小说列表
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Brideshead Revisited《故园风雨后》by Evelyn Waugh
The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waughs novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryders infatuation w...全文
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Decline and Fall《衰落与瓦解》by Evelyn Waugh
Decline and Fall (1928) was Evelyn Waughs immensely successful first novel, and it displays not only all of its authors customary satiric genius and flair for unearthing the ridiculous in human ...全文
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A Death in the Family
This Pulitzer Prize winning book has been hailed as a major novel of our time— “The work of a writer whose power with English words can make you gasp.”Alfred Kasin, The New York Times ...全文
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I, Claudius《我,克劳迪斯》by Robert Graves
Considered an idiot because of his physical infirmities, Claudius survived the intrigues and poisonings of the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and the Mad Caligula to become emperor in 41 A.D. A ...全文
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Atlas Shrugged《阿特拉斯耸耸肩》
兰德在《阿特拉斯耸耸肩》表达的主题是：在人类的生存中思想的作用——及其必然的结果，对一种全新道德哲学的证明：理性的利己主义的道德性。小说展示了如果人类的思想开始罢工——如果每一行业具有创造能力的人都停止工作，消失不见——世界将会怎样的图景。引用这次罢工的发起者和领导者约翰•高尔特的话说就是：“人类历史上只有一种人从未罢过工，借此向世界提出要求，彰显其不可缺少的必要性——除了...全文
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The Ballad of the Sad Café[伤心咖啡馆之歌]
一部令几代读者心醉神迷的经典作品。《伤心咖啡馆之歌——麦卡勒斯短篇小说集》收入了美国著名作家卡森·麦卡勒斯的七篇最佳中短篇小说，其中包括最著名的《伤心咖啡馆之歌》，以及麦卡勒斯十七岁时发表的处女作——《神童》。美国南方一个蛮荒小镇上的一场怪诞的三角恋爱……一个小男孩上了一堂困难的成年课……与故土和过去的情人的一次致命邂逅……这一切属于麦卡勒斯的世界，一个失落者...全文
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The Sun Also Rises[太阳照样升起]
美国青年巴恩斯在第一次世界大战中脊椎受伤，失去性能力，战后在巴黎任记者时与英国人阿施利夫人相爱，夫人一味追求享乐，而他只能借酒浇愁。两人和一帮男 女朋友去西班牙潘普洛纳参加斗牛节，追求精神刺激。夫人拒绝了犹太青年科恩的苦苦追求，却迷上了年仅十九岁的斗牛士罗梅罗。然而，在相处了一段日子以后， 由于双方年龄实在悬殊，而阿施利夫人又不忍心毁掉纯洁青年的前程...全文
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THE MACHINE STOPS[机器休止]
Anybody who uses the Internet should read E.M. Forsters The Machine Stops. It is a chilling, short story masterpiece about the role of technology in our lives. Written in 1909, its as relevant t...全文
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The Heart Of The Matter[事情的核心/问题的核心]
《问题的核心》所叙述的故事颇为简单：二次世界大战期间一个英属某西非殖民地的警察署副专员斯考比，原是个正直虔诚的天主教徒，为了送精神苦闷的妻子去南非度假，不得不向一名叙利亚奸商借债，从而受到他的威胁利诱；后来他又与一个因所乘船只被敌方潜水艇击沉而流落该地的年轻寡妇海伦发生关系，违反了教义，精神苦闷，最后为了解脱而自杀身亡。作者反复强调主人公的沉沦是由于“怜悯和责任”感，以突出这部小说的中...全文
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The Power and the Glory[权力与荣耀]
点击打开章节Part IChapter One Two Three FourPart IIChapter One Two Three FourPart IIIChapter One Two Three FourPart IVChapter OnePART I Chapter One ...全文
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A Child's History of England[写给孩子看的英国历史]
点击打开章节1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26&...全文
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Emma[爱玛]
点击打开章节：VOLUME ONECHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII ...全文
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A Gentle Spirit[EN/CN][性格温和的女人]
A Gentle Spirit性格温和的女人by Fyodor Dostoevsky陀思妥耶夫斯基translated by Constance GarnettA Fantastic Story幻想故事作者的话 我请求我的读者原谅：这一次我不采用通常的《日记》形式，只写一个中篇。但是,这部中篇却的的确确占去了我一个月的大半部份时间。无论如何我都要求读者宽恕。现在让我们来谈谈故事本身。尽管我给它冠...全文
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The Dream Of a Ridiculous Man[En/Cn][一个荒唐人的梦]
The Dream Of a Ridiculous Manby Fyodor DostoevskyTranslated by Constance Garnett.II am a ridiculous person. Now they call me a madman. That would be a promotion if it were not that I remain as ridicul...全文
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The Gift of the Magi[麦琪的礼物]
ONE dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s ch...全文
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Next Door
Most parents are reluctant to let their children stay home by themselves. When Paul’s parents finally decided to let him stay alone, it was an experience tha...全文
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The Christmas Tree and the Wedding
The other day I saw a wedding... But no! I would rather tell you about a Christmas tree. The wedding was superb. I liked it immensely. But the other incident was still finer. I dont know why it is tha...全文
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Shooting an Elephant
In Moulmein, in lower Burma, I was hated by large numbers of people--the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me. I was sub-divisional police officer of t...全文
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A Hanging
‘It is curious, but till that moment I had never realized what it means to destroy a healthy, conscious man. When I saw the prisoner step aside to avoid the puddle, I saw the mystery, the unspea...全文
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Animal Farm
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