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百年哈佛经典：英文原版（全50卷）
CHARLES W.ELIOT 试读
百年哈佛经典（全套50册）（英文原版）登陆中国，哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特倾心主编。全套50卷，共精选400多位人类史上优秀思想家的136本专著，是国内首套权威的人类文明传世之作。哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特（CHARLES W.ELIOT）任主编，哈佛大学及其他名校100多位享誉全球的教授任分册编辑，历时数年完成。自1901年问世至今，畅销100多年，成为西方家庭的必备藏书，西方学生接受古代和近代文明教育的读物。引领中国思想家胡适先生进入西方文明殿堂的一块敲门砖。万卷出版公司与北京神鸟文化发展有限公司倾心5年时间精心打造。
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迪士尼英文原版·疯狂元素城 Elemental
青橙英语 试读
《疯狂元素城 Elemental》是皮克斯打造的全新奇幻喜剧电影。在这个故事设定中，风、土、水、火四大元素被赋予了生动的卡通形象，他们共同生活在奇妙绚丽的城市里。两位“水火不容”的主角——渡阿波和小焰，“不打不相识”，他俩将跨越隔阂，开启一段看似不可能的浪漫故事，一同去寻找自己向往的新生活。
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寻梦环游记 Coco（迪士尼英文原版）
迪士尼公司 试读
本书为迪士尼年动画收官之作《寻梦环游记》电影同名小说，讲述了一个关于爱与梦想的暖心故事。故事的主人公是来自墨西哥的小男孩米格，他从小热爱音乐，但他的家族却世代禁止族人接触音乐，米格因此陷入梦想和亲情的巨大矛盾之中，冲动之下，他进入了五彩斑斓又光怪陆离的神秘世界，开启了一段震撼心灵、感动非凡、永生难忘的旅程。
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Animal Farm 动物农庄（英文版）
乔治·奥威尔 试读
马诺尔农庄一只名叫老梅杰的猪在提出了“人类剥削动物，动物须革命”的理论之后死去，几个月后，农庄里掀起了一场由猪领导的革命，原来的剥削者——主人琼斯先生被赶走，动物们实现了“当家作主”的愿望，尝到了革命果实的甘美，马诺尔农庄被更名为“动物农庄”，还制定了七戒。然而不久，两只领头的猪为了权力而互相倾轧，胜利的一方宣布另一方是叛徒、内奸，猪们逐渐侵占了其他动物的劳动成果，成为新的特权阶级，“所有动物一律平等”的原则被修正为“但有些动物比其他动物更平等”，动物们又恢复到从前的悲惨状况。
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迪士尼英文原版·小美人鱼 The Little Mermaid
青橙英语 试读
本书为2023年迪士尼真人电影《小美人鱼 The Little Mermaid》同名英文小说，故事主人公爱丽儿是一条坚强有主见的小美人鱼，她对海洋以外的世界充满了好奇。当她遇见陆地上的英俊王子后，内心充满了激动。在红蟹赛巴斯丁、比目鱼小胖这些朋友的帮助之下，爱丽儿勇敢冲出海底世界，战胜魔咒，终于追寻到自己想拥有的感情。
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The Secret Agent 间谍（英文版）
约瑟夫·康拉德 试读
这部长篇小说是一部与康拉德的航海小说不同的政治小说，被认为是康拉德成名代表作，同时本书也预言了20世纪恐怖主义、无政府主义以及英国军情五处这样的秘密机构的兴起。 《纽约时报》赞誉本书是“对恐怖主义杰出的小说式研究”，本书还入选了美国现代文库20世纪百佳英语小说榜单，以及美国侦探小说家协会有史以来百佳侦探小说榜单。
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Brideshead Revisited 欲望庄园（英文版）
伊夫林·沃 试读
