Glengarry_School_Days
著/Ralph Connor 播/Bruce Pirie
Withinternationalbooksalesinthemillions,RalphConnorwasthebest-knownCanadiannovelistofthefirsttwodecadesoftheTwentiethCentury.GlengarrySchoolDays(1902),hugelypopularinitstime,isbasedonhismemoriesofgrowingupinruralOntarioaroundthetimeofCanadianconfederation.AlthoughConnorsawhimselfaswritingmoralfictionforadults,generationsofyoungerreadershavealsoenjoyedtheseaffectionateandgentlyamusingsketches,andexcerptsfromGlengarrySchoolDayshaveappearedinschoolanthologies.
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.
金色子弹案The_Case_of_the_Golden_Bullet
著/Grace Isabel Colbron 播/Dawn Larsen
JosephMuller,quietmannereddetective,triestosolvethemysteryofamanwhodiedinhisstudy,byabulletholeinthechest.Butallwindowsanddoorswerelocked,fromtheinside.
水牛比尔的冒险The_Adventures_of_Buffalo_Bill
著/William F. Cody, Col. 播/Phil Chenevert
BuffaloBillwasarguably,themostrecognizedmanintheworldwhenhepennedthisbook.Thefirstfourstoriesareofsomeofhisadventuresandtheremaining6areautobiographical.Allofthemhavebeenprovedtobehistoricallyaccurateinallimportantaspects.Fromhisserviceaschiefscoutforthe3rdCavalryduringtheplainswars,tohisponyexpressserviceandfinallythestoryofhowhegothisnickname"BuffaloBill",everythingislargerthanlife.Killing4,280buffaloin18monthsfortherailroadworkerswasanamazingfeat.FollowalongashetellsofhisIndiancampaignsandthenhisworldfamous"WildWestShow"laterinlife.Theforewordgivesabriefsummaryofthisman'samazinglife.HerespectedtheIndiansandurgedequalrightsforwomen,somethingamazinginitselfforhistime.
水手自传Autobiography_of_a_Seaman,_Vol._1
著/William F. Cody, Col 播/Phil Chenevert
BuffaloBillwasarguably,themostrecognizedmanintheworldwhenhepennedthisbook.Thefirstfourstoriesareofsomeofhisadventuresandtheremaining6areautobiographical.Allofthemhavebeenprovedtobehistoricallyaccurateinallimportantaspects.Fromhisserviceaschiefscoutforthe3rdCavalryduringtheplainswars,tohisponyexpressserviceandfinallythestoryofhowhegothisnickname"BuffaloBill",everythingislargerthanlife.Killing4,280buffaloin18monthsfortherailroadworkerswasanamazingfeat.FollowalongashetellsofhisIndiancampaignsandthenhisworldfamous"WildWestShow"laterinlife.Theforewordgivesabriefsummaryofthisman'samazinglife.HerespectedtheIndiansandurgedequalrightsforwomen,somethingamazinginitselfforhistime.
范妮.希尔回忆录Fanny_Hill_Memoirs_of_a_Woman_of_Pleasure
著/John Cleland 播/Chip
FannyHill:MemoirsofaWomanofPleasure(1749)wasthefirstwidely-readEnglishnovelinthegenre“Erotica.”ItwaswrittenbyJohnClelandashewasservinghardtimeatadebtor’sprisoninLondon.Overthecenturies,thenovelhasbeenrepeatedlybannedbyauthorities,assuringitspreeminentroleinthehistoryoftheongoingstruggleagainstcensorshipoffreeexpression.
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The_Three_Sisters
著/Anton Chekhov 播/Joe Spy
ThreeSistersisanaturalisticplayaboutthedecayoftheprivilegedclassinRussiaandthesearchformeaninginthemodernworld.ItdescribesthelivesandaspirationsoftheProzorovfamily,thethreesisters(Olga,Masha,andIrina)andtheirbrotherAndrei.Theyareafamilydissatisfiedandfrustratedwiththeirpresentexistence.ThesistersarerefinedandculturedyoungwomenwhogrewupinurbanMoscow;howeverforthepastelevenyearstheyhavebeenlivinginasmallprovincialtown.Moscowisamajorsymbolicelement:thesistersarealwaysdreamingofitandconstantlyexpresstheirdesiretoreturn.TheyidentifyMoscowwiththeirhappiness,andthustothemitrepresentstheperfectlife.HoweverastheplaydevelopsMoscownevermaterializesandtheyallseetheirdreamsrecedefurtherandfurther.Meaningneverpresentsitselfandtheyareforcedtoseekitoutforthemselves.
契诃夫短篇小说集The_Tales_of_Chekhov
著/Anton Chekhov 播/Kirsten Ferreri
ThisisthefistofthiteenvolumesofAntonChekhov’sshotstoies,tanslatedbyConstanceGanett.AntonChekhovwasaussiandoctowhotunedtofictionasahobby,andquicklyblossomedintooneofthemastesoftheshotstoygene.Thoughheisaguablybestknownfohisdamaticwoks,suchasTheCheyOchad,hisstoiesaewidelyconsideedtobesomeofthemostpefectexamplesofshotfictionevewitten.
