Jetta_of_the_Lowlands
著/Ray Cummings 播/Richard Kilmer
FantasticandSinisterAretheLowlandsintoWhichPhilipGrantDescendsonHisDangerousAssignment.
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’.
淘气小威廉Just_William
著/Richmal Crompton 播/David Wales
Williamisamischievouselevenyearoldwhoispuzzledbytheadultworld,whichisnolesspuzzledbyhim.Thehumorisgentleandpleasing.TheseriesofbooksisbetterknownintheUnitedKingdomthanintheU.S.
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.
孩子的伊索Baby’s Own Aesop
著/Walter Crane 播/Denny Sayers
“Baby’sOwnAesop”presentsthefablesasone-stanzalimericks,each“pictoriallypointed”byWalterCrane,thenotedpainterandillustrator.Heapprenticedtomasterwood-engraver,WilliamJamesLinton,whofurnishedthedraftofthebook’spoemsforCranetoedit.“Baby’sOwnAesop”isavailableinabeautifulfacsimileeditionofcoloredengravingsfromtheInternationalChildren’sDigitalLibrary,withwhichyourchildcanreadalongwhilelisteningtotherecording.
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.
两个世界的故事A_Romance_of_Two_Worlds_Part3
著/Marie Corelli 播/Amy Gramour
Thisisapre-1923historicalreproductionthatwascuratedforquality.Qualityassurancewasconductedoneachofthesebooksinanattempttoremovebookswithimperfectionsintroducedbythedigitizationprocess.Thoughwehavemadebestefforts-thebooksmayhaveoccasionalerrorsthatdonotimpedethereadingexperience.Webelievethisworkisculturallyimportantandhaveelectedtobringthebookbackintoprintaspartofourcontinuingcommitmenttothepreservationofprintedworksworldwide.
两个世界的故事A_Romance_of_Two_Worlds_Part2
著/Marie Corelli 播/Amy Gramour
ARomanceofTwoWorldsstartswithayoungheroinetellingherstoryofadebilitatingillnessthatincludesdepressionandthoughtsofsuicide.HerdoctorisunabletohelpherandsendsheroffonaholidaywhereshemeetsamysticalcharacterbythenameofRaffelloCellini,afamousItalianartist.Cellinioffersherastrangepotionwhichimmediatelyputsherintoatranquilslumber,inwhichsheexperiencesdivinevisions.
两个世界的故事A_Romance_of_Two_Worlds_Part1
著/Marie Corelli 播/Amy Gramour
ARomanceofTwoWorldsstartswithayoungheroinetellingherstoryofadebilitatingillnessthatincludesdepressionandthoughtsofsuicide.HerdoctorisunabletohelpherandsendsheroffonaholidaywhereshemeetsamysticalcharacterbythenameofRaffelloCellini,afamousItalianartist.Cellinioffersherastrangepotionwhichimmediatelyputsherintoatranquilslumber,inwhichsheexperiencesdivinevisions.
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).
拓荒者The_Pioneers_part3
著/James Fenimore Cooper 播/Gary W. Sherwin
ThestorytakesplaceontherapidlyadvancingfrontierofNewYorkStateandfeaturesanelderlyLeatherstocking(NattyBumpo),JudgeMarmadukeTempleofTempleton,whoselifeparallelsthatoftheauthor'sfatherJudgeWilliamCooper,andElizabethTemple(basedontheauthor'ssister,HannahCooper),ofthefictionalTempleton,NewYork.ThestorybeginswithanargumentbetweentheJudgeandLeatherstockingoverwhokilledabuck,andasCooperreviewsmanyofthechangestoNewYork'sLakeOtsego,questionsofenvironmentalstewardship,conservation,anduseprevail.Leatherstockingandhisclosestfriend,theMohicanIndianChingachgook,begintocompetewiththeTemplesfortheloyaltiesofamysteriousyoungvisitor,a"younghunter"knownasOliverEdwards,whoeventuallymarriesElizabeth.Chingachgookdies,exemplifyingthevexedfigureofthe"dyingIndian",andNattyvanishesintothesunset.