《欲望庄园》是一本有关主角查尔斯‧莱德回望人生前半段的忏情录。描述了一战后的英国贵族、天主教、牛津大学校园、异性／同性情爱等议题，出版后旋即成为作者最畅销代表作。
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Heart of Darkness 黑暗的心（英文版）
约瑟夫·康拉德 试读
《黑暗的心》被认为是英国文学史上真正意义上的现代主义小说，在这部作品中作者对人类文明以及人性这一主题作了深刻的思考。记录了船长马洛在一艘停靠于伦敦外的海船上所讲的刚果河的故事。马洛的故事除了涉及马洛自己年轻时的非洲经历之外，主要讲述了他在非洲期间所认识的一个叫库尔兹的白人殖民者的故事——一个矢志将“文明进步”带到非洲的理想主义者，后来堕落成贪婪的殖民者的经过。
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Tender Is the Night夜色温柔（英文原版）
菲茨杰拉德 试读
《夜色温柔》是美国“迷惘的一代”代表作家菲茨杰拉德的一部具有强烈自传色彩的长篇小说，标题取自济慈的《夜莺颂》——Tenderisthelight,AndhaplytheQueen-Moonisonherthrone,Cluster'daroundbyallherstarryFays;butthereisnolight。小说讲述了年轻有为的心理医生迪克与上流社会的妻子相遇相恋的经历，以及与电影女演员露丝·玛丽的感情纠葛。他不断追求爱情和生活中的梦幻理想，却一次次经历幻灭。故事虽然以欧洲为背景，实则映射了美国“爵士时代”纸醉金迷的物质生活和狂欢掩饰下个人的无助和迷茫。作者简介菲兹杰拉德，F．S．（1896～1940）美国小说家。代表作品有《了不起的盖茨比》《夜色温柔》等，是20年代“爵士时代”的发言人和“迷惘的一代”的代表作家之一。
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Women in Love 恋爱中的女人（英文版）
D·H·劳伦斯 试读
《恋爱中的女人》英国作家D·H·劳伦斯代表作，小说围绕了两对恋人的情感纠葛展开：女教师厄休拉和督学伯基怀着对生命的热爱，冲破重重阻隔，有情人终成眷属；厄休拉的妹妹葛珍和矿业巨头杰拉尔德则由于双方观念上的巨大差异，经历了无数次冲突后最终关系破裂，杰拉尔德最终在荒芜死寂、风雪迷漫的深谷里结束了自己的生命。
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Main Street 大街（英文版）
辛克莱·路易斯 试读
《大街》是美国诺贝尔文学奖得主辛克莱·路易斯的代表作，问世后迅速风靡欧美国家，一年内重印28次，被誉为“发现美国的一个里程碑”，是“20世纪美国出版史上轰动的事件”。此书还成了当时堪萨斯州各级学校学生的必读教材。此电子书为全英文版。
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Nostromo 诺斯特罗莫（英文版）
约瑟夫·康拉德 试读
小说虚构了一个南美国家科斯塔瓦那，这个国家长期处于暴政、革命和战争之中。查尔斯·古尔德拥有一座藏量丰富的银矿，他对这个国家的动荡与无处不在的腐败深恶痛绝，决定用他的财富支持当时的独裁政府，认为此举能给这个国家带来稳定。但是开采银矿将带来的巨额财富招致各种势力的觊觎，引发了新一轮的革命和自我割据的军阀战争，将这个国家带入更大的混乱之中。腐败与贪婪侵入了每一个人的生活，小说的主角“不被腐蚀”的诺斯特罗莫面临着巨大的考验。
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A Room with a View 看得见风景的房间（英文版）
E.M.福斯特 试读
《看得见风景的房间》是福斯特构思最久、尤为钟爱的小说，作者坦言他所获成就是搭了本书的顺风车，入选“现代文库20世纪百大英文小说”。在福斯特精巧的故事结构下，通过鲜明或者隐晦的对比，英国爱德华时代中产阶级的生活画卷被一幕幕拉开：世俗常规和激情、意大利人和英国游客、房间本身和屋外风景；在福斯特清新微妙的笔触里，各色人物纷纷登场，女主人公露西冲破束缚，上演一场震撼心灵的爱情，露西的形象尤其令人难忘，好像我们也被她牵引着穿...