契诃夫_海鸥The_Seagull
著/Anton Chekhov 播/Ruth Golding
thefirstofwhataregenerallyconsideredtobethefourmajorplaysbytheRussiandramatistAntonChekhov.Theplaywaswrittenin1895andfirstproducedin1896.Itdramatisestheromanticandartisticconflictsbetweenfourcharacters:theingenueNina,thefadingleadingladyIrinaArkadina,hersontheexperimentalplaywrightKonstantinTreplyov,andthefamousmiddlebrowstorywriterTrigorin.
契诃夫_决斗The_Duel
著/Anton Chekhov 播/Phil Griffiths
TheplotcentresaroundLaevsky,whoislivinginasmallseasidetownintheCaucasusafterrunningawaywithanotherman'swife,NadyezhdaFyodorovna,amiddreamsofstartinganewlife.ThedreamshavecometonothingasLaevskyidlesawayhislifedrinkingandplayingcards,andNadyezhdabeginstohaveotheraffairs.Laevsky'sschemetorunawayagain,thistimewithouthismistress,bringshimintoconflictwiththerationalistVonKoren,whobelievesinDarwinianprinciplesofnaturalselectionandextinctionoftheweakanduseless.MatterscometoaheadwhenanoutburstfromLaevskyleadstoaduel.VonKorenisdeterminedtoteachLaevksyalesson.
契诃夫_带小狗的女人The_Lady_With_the_Dog
著/Anton Chekhov 播/Kevin W. Davidson
AntonChekhovwasaRussianphysician,dramatistandauthorwhoisconsideredtobeamongthegreatestwritersofshortstoriesinhistory.Hiscareerasadramatistproducedfourclassicsandhisbestshortstoriesareheldinhighesteembywritersandcritics.Chekhovpracticedasadoctorthroughoutmostofhisliterarycareer:"Medicineismylawfulwife",heoncesaid,"andliteratureismymistress."Chekhovhadatfirstwrittenstoriesonlyforfinancialgain,butashisartisticambitiongrew,hemadeformalinnovationswhichhaveinfluencedtheevolutionofthemodernshortstory.Hisoriginalityconsistsinanearlyuseofthestream-of-consciousnesstechnique,lateradoptedbyJamesJoyceandothermodernists,combinedwithadisavowalofthemoralfinalityoftraditionalstorystructure.Hemadenoapologiesforthedifficultiesthisposedtoreaders,insistingthattheroleofanartistwastoaskquestions,nottoanswerthem.Thisisacollectionof7ofhisinsightfulshortstoriesaboutthehumanconditionandinclude,besidethetitlestory,ADoctor'sVisit;AnUpheaval;Ionitch;andTheHusbandwhicharebestknown.
Two_Years_and_Four_Months_in_a_Lunatic_Asylum
著/Hiram Chase 播/Elaine Webb
HiramChaseisawelllikedReverendinasmallministryinUtica.Whenhismentalandphysicalhealthdeteriorates,heistakentoUticalunaticasylum.Afterhisstayintheasylum,Hiramdocumentshisexperiencesandthoseofotherpatientsintheasylum.Hedescribeshisdailyroutineandthenegativeexperienceshehad,alongwithpraisingcertainindividualswhomhemetduringhis"TwoYearsandFourMonthsinaLunaticAsylum".
契里尼自传The_Autobiography_of_Benvenuto_Cellini2
著/Benvenuto Cellini 播/P Moscato
Cellini'sautobiographicalmemoirs,whichhebeganwritinginFlorencein1558,giveadetailedaccountofhissingularcareer,aswellashisloves,hatreds,passions,anddelights,writteninanenergetic,direct,andracystyle.Theyshowagreatself-regardandself-assertion,sometimesrunningintoextravaganceswhichareimpossibletocredit.Heevenwritesinacomplacentwayofhowhecontemplatedhismurdersbeforecarryingthemout.HewritesofhistimeinParis:
契里尼自传The_Autobiography_of_Benvenuto_Cellini
著/Benvenuto Cellini 播/Kristine Bekere
Cellini’sautobiogaphicalmemois,whichhebeganwitinginFloencein1558,giveadetailedaccountofhissingulacaee,aswellashisloves,hateds,passions,anddelights,witteninanenegetic,diect,andacystyle.Theyshowageatself-egadandself-assetion,sometimesunningintoextavaganceswhichaeimpossibletocedit.Heevenwitesinacomplacentwayofhowhecontemplatedhismudesbefoecayingthemout.HewitesofhistimeinPais:Patsofhistaleecountsomeextaodinayeventsandphenomena;suchashisstoiesofconjuingupalegionofdevilsintheColosseum,afteoneofhisnotinnumeousmistesseshadbeenspiitedawayfomhimbyhemothe;ofthemaveloushalooflightwhichhefoundsuoundinghisheadatdawnandtwilightaftehisomanimpisonment,andhissupenatualvisionsandangelicpotectionduingthatadvesity;andofhisbeingpoisonedontwosepaateoccasions.Theautobiogaphyisaclassic,andcommonlyegadedasoneofthemostcolouful;itiscetainlythemostimpotantautobiogaphyfomtheenaissance.Cellini’sautobiogaphyisoneofthebooksTomSawyementionsasinspiationwhilefeeingJiminTheAdventuesofHucklebeyFinn.
