金色原子中的女孩The_Girl_in_the_Golden_Atom
著/Ray Cummings 播/Richard Kilmer
Aclassicworkofsciencefiction,thisnovelwasoneofthefirsttoexploretheworldoftheatom.TheGirlintheGoldenAtomisthestoryofayoungchemistwhofindsahiddenatomicworldwithinhismother'sweddingring.Underamicroscope,heseeswithintheringabeautifulyoungwomansittingbeforeacave.Enchantedbyher,heshrinkshimselfsothathecanjoinherworld.HavingworkedforThomasAlvaEdison,RayCummings(1887-1957)wasinspiredbyscience'spossibilitiesandbegantowritesciencefiction.TheGirlintheGoldenAtomwasenormouslysuccessfulatitspublicationin1923,andCummingswentontowriteanequallysuccessfulsequel,ThePeopleoftheGoldenAtom.BothvolumesarefeaturedinthisBisonBooksedition,alongwithanewintroductionbyJackWilliamson.RayCummingswasaprolificwriterofmanyclassicworksandafoundingfigureofthescience-fictionpulpgenre.JackWilliamsonistheauthorofnumerousclassicsofsciencefiction,includingTheHumanoids,DarkerthanYouThink,andTerraformingEarth.HehasbeeninductedintotheScienceFictionandFantasyHallofFame.
More_William
著/Richmal Crompton 播/Kara Shallenberg
ThesecondofCrompton’sseriesof39booksaboutWilliamBrown,ourcheeky11year-oldprotagonist.Aherotosome,adastardlyvillaintoothers,thisbookisstructuredroundayearinhislife.StartingwithWilliamwakinguponChristmasmorningandendingwithhimgoingtosleepthefollowingChristmasEve,therearetheusualroundofmisadventures,misunderstandings,andgeneralmayheminbetween.WhenaboylikeWilliamwakesupunderamottothatsays“ABusyDayIsAHappyDay”alongsideacopyof“ThingsABoyCanDo”,chaosisjustaroundthecorner.IncludestheveryfirstWilliamshortstory–“RiceMould”.Oftendismissedaschildren’sliterature,thefirstfewbooksofWilliamstorieswereprobablyaimedmoreatanadultaudience.TheyresonatewithadistinctlyEnglishhumour,butthereareobviousechoesfrom‘TomSawyer’and‘HuckleberryFinn’.
罗宾汉Robin_Hood
著/Paul Creswick 播/ToddHW
"Well,obin,onwhatfollydoyouemployyouself?Doyoucutsticksfooufieo'monings?"ThusspokeMasteHughFitzooth,King'sangeoftheFoestatLocksley,asheenteedhishouse.obinflushedalittle."Theseaeaows,si,"heannounced,holdingoneupfoinspection.DameFitzoothsmiledupontheboyassheosetomeethelod."Whatfotunedoyoubingusto-day,fathe?"askedshe,cheeily.
奥立佛Olive_by_Dinah_Maria_Craik_Part1
著/Dinah Maria Craik 播/Arielle Lipshaw
InspiredbyJaneEyre,DinahMariaCraik's1850novel,Olive,wasoneofthefirsttofeatureadisabledcentralcharacter.'Slightlydeformed'frombirth,Olivebelievesthatshewillneverbeabletomarrylikeotherwomen,soshedevotesherlifetoherart,hermother,andaboveall,herreligion.Ittakesadarksecretfromthepastandanew,fascinatingacquaintance,tomakeherrealizewhatherlifecouldbe.
John_Halifax,Gentleman_Part3
著/Dinah Craik 播/Cori Samuel
Thisnovel,publishedin1856,wasoneofthepopularandbelovednovelsintheVictorianera.ItistoldinthefirstpersonbyPhineasFletcher,aninvalidsonofaQuakertannerwhoispresentedtousinthebeginningasalonelyyouth.JohnHalifax,thefirstfriendheeverhad,isapoororphanwhoistakeninbyhisfathertohelpintheworkwhichhissicklysoncan'tconstantlydo.PhineastellsusinanunforgettablewayhowJohnsucceededinrisingfromhishumblebeginningandbecomeawealthyandsuccessfulman.Butwiththemoneycomehorribletroubles...Inanunforgettablemanner,welearntoknowallthecharactersofthenovelasiftheyreallylived.