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The Old Wives‘ Tale 老妇谭（英文版）
阿诺德·本涅特 试读
Old wives tale is an epithet used to indicate that a supposed truth is actually a superstition or something untrue, to be ridiculed.It can be said sometimes to be a type of urban legend,said to be passed down by older women to a younger generation.Such "tales" are considered superstition,folklore or unverified claims with exaggerated and/or inaccurate details.Old wives' tales often center on women's traditional concerns,such as pregnancy,puberty,social relations,health,herbalism and nutrition.
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百年哈佛经典第2卷：柏拉图对话录·辩解篇、菲多篇、克利多篇（英文原版）
CHARLES W.ELIOT 试读
百年哈佛经典（全套50册）（英文原版）登陆中国，哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特倾心主编。全套50卷，共精选400多位人类史上优秀思想家的136本专著，是国内首套权威的人类文明传世之作。 哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特（CHARLES W. ELIOT）任主编，哈佛大学及其他名校100多位享誉全球的教授任分册编辑，历时数年完成。自1901年问世至今，畅销100多年，成为西方家庭的必备藏书，西方学生接受古代和近代文明教育的读物。引领中国思想家胡适先生进入西方文明殿堂的一块敲门砖。 万卷出版公司与北京神鸟文化发展有限公司倾心5年时间精心打造。
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百年哈佛经典第1卷：富兰克林自传（英文原版）
CHARLES W.ELIOT 试读
百年哈佛经典（全套50册）（英文原版）登陆中国，哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特倾心主编。全套50卷，共精选400多位人类史上优秀思想家的136本专著，是国内首套权威的人类文明传世之作。 哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特（CHARLES W. ELIOT）任主编，哈佛大学及其他名校100多位享誉全球的教授任分册编辑，历时数年完成。自1901年问世至今，畅销100多年，成为西方家庭的必备藏书，西方学生接受古代和近代文明教育的读物。引领中国思想家胡适先生进入西方文明殿堂的一块敲门砖。 万卷出版公司与北京神鸟文化发展有限公司倾心5年时间精心打造。
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百年哈佛经典第3卷：培根论说文集及新阿特兰蒂斯（英文原版）
CHARLES W.ELIOT 试读
百年哈佛经典（全套50册）（英文原版）登陆中国，哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特倾心主编。全套50卷，共精选400多位人类史上优秀思想家的136本专著，是国内首套权威的人类文明传世之作。 哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特（CHARLES W.ELIOT）任主编，哈佛大学及其他名校100多位享誉全球的教授任分册编辑，历时数年完成。自1901年问世至今，畅销100多年，成为西方家庭的必备藏书，西方学生接受古代和近代文明教育的读物。引领中国思想家胡适先生进入西方文明殿堂的一块敲门砖。 万卷出版公司与北京神鸟文化发展有限公司倾心5年时间精心打造。
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百年哈佛经典第42卷：英文诗集·卷III 从丁尼生到惠特曼（英文原版）
CHARLES W.ELIOT 试读
百年哈佛经典（全套50册）（英文原版）登陆中国，哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特倾心主编。全套50卷，共精选400多位人类史上优秀思想家的136本专著，是国内首套权威的人类文明传世之作。 哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特（CHARLES W.ELIOT）任主编，哈佛大学及其他名校100多位享誉全球的教授任分册编辑，历时数年完成。自1901年问世至今，畅销100多年，成为西方家庭的必备藏书，西方学生接受古代和近代文明教育的读物。引领中国思想家胡适先生进入西方文明殿堂的一块敲门砖。 万卷出版公司与北京神鸟文化发展有限公司倾心5年时间精心打造。
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百年哈佛经典第41卷：英文诗集·卷II 从科林斯到费兹杰拉德（英文原版）
CHARLES W.ELIOT 试读
百年哈佛经典（全套50册）（英文原版）登陆中国，哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特倾心主编。全套50卷，共精选400多位人类史上优秀思想家的136本专著，是国内首套权威的人类文明传世之作。 哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特（CHARLES W.ELIOT）任主编，哈佛大学及其他名校100多位享誉全球的教授任分册编辑，历时数年完成。自1901年问世至今，畅销100多年，成为西方家庭的必备藏书，西方学生接受古代和近代文明教育的读物。引领中国思想家胡适先生进入西方文明殿堂的一块敲门砖。 万卷出版公司与北京神鸟文化发展有限公司倾心5年时间精心打造。