闪光的珠宝The_Flaming_Jewel
著/Robert W. Chambers 播/Wyatt
Duingthelasttwoyeas,Fate,Chance,andDestinyhadbeentoobusytoattendtoMikeClinch.ButnowhistunwascomingintheEtenalSequenceofthings.ThestasintheicousesindicatedthebeginningoftheundoingofMikeClinch.IntheNothWoods,mayhemensuesastheepatiesviefopossessionoftheFlamingJewel.Becomeimmesedinthechasingandslinkingtodeteminewhowillpossessthisfamedjewel.Bettethantypicaladventuewitingmagnificentlydescibethe19thCentuyNotheastenUSinthisgeatnovel.
爱的故事A_Story_of_Love
著/Francis Cassilly 播/dave7
Thisisnotalovestory,butthestoryoflove,alovewhicheverymanandwomanwascreatedtoexperience,alovesointenseandfulfillingthatitscarcelyseemspossibletograsp,yetonethatisofferedtoeveryhumanpersonwhoopenshisheartandmindtoitsbeautyandwonder.Thisisalovethatsomanyofourforefathershavefoundandevennowenjoy,butwhichsomanyofusstillseek.TheAmericanJesuitFatherCassillyopensoureyestothislove,theunifyingandpersonallovebetweenthehumanpersonandhisCreator.Heshowshowthisultimateloveisthebasisofalltruelovethatweexperienceandhowthislove,whichintroducesitselfatthebeginningofourlivesandfaithfullyenduresthroughoutourlives,awaitsusinitsfullnessattheendofourearthlypilgrimage.
鹅妈妈童谣Mother_Goose_for_Grownups
著/Guy Wetmore Carryl 播/Joseph Finkberg
MotherGooseforGrownupsisadelightfullysillycollectionofparodiesonwell-knownMotherGoosetalesbyGuyWetmoreCarryl.
拉封丹寓言Fables_for_the_Frivolous
著/Guy Wetmore Carryl 播/chriss the girl
OneoftheearliestworksbytheAmericanparodist,GuyWetmoreCarryl,thesefablesareadaptedfromJeandeLaFontaine’soriginalwritings.Thefablesarewritteninverse,andarelight-heartedre-tellingsoffablesfromtwocenturiesbefore,eachendingwithamoralandapun.AmongthemorecelebratedofthefablesareThePerseveringTortoiseandthePretentiousHare,TheArrogantFrogandtheSuperiorBull,andTheSycophanticFoxandtheGullibleRaven.
色尔维和布鲁诺Sylvie_and_Brun
著/Lewis Carroll 播/Lucy Perry
Thenovelhastwomainplots;onesetintherealworldatthetimethebookwaspublished(theVictorianera),theotherinthefantasyworldofFairyland.Whilethelatterplotisafairytalewithmanynonsenseelementsandpoems,similartoCarroll’sAlicebooks,thestorysetinVictorianBritainisasocialnovel,withitscharactersdiscussingvariousconceptsandaspectsofreligion,society,philosophyandmorality.
解结说故事A_Tangled_Tale
著/Lewis Carroll 播/Availle
LewisCarroll(1832-1896)isfamousforAlice’sAdventuresinWonderland.ItislesswidelyknownthatheworkedasalecturerformathematicsatChristChurchcollege,Oxfordfor27years.Atangledtalemergeshistwotalentsasstorytellerandmathematician.Itconsistsoftenshorthumorousstorieswhichpresentoneormoremathematicalproblems.Thetenknotsastheyarecalled,werefirstpublishedinTheMonthlyPacketmagazinebetweenApril1880andMarch1885,wherereaderswereinvitedtosolvetheproblems,andthesolutionwasdiscussedinalaterissue.
爱丽丝地下历险Alice's_Adventures_Underground
著/Lewis Carroll 播/Phil Chenevert
ThisisthehandwrittenbookthatCarrollwroteforprivateusebeforebeingurgedtodevelopitlaterintoAliceinWonderland.ItwasgenerouslyillustratedbyCarrollandmeanttoentertainhisfamilyandfriends.Whenasickchildinahospitalenjoyeditsomuch,themotherwrotehimsayingithaddistractedherforabitfromherpainandledeventuallytoCarrollexpandingthestory.TheReverendCharlesLutwidgeDodgsonandtheReverendRobinsonDuckworthrowedinaboat,on4July1862,[12]uptheIsiswiththethreeyoungdaughtersofHenryLiddell,(theVice-ChancellorofOxfordUniversityandDeanofChristChurch):LorinaCharlotteLiddell(aged13,born1849);AlicePleasanceLiddell(aged10,born1852):EdithMaryLiddell(aged8,born1853).
爱丽丝·利朵Alice_Pleasance_Liddell
著/Lewis Carroll 播/Clarica
23differentrecordingsofAlicePleasanceLiddellbyLewisCarroll.ThiswastheweeklypoetryprojectfortheweekofJune17th,2007.