John_Halifax,Gentleman_Part2
著/Dinah Craik 播/Cori Samuel
Thisnovel,publishedin1856,wasoneofthepopularandbelovednovelsintheVictorianera.ItistoldinthefirstpersonbyPhineasFletcher,aninvalidsonofaQuakertannerwhoispresentedtousinthebeginningasalonelyyouth.JohnHalifax,thefirstfriendheeverhad,isapoororphanwhoistakeninbyhisfathertohelpintheworkwhichhissicklysoncan'tconstantlydo.PhineastellsusinanunforgettablewayhowJohnsucceededinrisingfromhishumblebeginningandbecomeawealthyandsuccessfulman.Butwiththemoneycomehorribletroubles...Inanunforgettablemanner,welearntoknowallthecharactersofthenovelasiftheyreallylived.
John_Halifax,Gentleman_Part1
著/Dinah Craik 播/Cori Samuel
Thisnovel,publishedin1856,wasoneofthepopularandbelovednovelsintheVictorianera.ItistoldinthefirstpersonbyPhineasFletcher,aninvalidsonofaQuakertannerwhoispresentedtousinthebeginningasalonelyyouth.JohnHalifax,thefirstfriendheeverhad,isapoororphanwhoistakeninbyhisfathertohelpintheworkwhichhissicklysoncan'tconstantlydo.PhineastellsusinanunforgettablewayhowJohnsucceededinrisingfromhishumblebeginningandbecomeawealthyandsuccessfulman.Butwiththemoneycomehorribletroubles...Inanunforgettablemanner,welearntoknowallthecharactersofthenovelasiftheyreallylived.
大草原The_Prairie_Part3
著/James Fenimore Cooper 播/William Peck
ThestoryopenswithIshmael,hisfamily,EllenandAbiramslowlymakingtheirwayacrossthevirginprairiesoftheMidwestlookingforahomestead,justtwoyearsaftertheLouisianaPurchase,andduringthetimeoftheLewisandClarkExpedition.Theymeetthetrapper(NattyBumppo),whohaslefthishomeinNewYorkstatetofindaplacewherehecannothearthesoundofpeoplecuttingdowntheforests.Intheyearsbetweenhisotheradventuresandthisnovel,hetellsusonlythathehaswalkedallthewaytothePacificOceanandseenallthelandbetweenthecoasts(aheroicfeat,consideringLewisandClarkhadn’tyetcompletedthesametrek).
大草原The_Prairie_Part2
著/James Fenimore Cooper 播/William Peck
ThestoryopenswithIshmael,hisfamily,EllenandAbiramslowlymakingtheirwayacrossthevirginprairiesoftheMidwestlookingforahomestead,justtwoyearsaftertheLouisianaPurchase,andduringthetimeoftheLewisandClarkExpedition.Theymeetthetrapper(NattyBumppo),whohaslefthishomeinNewYorkstatetofindaplacewherehecannothearthesoundofpeoplecuttingdowntheforests.Intheyearsbetweenhisotheradventuresandthisnovel,hetellsusonlythathehaswalkedallthewaytothePacificOceanandseenallthelandbetweenthecoasts(aheroicfeat,consideringLewisandClarkhadn’tyetcompletedthesametrek).