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百年哈佛经典第4卷：约翰·米尔顿英文诗全集（英文原版）
CHARLES W.ELIOT 试读
百年哈佛经典（全套50册）（英文原版）登陆中国，哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特倾心主编。全套50卷，共精选400多位人类史上优秀思想家的136本专著，是国内首套权威的人类文明传世之作。 哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特（CHARLES W.ELIOT）任主编，哈佛大学及其他名校100多位享誉全球的教授任分册编辑，历时数年完成。自1901年问世至今，畅销100多年，成为西方家庭的必备藏书，西方学生接受古代和近代文明教育的读物。引领中国思想家胡适先生进入西方文明殿堂的一块敲门砖。 万卷出版公司与北京神鸟文化发展有限公司倾心5年时间精心打造。
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Tess of the d‘Urbervilles 德伯家的苔丝（英文版）
托马斯·哈代 试读
《德伯家的苔丝》是哈代小说代表作，奠定了哈代在英国乃至世界文学的地位。小说描写的是社会如何把一个纯洁、善良、质朴、美丽的农村姑娘逼得走投无路，最终拿起武器向仇人复仇的故事。小说对主人公苔丝不幸命运的描述，表现了人的命运、人与社会的关系、社会的等级差异和贫富不公等丰富深刻的内容，给人以众多的认知、启迪和警示。女主人公苔丝早已成为世界文学画廊之中的不朽形象。此电子书版本为全英文版。
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The Great Gatsby了不起的盖茨比（英文原版）
菲茨杰拉德 试读
《了不起的盖茨比》出版于1925年，是美国作家菲茨杰拉德的代表作，奠定了他20世纪20年代“爵士时代”发言人和“迷惘的一代”代表作家的地位。20世纪末，美国学术界权威在百年英语文学长河中选出百部最优秀的小说，《了不起的盖茨比》高居第二位。故事讲述了银行小职员尼克背井离乡来到纽约，盖茨比夜夜笙歌的奢华生活和神秘的个人背景引发了他的好奇。原来，这位富商出身贫寒却爱上了大家闺秀黛西，世界大战爆发拆散了这对有情人。盖茨比带着功勋从战场归来，等待他的却是心上人嫁作他人妇的消息。伤心欲绝的他不择手段成为富翁，挥金如土，彻夜笙箫，为的就是引起黛西的注意，挽回失去的爱情。 尼克为盖茨比的痴情打动，为两人牵线搭桥。殊不知黛西早已不复当年，而是一副拜金面孔，与盖茨比的重温旧梦不过是她在婚姻外寻求的刺激。一次意外，黛西驾车时撞死了丈夫汤姆的情人威尔逊太太，盖茨比为救心上人决意顶罪，汤姆却借此唆使威尔逊杀死了盖茨比。薄情的黛西没有为盖茨比送葬，而是与丈夫踏上欧洲游玩的旅程。盖茨比草草结束了荒唐悲剧的一生。而目睹了人世间薄情寡义的尼克，也离开了喧嚣、冷漠、空洞、虚假的纽约，黯然回到故乡。
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A Little Princess 小公主（英文原版）
F.H.伯内特 试读
父亲去世和破产的消息让萨拉顷刻之间从令人羡慕的小公主沦为寄宿学校的女佣。她饱尝人情冷暖，但始终保持着善良、高贵的心，因为她相信： “就算穿着破衣服，我也可以在心里像一位公主。”
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Diary of a Chambermaid ：女仆日记（英文版）
奥克塔夫·米尔博 试读
故事发生在1900年左右的法国。时髦少女塞莱丝汀从动荡不安的巴黎来到诺曼底当家庭女仆，她是一个很有魅力、聪明美丽的女孩。身为女仆多年，她在各个不同的主人家遭遇了很多不顺。在兰莱尔一家人的别墅里，她面对的是好色的男主人和他那性冷淡、专横和嫉妒心强的妻子。不甘示弱的塞莱丝汀不愿像家中前一任女仆那样，因为被男主人搞大肚子而被扫地出门，她知道如何巧妙地运用自己的魅力掌控命运。在忍受女主人变态般的挑剔折磨之时，塞莱丝汀渐渐看上了家中沉默寡言的园丁约瑟夫。约瑟夫有着反犹太人思想，以及残害犹太小女孩的丑恶形象。尽管如此，塞莱丝汀还是愿意跟随着他一起，实行偷盗兰莱尔家银器并逃走的计划。他们打算逃到瑟堡，开一家妓院酒吧，而塞莱丝汀可以向那些光顾的士兵提供性服务。
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Queen Victoria：维多利亚女王传（英文版）
利顿·斯特雷奇 试读
英国历史上有两个时期被认为是英国的黄金时期，一个是16世纪伊丽莎白女王在位时期，那是资本主义开始发展的时期；另一个就是19世纪维多利亚女王在位时期，那是英国资本主义发展鼎盛时期。后面的这个时期，历史上称之为维多利亚时代，维多利亚女王就成了这个时代的象征。本书为全英文版，记述了女王的一生，反映了女王的精神品质的形成和发展过程，读者不但可以看到一位被称为“欧洲的祖母”、有血有肉的女王，同时也可以看到以她的名字命名的那个时代。维多利亚女王（Alexandrina Victoria 1819年—1901年)英国历史上在位时间最长的君主，在位时间长达64年。她是第一个以“大不列颠和爱尔兰联合王国女王和印度女皇”名号称呼的英国君主。她在位的64年期间（1837-1901年），是英国最强盛的所谓“日不落帝国”时期。女王统治时期，在英国历史上被称为维多利亚时代。她在位的60余年正值英国自由资本主义由方兴未艾到鼎盛、进而过渡到垄断资本主义的转变时期，经济、文化空前繁荣，君主立宪制得到充分发展，使维多利亚女王成了英国和平与繁荣的象征。
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Great Expectations
Charles Dickens 试读