拓荒者The_Pioneers_part1
著/James Fenimore Cooper 播/Gary W. Sherwin
ThePioneers:TheSourcesoftheSusquehanna;aDescriptiveTaleisoneoftheLeatherstockingTales,aseriesoffivenovelsbyAmericanwriterJamesFenimoreCooper.ThePioneerswasfirstofthesebookstobepublished(1823),buttheperiodoftimecoveredbythebook(principally1793)makesitthefourthchronologically.(TheothersareTheDeerslayer,TheLastoftheMohicans,ThePathfinder,andThePrairie.) ThestorytakesplaceontherapidlyadvancingfrontierofNewYorkStateandfeaturesamiddle-agedLeatherstocking(NattyBumppo),JudgeMarmadukeTempleofTempleton,whoselifeparallelsthatoftheauthor’sfatherJudgeWilliamCooper,andElizabeth(theauthorSusanCooper),ofCooperstown.ThestorybeginswithanargumentbetweentheJudgeandtheLeatherstockingoverwhokilledabuck,andasCooperreviewsmanyofthechangestohisfictionalLakeOtsego,questionsofenvironmentalstewardship,conservation,anduseprevail.TheplotdevelopsastheLeatherstockingandChingachgookbegintocompetewiththeTemplesfortheloyaltiesofayoungvisitor,OliverEffingham.EffinghameventuallymarriesElizabeth.Chingachgookdies,exemplifyingthevexedfigureofthe“dyingIndian,”andNattyvanishesintothesunset.Forallitsstrangetwistsandturns,‘ThePioneers’maybeconsideredoneofthefirstecologicalnovelsintheUnitedStates.
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.
海岛上的无家可归者An_Outcast_of_the_Islands
著/Joseph Conrad 播/Tom Weiss
AnOutcastoftheIslandsisthesecondnovelbyJosephConrad,publishedin1896,inspiredbyConrad'sexperienceasmateofasteamer,theVigar.ThenoveldetailstheundoingofPeterWillems,adisreputable,immoralmanwho,ontherunfromascandalinMakassar,findsrefugeinahiddennativevillage,onlytobetrayhisbenefactorsoverlustforthetribalchief'sdaughter.ThestoryfeaturesConrad'srecurringcharacterTomLingard,whoalsoappearsinAlmayer'sFolly(1895)andTheRescue(1920),inadditiontosharingothercharacterswiththosenovels.Thisnovelwasadaptedforthescreenin1952bydirectorCarolReed,featuringTrevorHowardasWillems,RalphRichardsonasLingard,RobertMorley,andWendyHiller.
白水仙号上的黑家伙The_Nigger_of_the_Narcissus
著/Joseph Conrad 播/Tom Crawford
ThisisthestoryofavoyageofamerchantsailingshipfromBombaytoEngland,setintheverylate19thcentury.“ItwasabadwinterofftheCapethatyear.”FromWikepedia:“Thenovelisseenasanallegoryaboutisolationandsolidarity,theship’scompanyservingasamicrocosmofasocialgroup.”Astothetitle,onecanonlyask,“WhatWEREyouthinking?”
偶然的事Chance-A_Tale_in_Two_Parts
著/Joseph Conrad 播/James E. Carson
ApparentlyatwopartstoryaboutaDamselandaKnight,perhapsadamselwhodependsuponthekindnessofstrangers.Itwasoriginallyentitled"Dynamite"andfirstpublishedbyinstallmentsintheNewYorkHerald.ThebookitselfwasthebiggestcommercialsuccessforConradupuntilthattime,1913.ItallowedConradforthefirsttimetosettlehisfinancialaffairs.Theauthor'sdisdainforpeoplewholiveonthelandisapparent.Anewunderstandingoftheword"enthusiastic"ispromulgated.Anditisalovestory.Letusseehowthetalegoes.
罗伯特·勃朗宁传Robert Browning
著/G. K. Chesterton 播/Ray Clare
Thereisanoldanecdote,probablyapocryphal,whichdescribeshowafeminineadmirerwrotetoBrowningaskinghimforthemeaningofoneofhisdarkerpoems,andreceivedthefollowingreply:“Whenthatpoemwaswritten,twopeopleknewwhatitmeant–GodandRobertBrowning.AndnowGodonlyknowswhatitmeans.
埃及之鹰The_Hawk_of_Egypt
著/Joan Conquest 播/Sibella Denton
AtragiclovetrianglebetweenabeautifulEnglishgirl,anEnglishgentleman,andahalf-English,half-Egyptianplaysoutamongtheruinsandunderthedesertstarsof1920seraEgypt.Thesagaends,asalllovetrianglesmust,intragedyuponthedesertsands.
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.