大草原The_Prairie
著/James Fenimore Cooper 播/William Peck
ThestoryopenswithIshmael,hisfamily,EllenandAbiramslowlymakingtheirwayacrossthevirginprairiesoftheMidwestlookingforahomestead,justtwoyearsaftertheLouisianaPurchase,andduringthetimeoftheLewisandClarkExpedition.Theymeetthetrapper(NattyBumppo),whohaslefthishomeinNewYorkstatetofindaplacewherehecannothearthesoundofpeoplecuttingdowntheforests.Intheyearsbetweenhisotheradventuresandthisnovel,hetellsusonlythathehaswalkedallthewaytothePacificOceanandseenallthelandbetweenthecoasts(aheroicfeat,consideringLewisandClarkhadn’tyetcompletedthesametrek).
凯蒂还要做什么What_Katy_Did_Next
著/Susan Coolidge 播/Neeru Iyer
Thisisthethirdbookofthefamous“WhatKatydid”series.
凯蒂在学校What_Katy_Did_at_School
著/Susan Coolidge 播/Karen Savage
ThecontinuingstoryofKatyCarr,recountingthetimeshespentatboardingschoolwithhersisterClover.
假小子凯蒂What_Katy_Did
著/Susan Coolidge 播/Laura M.D.
WhatKatyDidisachildren’sbookwrittenbySusanCoolidge,thepennameofSarahChaunceyWoolsey.ItfollowstheadventuresofKatyCarrandherfamily,growingupinAmericainthe1860s.Katyisatall,untidytomboy,forevergettingintoscrapesbutwishingtobebeautifulandbeloved.Whenaterribleaccidentmakesheraninvalid,herillnessandrecoverygraduallyteachhertobeasgoodandkindasshehasalwayswanted.
胜利Victory：An_Island_Tale_Part_2
著/Joseph Conrad 播/skoval
RecollectionsofthelifeofAxelHeyst,one-timemanageroftheliquidatedTropicalBeltCoalCompanyinafictitiousislandinthePacific.Afterretreatingfromsocietyinresponsetohisprofessionalfailures,themisanthropeisdrawnbackbyaromanticaffair.
胜利Victory：An_Island_Tale
著/Joseph Conrad 播/skoval
RecollectionsofthelifeofAxelHeyst,one-timemanageroftheliquidatedTropicalBeltCoalCompanyinafictitiousislandinthePacific.Afterretreatingfromsocietyinresponsetohisprofessionalfailures,themisanthropeisdrawnbackbyaromanticaffair.
The_Point_of_Honor
著/Joseph Conrad 播/Mark F. Smith
SetduringtheNapoleonicWars,“ThePointofHonor”(Englishtitle:“TheDuel”)featurestwoFrenchHussarofficers,D’HubertandFeraud.Theirquarreloveraninitiallyminorincidentturnsintoabitter,long-drawnoutstruggleoverthefollowingfifteenyears,interwovenwiththelargerconflictthatprovidesitsbackdrop.Atthebeginning,Feraudistheonewhojealouslyguardshishonorandrepeatedlydemandssatisfactionanewwhenaduellingencounterendsinconclusively;heaggressivelypursueseveryopportunitytolocateandduelhisfoe.Asthestoryprogresses,D’Hubertalsofindshimselfcaughtupinthecontest,unabletobackdownorwalkaway.
日复一日One_Day_More
著/Joseph Conrad 播/ Rat King
Aone-actplay.Eccentric(crazy?)CaptainHagberdhasbeenwaitingforyearsforhissontocomehomefromthesea.Hehasscrimpedandsaved,outfittingahouseforHarrytoinherituponhisreturn,whichwillbeinonly"onedaymore."HehasalsoplannedthatHarrywillmarryBessie,therepressedmaidennextdoor.Note:Therecordingwasdoneoutside,sotherewillbesomeambientnoise(airplanes,lawnmowers,birds,children...etc).
罗伯特·勃朗宁传Robert Browning
著/G. K. Chesterton 播/Ray Clare
Thereisanoldanecdote,probablyapocryphal,whichdescribeshowafeminineadmirerwrotetoBrowningaskinghimforthemeaningofoneofhisdarkerpoems,andreceivedthefollowingreply:“Whenthatpoemwaswritten,twopeopleknewwhatitmeant–GodandRobertBrowning.AndnowGodonlyknowswhatitmeans.