Great Expectations tells the unforgettable story of the orphan Pip and his coming of age with the help of a mysterious benefactor. It is at once an expertly crafted novel and a profound reappraisal of the Victorian middle class and its values.
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Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert 试读
This exquisite novel tells the story of one of the most compelling heroines in modern literature--Emma Bovary. Unhappily married to a devoted, clumsy provincial doctor, Emma revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing voluptuous dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous and sentimental desires lead her only to suffering corruption and downfall. A brilliant psychological portrait, Madame Bovary searingly depicts the human mind in search of transcendence. Who is Madame Bovary? Flaubert's answer to this question was superb: "Madame Bovary, c'est moi." Acclaimed as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1857, the work catapulted Flaubert to the ranks of the world's greatest novelists. This volume, with its fine translation by Lowell Bair, a perceptive introduction by Leo Bersani, and a complete supplement of essays and critical comments, is the indispensable Madame Bovary.
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A Double Barrelled Detective Story
Mark Twain 试读
Mark Twain is best known for his novels and short stories. Twain uses his incredible whit to depict life in America. His books Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn have been read by school children for generations. His life on the Mississippi River has peeked the imagination of boys to go and build a raft and sail off into unknown adventures. Double Barrelled Detective Story is a story in which Sherlock Holmes finds himself in the Old West. From Wikipedia, At a mining camp in California, Fetlock Jones, a nephew of Sherlock Holmes, kills his master, a silver-miner, by blowing up his cabin. Since this occurs when Holmes happens to be visiting, he brings his skills to bear upon the case and arrives at logically worked conclusions that are proved to be abysmally wrong by an amateur detective with an extremely keen sense of smell, which he employs in solving the case. This could be seen as yet another piece where Twain tries to prove that life does not quite follow logic.
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A Tramp Abroad
Mark Twain 试读
Cast in the form of a waling tour through Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy, Mark Twain's account of traveling in Europe (1880) sparkles with his shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture. A TRAMP ABROAD showcases Twain's unparalleled ability to integrate humorous sketches, autobiographical tidbits, and historical anecdotes in a consistently entertaining narrative. Illustrated by Twain.
