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Eugénie Grandet is a 1833 novel by Honoré de Balzac about miserliness, and how it is bequeathed from the father to the daughter, Eugénie, through her unsatisfying love attachment with her cousin. As is usual with Balzac, all the characters in the novel are fully realized. Balzac conceived his grand project, The Human Comedy, while writing Eugénie Grandet and incorporated it into the Comédie by revising the names of some
...Martin Eden tells about a proletarian young autodidact struggling to become a writer. It was first serialized in the Pacific Monthly magazine from September 1908 to September 1909, and subsequently published in book form by Macmillan in September 1909. This book is a favorite among writers, who relate to Martin Eden's speculation that when he mailed off a manuscript, "there was no human editor at the other end, but a mere cunning
...Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold". First published as a book on 23rd May 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881–82 under the title Treasure Island. Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, it is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, character and action, and also a wry
...Jane Eyre is an influential novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published in London, England, in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. The novel merges elements of three distinct genres. It has the form of a Bildungsroman, a story about a child's maturation, focusing on the emotions and experiences that accompany growth to adulthood. It is a novel often considered ahead of its time due to its portrayal of the development of a thinking
...The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated dog named Buck, whose primordial instincts return after a series of events leads to his serving as a sled dog in the Yukon during the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush, in which sled dogs were bought at generous prices. Published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is London's most-read book, and it is generally considered his best,
...George Robert Gissing was an English novelist who published twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era. In 1903 Gissing published The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, which brought him much acclaim. This is his most autobiographical work. It is the memoir of the last happy years of a writer who had struggled much like Gissing,
...Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, The Scarlet Letter is a romantic work of fiction about Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an adulterous affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.
《红字》以17世纪清教殖民统治下的新英格兰为背景,讲述海丝特·白兰的恋爱悲剧。女主人公嫁给了医生奇灵渥斯,他们之间却没有爱情。在孤独中白兰与牧师丁梅斯代尔相恋并生下女儿珠儿。白兰被当众惩罚,戴上标志"通奸"的红色A字示众。然而白兰坚贞不屈,拒不说出孩子的父亲。作品揭露社会的残酷、宗教的欺骗和道德的虚伪等主题。
...Oliver Twist is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin, naively unaware of their unlawful
...Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times. Great Expectations is written in the first person from the point of view of the orphan Pip. The novel, like much of Dickens's work, draws on his experiences of life and people.
作者狄更斯在经历了丰富的社会生活后,对人,对周围的环境以及对自己的经历都有了深刻的认识,而所有他成熟的思想都汇总在《远大前程》一书中。这部作品原题名是Great
...The Little Prince, published in 1943, is a novel and the most famous work of French writer, poet and aristocrat aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It has been translated into more than 190 languages and has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling books ever published. An earlier memoir by the author recounted his aviation experiences in the Sahara desert. He is thought to have drawn on those same experiences
...绝境分娩、培养黑仔、魂断捕兽夹、重塑王者品性、寄望后代、血洒碧空、被淘汰的警犬、阴差阳错进了马戏团、扮演大灰狼、鲜花和掌声不属于它、遭哈巴狗暗算、恶狼?好狗?、野外遭遇云豹等等。
《动物小说大王沈石溪品藏书系:狼王梦》是动物小说,动物小说之所以比其他类型的小说更有吸引力,是因为这个题材最容易刺破人类文化的外壳和文明社会种种虚伪的表象,可以毫无遮掩地直接表现丑陋与美丽融于一体的原生态的生命。
人类文化和社会文明会随着时代的变迁而不断更新,但生命中残酷竞争、顽强生存和追求辉煌的精神内核是永远不会改变的。因此,动物小说更有理由赢得读者,也更有理由追求不朽。
...13) 画说中国: 十二生肖与动物故事
"生肖"又称"属相",取"生于何年与何种动物相像"之意。生肖文化不为中国所独有,却是中国文化中颇具代表性的一种。"子鼠丑牛 寅虎卯兔 辰龙巳蛇 午马未羊 申猴酉鸡 戌狗亥猪",既代表了大自然十二年的轮回,也因各人生年而与每个人一一对应。中国人认为生肖揭示着人的性情命运。
14) 彼得·潘: Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie (1860–1937). A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with mermaids, Indians, fairies, pirates, and (from time to time) meeting ordinary children from the world outside. In addition to two distinct
...Camille is a novel by Alexandre Dumas. This novel tells a good story about the sometimes tragic and scandalous and sometimes joyous life and fortunes of Marguerite Gautier, a Parisian courtesan, and her lover Armand.
《茶花女》是一部世界文学经典,讲述在19世纪40年代,一个叫阿尔丰西娜•普莱西的贫苦乡下姑娘来到巴黎,走进了名利场,成了上流社会的一个社交明星,开始了卖笑生涯;之后她改名为玛丽•杜普莱西,结识了小仲马,于是两人开始了一段交往的爱情故事。
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...《周锐幽默儿童文学品藏书系·幽默水浒:文武不双全》在我国四大古典名著之一《水浒传》的基础上,根据儿童的阅读趣味、审美特点,精心进行了新编。该书强调的是"幽默"与"名著"效应。其特点在于:人名、地名及其人物关系均取自原著,但讲述的内容却是结合现实,具有浓郁的生活气息。全书情节设置巧妙,内容生动有趣,借古喻今,极具当代意识。
幽默与水浒,似乎没什么关系;游戏与水浒,也搭不到什么边。但周锐的《周锐幽默儿童文学品藏书系·幽默水浒:文物不双全》就是用幽默的笔触,以游戏的笔法改写了著名的水浒故事。
作者周锐曾一百多次获奖,包括第二、三、五届全国优秀儿童文学奖,第四、五届宋庆龄儿童文学奖,台湾一九九四、一九九八、二○○一"好书大家读"年度最佳少年儿童读物奖,第六届复衍电影文学奖等。
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