海之镜The Mirror of the Sea
著/Joseph Conrad 播/Peter Kelleher
TheMirroroftheSeaisacollectionofautobiographicalessaysfirstpublishedinvariousmagazines1904-6(SummarybyWikipedia).ConradearlyinhislifeearnedhisbreadasaMasterMarinerinsailingships.InhisAuthor’sNotetothiswork,Conradstates,”Beyondthelineoftheseahorizontheworldformedidnotexist….WithinthesepagesImakeafullconfessionnotofmysinsbutofmyemotions.Itisthebesttributemypietycanoffertotheultimateshapersofmycharacter,convictions,and,inasense,destiny—totheimperishablesea,totheshipsthatarenomore,andtothesimplemenwhohavehadtheirday.”
埃及之鹰The_Hawk_of_Egypt
著/Joan Conquest 播/Sibella Denton
AtragiclovetrianglebetweenabeautifulEnglishgirl,anEnglishgentleman,andahalf-English,half-Egyptianplaysoutamongtheruinsandunderthedesertstarsof1920seraEgypt.Thesagaends,asalllovetrianglesmust,intragedyuponthedesertsands.
亚历山大·汉密尔顿Alexander_Hamilton
著/Charles A. Conant 播/Mike Pelton
AlexanderHamiltonwasasignificantfigureinthepoliticalandeconomicdevelopmentoftheearlyUnitedStates.HeservedintheAmericanRevolutionaryWarandbecameanaidetoGeneralGeorgeWashington.Hewasoneoftheauthors(alongwithJohnJayandJamesMadison)ofaseriesofessaysknowasTheFederalistPapers,whichwerewritteninsupportoftheratificationoftheproposedConstitution.ScholarsandothersstillrefertotheseessaystothisdayforinterpretationoftheConstitution.AsthefirstSecretaryoftheTreasuryinGeorgeWashington’sCabinet,Hamiltonwasaproponentofastrongcentralizedgovernment.Hamiltonpursuedmanyactions(somecontroversial)inanattempttoprovidefinancialstabilityforthenewgovernment,includingtheestablishmentoftheU.S.MintandaNationalBank.Ironically,hemaymostoftenberememberedfortheinfamouspistolduelwithAaronBurrthatresultedinHamilton’sdeath.
希腊罗马鬼故事Greek_and_Roman_Ghost_Stories
著/Lacy Collison-Morley 播/Timothy Ferguson
Anon-fictionwork,comparingandcollectingghoststoriesbyClassicalGreekandRepublicanorImperialRomanauthors.
小姐还是夫人Miss_or_Mrs.？
著/Wilkie Collins 播/Christine Dufour
NatalieGraybrookeisinlovewithhercousinLauncelotLinzie,butengagedtoMr.Turlington,anoldermanwhocovetsherfortuneandwhomshedetests.TurlingtonistheexecutorofNatalie'sfather'sestate.WhenNataliesecretlymarrieshercousin,TurlingtonarrangestohaveNatalie'sfathermurdered,togaincontrolofhisfortune.
闹鬼的旅馆The_Haunted_Hotel,_A_Mystery_of_Modern_Venice
著/Wilkie Collins 播/Kehinde
Akind,good-heartedgenteelyoungwomanjilted,asuspiciousdeathortwothatonlyafewthinkcouldbemurder,strangeapparitionsappearinginanhotelallcombinetocreateahorrifyingconundrum.Whowastheculpritandwillfindingoutfinallyputanendtothemystery?
罪之河The_Guilty_River
著/Wilkie Collins 播/Ernst Pattynama
Aftehisfathe’sdeathGeadoylakeetunsfomGemanytotakeuphisinheitanceatTimleyDeen.Ononeeveninghemeetshischildhoodfiend,CistelTolle.Theyfallinlove,buttheeisacux.Adeafman,calledTheLodgeisobsessedwithCistel.HeinvitesGeadtoteawithevilintentions…andGeadacceptstheinvitation.ThebookiswitteninthefistpesonandtellsthestoyfomGead'spointofview.