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A Woman of Thirty
Honoré de Balzac 试读
By the French author,who,along with Flaubert,is generally regarded as a founding—father of realism in European fiction.His large output of works,collectively entitled The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine),consists of 95 finished works (stories,novels and essays) and 48 unfinished works.His stories are an attempt to comprehend and depict the realities of life in contemporary bourgeois France.They are placed in a variety of settings,with characters reappearing in multiple stories.
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Alices Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll 试读
It tells the story of a girl named Alice into a fantasy world from rabbit dry, encountered many can speak like organisms and are generally activities cards, finally found is a dream……
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As You Like It
William Shakespeare 试读
Includes the unabridged text of Shakespeare's classic play plus a complete study guide that helps readers gain a thorough understanding of the work's content and context. The comprehensive guide includes scene-by-scene summaries, explanations and discussions of the plot, question-and-answer sections, author biography, analytical paper topics, list of characters, bibliography, and more.
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De Profundis
王尔德 试读
While jailed for homosexual offenses, Wilde wrote this long, bitter letter of recrimination to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. It offers fascinating insights into Wilde's life in prison and the background and psychology of a notorious affair, but its eloquence, passion and literary excellence make it a universal statement about love, injustice and suffering.
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Father Goriot
Honoré de Balzac 试读
By the French author, who, along with Flaubert, is generally regarded as a founding-father of realism in European fiction. His large output of works, collectively entitled The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine), consists of 95 finished works (stories, novels and essays) and 48 unfinished works. His stories are an attempt to comprehend and depict the realities of life in contemporary bourgeois France. They are placed in a variety of settings, with characters reappearing in multiple stories.
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Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad 试读
The story of the civilized, enlightened Mr. Kurtz who embarks on a harrowing "night journey" into the savage heart of Africa, only to find his dark and evil soul. The Secret Sharer. The saga of a young, inexperienced skipper forced to decide the fate of a fugitive sailor who killed a man in self-defense. As he faces his first moral test the skipper discovers a terrifying truth -- and comes face to face with the secret itself. Heart Of Darkness and The Secret Sharer draw on actual events and people that Conrad met or heard about during his many far-flung travels. In portraying men whose incredible journeys on land and at sea are also symbolic voyages into their own mysterious depths, these two masterful works give credence to Conrad's acclaim as a major psychological writer.
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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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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself
Harriet Ann Jacobs 试读
Born into slavery, Linda spends her early years in a happy home with her mother and father, who are relatively well-off slaves. When her mother dies, six-year-old Linda is sent to live with her mother's mistress,who treats her well and teaches her to read.After a few years, this mistress dies and bequeaths Linda to a relative. Her new masters are cruel and neglectful,and Dr. Flint,the father,takes an interest in Linda and tries to force her into a sexual relationship with him. Linda continues to thwart his attempts and maintain her distance.Knowing that Flint will do anything to get his way,Linda consents to a love affair with a white neighbor,Mr.Sands.She is ashamed at her discretion,but she knows it is better than being raped by Dr.Flint.During their affair,Mr.Sands and Linda have two children.Their names are Benjamin,who is often called Benny in the narrative,and Ellen.Throughout her narrative,Jacobs argues that a powerless slave girl cannot be held to the same standards of morality as a free woman.She also has practical reasons for agreeing to the affair:she hopes that when Flint finds out about it,he will sell her to Sands in disgust.Instead,the vengeful Flint sends Linda to his son's plantation to be broken in as a field hand.
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Mansfield Park
简·奥斯汀 试读
"Mansfield Park"encompasses not only Jane Austen's great comedic gifts and her genius as a historian of the human animal,but her personal credo as well--her faith in a social order that combats chaos through civil grace, decency,and wit.At the novel's center is Fanny Price,the classic"poor cousin,"brought as a child to Mansfield Park by the rich Sir Thomas Bertram and his wife as an act of charity. Over time, Fanny comes to demonstrate forcibly those virtues Austen most admired: modesty, firm principles, and a loving heart. As Fanny watches her cousins Maria and Julia cast aside their scruples in dangerous flirtations (and worse),and as she herself resolutely resists the advantages of marriage to the fascinating but morally unsteady Henry Crawford,her seeming austerity grows in appeal and makes clear to us why she was Austen's own favorite among her heroines.
