think, only once mentions the war."""
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All Around the Moon
Jules Verne 试读
A few years ago the world was suddenly astounded by hearing of an experiment of a most novel and daring nature, altogether unprecedented in the annals of science. The BALTIMORE GUN CLUB, a society of artillerymen started in America during the great Civil War, had conceived the idea of nothing less than establishing direct communication with the Moon by means of a projectile! President Barbican, the originator of the enterprise, was strongly encouraged in its feasibility by the astronomers of Cambridge Observatory, and took upon himself to provide all the means necessary to secure its success. Having realized by means of a public subscription the sum of nearly five and a half millions of dollars, he immediately set himself to work at the necessary gigantic labors.
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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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中国小说史略(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。 《中国小说史略》原是鲁迅在北京大学讲中国小说历史的讲义,共二十八篇,1924年成书,1925年由北京北新书局出版。本书为鲁迅先生编撰的中国 部小说史专著。 全书共有二十八篇,叙述中国古代小说发生、发展、演变过程,始于神话与传说,迄于清末谴责小说。本书在资料上搜罗宏富,采辑审慎。分析历代小说的思想、艺术,言简意该,评断允当,是二十世纪一部具有里程碑意义的经典著作。
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且介亭杂文二集(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。 《且介亭杂文二集》是鲁迅的一部杂文集,收录了鲁迅在1935年所写的杂文四十八篇,包括《隐士》《漫画而又漫画》《人生识字胡涂始》《论“人言可畏”》《再论“文人相轻”》《名人和名言》《逃名》《陀思妥夫斯基的事》《论新文字》等。
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南腔北调集(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。 《南腔北调集》是鲁迅的一部杂文集,收录了鲁迅在1927年1929年间所写的杂文五十一篇。当时上海有一署名“美子”的文人在《作家素描》一文中攻击鲁迅:“鲁迅很喜欢演说,只是有些口吃,而且是‘南腔北调'。”对此,鲁迅迎头反击道:“我不会说绵软的苏白,不会打响亮的京调,不入调不入流,实在是南腔北调。”表明了自己不愿随波逐流,鄙薄无聊文人的立场,信手拈来的这个集名,诙谐幽默之中,寄托了对敌人的鄙视,表示了不妥协的态度。所以先生将1934年3月出版的这个集子命名为《南腔北调集》,是一种自嘲,更是对美子的嘲讽。
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归去来兮(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。 《归去来兮》剧本的基本情节围绕着商人乔绅的家庭分化而展开,唯利是图的商人乔绅趁国家面临危难之际,靠囤积居奇大发横财。他从不关心抗战,也不顾民族的存亡,他认为,只要能成为实业家、金融家,“就可以立下永远不倒的势力,无论政权在谁的手里,咱们总是高等的人”。他自以为他为子女赚了钱,靠他的精明厉害和一家之主的地位,他在家庭里是可以随意发号施令和控制一切的。其实不然。他不关心抗战,但是抗战的热潮、时代的风雨,时时冲击着他的家庭;他崇拜金钱的力量,但是金钱并未能维系他与子女及朋友的关系。他彻底陷入孤立的境地……在《归去来兮》中,通过对乔绅的遭遇的描写,作家一方面讽刺了发国难财的投机奸商,鞭笞了他们丑恶的灵魂;另一方面告诉人们,一切有违于抗战的行为都是可耻的。
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西望长安(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。 《西望长安》共五幕,创作于1956年,剧中写了一个名叫栗晚成的骗子,用并不高明的骗术,伪造履历、骗取官职;而他周围的干部们却麻痹轻信,成为他获取功名利禄的道具,有的甚至帮他娶妻成家。后来,有些警惕性较高的同志察觉了他欺骗行径的蛛丝马迹,才由公安机关侦破此案。剧中,老舍笔法诙谐幽默,有些细节具有较强的讽刺效果。
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文学概论讲义(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。 20世纪30年代初,老舍在齐鲁大学任教时编写出《文学概论讲义》一书。此书几乎算是老舍的第一本专门的理论著作。全书共十五讲,论述了文学的特质、创造、起源、风格以及诗歌、散文、戏剧和小说等内容。在书中,老舍既纵论中国历代文论,又巧妙地引入西方各种文论思想,既讲文学的特质、文学的创造、文学的起源、文学的风格、文学的形式,又谈文学的风气和倾向,理论简洁生动,能帮助读者理解老舍的文艺观和20世纪30年代的文坛。此书不仅为研究老舍文学观的重要资料,也是一部难得的文学理论入门书。
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我这一辈子(精品公版)
老舍 试读
18公源计划之名家老舍,本系列书共收录老舍55篇著作。 《我这一辈子》描写了一个旧时代普通巡警的坎坷一生,他很普通却也很要强,可是生活却不断和他开玩笑:心爱的妻子被知心的朋友拐走;学了裱纸手艺,可时代变迁,却没了用武之地;无奈之下做了巡警,可是困苦的生活还在继续。
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经典常谈(精品公版)
朱自清 试读
13公源计划之名家朱自清,本系列书共收录朱自清27篇著作。 《经典常谈》写于1942年,是朱自清先生介绍中国古代文学、历史、哲学经典的启蒙读物,全书见解精辟,通俗流畅,是一般读者了解中国古代文化典籍的入门指南。
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