冰渊The_Frozen_Deep
著/Wilkie Collins 播/Diana Majlinger
TheFrozenDeepisastoryofalovetrianglebetweenClara,FrankandRichard,spicedupwithdangerousexpeditions,mysteriousvisionsandlife-threateningcircumstances.Theendisassurprisingandunexpectedasweare(orarenot)accustomedtoinCollins'books.
沙岸之谜The_Riddle_of_the_Sands_Volume2
著/Erskine Childers 播/Gesine
ContainingmanyealisticdetailsbasedonChildes’ownsailingtipsalongtheGemanNothSeacoast,thebookistheetellingofayachtingexpeditionintheealy20thcentuycombinedwithanadventuousspystoy.ItwasoneoftheealyinvasionnovelswhichpedictedwawithGemanyandcalledfoBitishpepaedness.TheplotinvolvestheuncoveingofsecetGemanpepaationsfoaninvasionoftheUnitedKingdom.Itisoftencalledthefistmodenspynovel,althoughothesaeaswell,itwascetainlyveyinfluentialinthegeneandfoitstime.ThebookenjoyedimmensepopulaityintheyeasbefoeWoldWaIandwasextemelyinfluential.WinstonChuchilllatecediteditasamajoeasonthattheAdmialtydecidedtoestablishnavalbasesatInvegodon,theFithofFothandScapaFlow.
沙岸之谜The_Riddle_of_the_Sands_Volume1
著/Erskine Childers 播/Gesine
ContainingmanyealisticdetailsbasedonChildes’ownsailingtipsalongtheGemanNothSeacoast,thebookistheetellingofayachtingexpeditionintheealy20thcentuycombinedwithanadventuousspystoy.ItwasoneoftheealyinvasionnovelswhichpedictedwawithGemanyandcalledfoBitishpepaedness.TheplotinvolvestheuncoveingofsecetGemanpepaationsfoaninvasionoftheUnitedKingdom.Itisoftencalledthefistmodenspynovel,althoughothesaeaswell,itwascetainlyveyinfluentialinthegeneandfoitstime.ThebookenjoyedimmensepopulaityintheyeasbefoeWoldWaIandwasextemelyinfluential.WinstonChuchilllatecediteditasamajoeasonthattheAdmialtydecidedtoestablishnavalbasesatInvegodon,theFithofFothandScapaFlow.
白马歌The_Ballad_of_the_White_Horse
著/G. K. Chesterton 播/Joshua B. Christensen
AnEnglishepicpoemthatfollowstheexploitsofAlfredtheGreatinhisdefenseofChristiancivilizationinEnglandfromtheheathennihilismoftheNorth.FollowingastringofdefeatsatthehandsoftheinvadingDanes,avisionfromheavenintheriverislandofAthelneyfillsAlfredwithjoyandhope.Thoughitgivesnopromiseofvictoryinthecomingstruggle,itinspireshimtorallyhischieftainsforalaststandagainsttheinvadinghordes.Hisadventuresleadthroughoutthecountryashegathershismen,andtakehimthroughtheDanishcampsdisguisedasaminstrelbeforeculminatingintheBattleofEthanduneandtheprophesyingoftheenemy’ssubtlereturnintheagestocome.
契诃夫_Uncle_Vanya
著/Anton Chekhov 播/Andy Minter
UncleVanya(subtitled“ScenesFromCountryLife”)isatragicomedybyAntonChekhov.Itissetonthefailingcountryestateofaretiredprofessor,Serebrakoff,whoreturnsafteralongabsencewithhisbeautifulyoungwife,andthrowsthehouseholdintoconfusion.Rivalry,unrequitedlove,illicitromance,andattemptedsuicidearetheresult,punctuatedthroughoutbyChekhov’ssad,wistfulhumor.