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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 Devils Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce 试读
The world according to the anatomy of definition or explanation way, similar to the style of essays. The author reveals the human civilization mercilessly defects and weaknesses of human nature, colour rein class feel ashamed, it is difficult to envisage the shadow. The sense of humor, humor, ridicule, spicy, rich in profound philosophy and sharp irony, let people laugh more, can not help but Yanjuan meditation.When you open the "devil dictionary", gosh! Once upon a time seems to have organized the world completely distorted, disorder, everything all seem to be out of shape, upside down! Civilization shine off the scar, life detection, presented in front of in addition to ugly is ridiculous. But do not fear that, compared to the guns, bombs for human slaughter, it much more humane, but also much more interesting.
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The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoyevsky 试读
The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles.Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. Embroiled in the intrigues which centre around the ruling classes, he emerges as a combination of the Christian ideal and Dostoevsky's own views. The world created by the ruling classes cannot accommodate the goodness of this idiot.
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The Song of the Lark
Willa Sibert Cather 试读
Willa Cather's third novel, The Song of the Lark, depicts the growth of an artist, singer Thea Kronborg, a character inspired by the Swedish-born immigrant and renowned Wagnerian soprano Olive Fremstad. Thea's early life, however, has much in common with Cather's own. Set from 1885 to 1909, the novel traces Thea's long journey from her fictional hometown of Moonstone, Colorado, to her source of inspiration in the Southwest, and to New York and the Metropolitan Opera House. As she makes her way in the world from an unlikely background, Thea distils all her experiences and relationships into the power and passion of her singing, despite the cost. The Song of the Lark presents Cather's vision of a true artist.
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The Valley of Decision
伊迪丝·华顿 试读
Edith Wharton (1862-1937), born Edith Newbold Jones, was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humourous and incisive novels and short stories. Wharton was well-acquainted with many of her era's literary and public figures, including Henry James and Theodore Roosevelt. Besides her writing, she was a highly regarded landscape architect, interior designer, and taste-maker of her time.
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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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He Giveth His Beloved Sleep
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 试读
The book is He Giveth His Beloved Sleep. It has a lyric sound of this poem. It was like a profound lullaby. It is super short so you may not want to get the poem. It is written a poem like as about The Sleep oF all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto souls afar Along the Psalmist's music deep Now tell me if that any is For gift or grace surpassing this He giveth His beloved, sleep.
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Of Human Bondage
毛姆 试读
The first and most autobiographical of Maugham's masterpieces. It is the story of Philip Carey, an orphan eager for life, love and adventure. After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris as a would-be artist, he settles in London to train as a doctor where he meets Mildred, the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a tortured and maso...
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The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack
Thornton Waldo Burgess 试读
Poor Mrs. Quack the Duck has suffered terrible misfortunes at the hands of hunters with guns. Peter Rabbit, Jerry Muskrat, and the other animals of the Green Forest band together to help her find a safe place to live and to locate the missing Mr. Quack. 6 new illustrations.
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A Beautiful Possibility
Black,Edith Ferguson 试读
In one of the fairest of the West Indian islands a simple but elegant villa lifted its gabled roofs amidst a bewildering wealth of tropical beauty. Brilliant birds flitted among the foliage gold and silver fishes darted to and fro in a large stone basin of a fountain which threw its glittering spray over the lawn in front of the house and on the vine-shaded veranda hammocks hung temptingly and low wicker chairs invited to repose.
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Unconscious Memory
Samuel Butler 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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Nan of Music Mountain
Frank H 试读
Frank Hamilton Spearman (1859-1937) was an American author. He was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads. Although he wrote prolifically about railroads, his actual career was that of a bank president in McCook, Nebraska and did not work for a railroad. Spearman was also a devout Roman Catholic convert and held political views best described as protolibertarian, both of which beliefs are also reflected in his novels. His Western novel Whispering Smith (1906) was made into a movie on three separate occasions, in 1915, 1927 and 1947. His works include: The Nerve of Foley and Other Railroad Stories (1900), Held for Others: Being Stories of Railroad Life (1901), Doctor Bryson (1902), The Daughter of a Magnate (1903), The Strategy of Great Railroads (1904), The Close of the Day (1904), Robert Kimberly (1911), The Mountain Divide (1912), Merrilie Dawes (1913), Nan of Music Mountain (1916), Laramie Holds the Range (1921), The Marriage Verdict (1923), Selwood of Sleepy Cat (1925), Flambeau Jim (1927), Spanish Lover (1930) and Hell's Desert (1933).
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Caesar and Cleopatra
George Bernard Shaw 试读
Caesar and Cleopatra satirizes Shakespeare's use of history and comments wryly on the politics of Shaw's own time, but the undertone of melancholy makes it one of his most affecting plays.
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I Will Repay
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 试读
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Coward Coward Coward The words rang out, clear, strident, passionate, in a crescendo of agonised humiliation. The boy, quivering with rage, had sprung to his feet, and, losing his balance, he fell forward clutching at the table, whilst with a convulsive movement of the lids, he tried in vain to suppress the tears of shame which were blinding him. "Coward " He tried to shout the insult so that all might hear, but his parched throat refused him service, his trembling hand sought the scattered cards upon the table, he collected them together, quickly, nervously, fingering them with feverish energy, then he hurled them at the man opposite, whilst with a final effort he still contrived to mutter: "Coward "
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Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know
Hamilton Wright Mabie 试读
A comprehensive collection of tales edited by the American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer. American culture is indebted to him for helping to spread, by his lectures as well as his writings, a love of good reading in the United States.
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Education as Service
J. (Jiddu) Krishnamurti 试读
In long past lives the author of this little book had much to do with educational work, and he seems to have brought over with him an intense interest in education.
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A Field Book of the Stars
William Tyler Olcott 试读
1907. With Fifty Diagrams. From the Introduction: Considering the ease with which a knowledge of the constellations can be acquired, it seems a remarkable fact that so few are conversant with these time-honored configurations of the heavens. Aside from a knowledge of the Dipper and the Pleiades, the constellations to the vast majority, are utterly unknown. To facilitate and pop...
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Hilda A Story of Calcutta
Sara Jeannette Duncan 试读
Miss Howe pushed the portière aside with a curved hand and gracefully separated fingers; it was a staccato movement, and her body followed it after an instant's poise of hesitation, head thrust a little forward, eyes inquiring, and a tentative smile, although she knew precisely who was there. You would have been aware at once that she was an actress. She entered the room with a little stride, and then crossed it quickly, the train of her morning gown—it cried out of luxury with the cheapest voice—taking folds of great audacity, as she bent her face in its loose mass of hair over Laura Filbert, sitting on the edge of a bamboo sofa, and said—"You poor thing! Oh, you poor thing!"
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Old and New Masters
Robert Lynd 试读
Robert Wilson Lynd (1879-1949) was an Irish writer, an urbane literary essayist and strong Irish nationalist. He was born and educated in Belfast, studying at Queen's University. His background was Protestant, his father being a Presbyterian Church Moderator. He began as a journalist on The Northern Whig in Belfast. He moved to London in 1901. Firstly he wrote drama criticism, for Today, edited by Jerome K. Jerome. He also wrote for the Daily News, being its literary editor 1912 to 1947. The Lynds were well known as literary hosts, in the group including J. B. Priestley. Lynd was a founding committee member of the Book Society. Irish guests included James Joyce and James Stephens. He used the pseudonym Y. Y. (Ys, or wise, you see) in writing for the New Statesman. According to C. H. Rolph's Kingsley (1973), Lynd's weekly essay, which ran from 1913 to 1945, was 'irreplaceable'. Amongst his other works are Old and New Masters (1919), The Art of Letters (1920), The Pleasures of Ignorance (1921) and Essays on Life and Literature (1951).
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Surnames as a Science
Robert Ferguson 试读
That portion of our surnames which dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, and so forms a part of the general system by which Teutonic names are governed, is distinctly a branch of a science, and as such has been treated by the Germans, upon whose lines I have generally endeavoured to follow. (This paragraph from the first chapter)
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The Debtor A Novel
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 试读
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