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Publishedin1766‘TheVicarofWakefield’wasOliverGoldsmith’sonlynovel.Itwasthoughttohavebeensoldtothepublisherfor£60onOliverGoldsmith’sbehalfbyDrJohnsontoenableGoldsmithtopayoffoutstandingrentandtoreleasehimselffromhislandlady’sarrest.ItisthestoryofthefamilyofDrPrimrose,abenevolentvicar,andfollowsthemthroughtheirfallfromfortuneandtheirultimateriseagain.Thestoryprovidesinsightintofamilylifeandcircumstancesinthemid18thcenturyandtheplothasmanyaspectsofapantomimelikequality:Impersonation,deception,anaristocraticvillainandtheabductionofabeautifulheroine.

本杰明·富兰克林（BenjaminFranklin）(1706-1790)——资本主义精神最完美的代表，十八世纪美国最伟大的科学家和发明家，著名的政治家、外交家、哲学家、文学家和航海家以及美国独立战争的伟大领袖。他一生最真实的写照是他自己所说过的一句话“诚实和勤勉，应该成为你永久的伴侣。”

2009年出版的WordsforYou，作为一张由英国演员配上古典音乐朗诵的经典诗集，在全球取得了意想不到的成功，成为了2009年英国最热销的专辑之一，其收益也用以资助慈善团体。2010年再接再厉出版的WordsforYou-theNextChapter，也集合了一众优秀的演员，如梅丽尔·斯特里普（MerylStreep，代表作《穿普拉达的女王》TheDevilWearsPrada，《铁娘子》TheIronLady）、本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇（BenedictCumberbatch，代表作《神探夏洛克》Sherlock，《霍金》Hawking）、海伦娜·博纳姆·卡特（HelenaBonhamCarter，代表作《爱丽丝梦游奇境》AliceinWonderland，《哈利·波特与混血王子》HarryPotterandTheHalf-BloodPrince）等，以他们的优美声线，朗诵纪伯伦、莎士比亚、勃朗宁等名诗。背景音乐亦精选了一些世界名曲，如维瓦尔第的《四季》、德彪西的《牧神的午后前奏曲》、贝多芬的《G大调小步舞曲》等。无论欣赏、教育均是上乘的选择。

威斯利很孤单。他是这个文明社会里的异类-不喜欢披萨或足球，不肯剪和同学一样的发型。但是，学校的暑假作业给了威斯利一个绝妙的灵感：他要创造自己的文明──就在他家后院。从一粒种子开始，一个全新的世界诞生了-奇特又充满想象力的威斯利王国！

HereisacollectionofstrikinglydifferentpiecesbyFlaubert:aprosepoeminthevoicesofDeath,SatanandNero;thetrialsandapotheosisofamedievalsaint;andthelifeofaselflessmaidin19thcenturyFrance.Eachexhibitsthevigorousexactness,andthemixtureofrealismandromanticism,forwhichFlaubertisrenowned.

“女孩儿突然用手捧住尼克的脸，吻了他的嘴唇。‘开车小心点儿，好莱坞先生。再见！’女孩儿带着甜甜的微笑说，然后转过身迅速离去了。”尼克.洛茨感到莫名其妙。仅仅十分钟前，女孩来到咖啡馆坐在了他旁边，尼克这才认识她的。可她离去时为什么吻了他·她为什么叫他“好莱坞先生”·在开车去温哥华的路上他一直思考着这些问题，可始终找不到答案。其实，这里还有一件事尼克不知道……

TheWasteLandisahighlyinfluential433-linemodernistpoembyT.S.Eliot.Itisperhapsthemostfamousandmostwritten-aboutlongpoemofthe20thcentury,dealingwiththedeclineofcivilizationandtheimpossibilityofrecoveringmeaninginlife.Despitetheallegedobscurityofthepoem—itsshiftsbetweensatireandprophecy,itsabruptandunannouncedchangesofspeaker,locationandtime,itselegiacbutintimidatingsummoningupofavastanddissonantrangeofculturesandliteratures—thepoemhasnonethelessbecomeafamiliartouchstoneofmodernliterature.

Whiledescribinghisdiningexperiencesthroughout“BohemianSanFrancisco,”ClarenceEdwordspaintsanhistoricpanoramaofCaliforniacuisinewithallitscosmopolitaninfluences.Bestofall,heofferstantalizingrecipesculledfromconversationswiththemasterchefsof1914in“TheCitybytheBay.”

Thisisa1910guideforthosewhowishtolearnhowtocorrectly(thoughmaybenot“properly”)createsentences,usefiguresofspeech,writeletters,andmore,allwhilechoosingtherightwordsanddoingitwithstyle.JosephDevlin’swordsmaynotallberelevantstilltoday,butatleastitsoundsgoodwhenit’sreadaloud!

MaryGodolphinwasthepseudonymofLucyAikinwhoundertooktranslatinggreatliteratureintosingle-syllablewordssothatyoungreaderscouldenjoyplotsthatwereconsiderablymoreinterestingthan,say,theMcGuffeyreadersofthe1880’sorthe“DickandJane”primersofthe1950s(stillaroundtodayas“decodablereaders”inelementaryschools).

DanielFeldmanwasadoctoronce.Hemadethemistakeofsavingafriend’slifeinviolationofMedicalLobbyrules.Now,he’sapariah,shunnedbyall,forbiddentotouchanotherpatient.ButthingsaremorelooseonMars.There,DocFeldmaniswelcomedbythecolonists,evenashe’shuntedbytheauthorities.

OphelialovedHamlet,wasrepulsedbyhim,andwentinsane.Shedrownedinastream,gatheringflowersofremembrance.ThisisoneofanumberofpoemsthatdelaMarewroteaboutShakespearecharacters.

公元前431—404年，以雅典为首的提洛同盟和以斯巴达为首的伯罗奔尼撒同盟为了争夺在希腊的霸权，断断续续打了二十七年恶仗，这便是历史上所说的“伯罗奔尼撒战争”。这场战争的事迹，绝大部分是赖有大历史家修昔底德（Thucydides）的记载而流传下来的。修昔底德在战争之初即而立之年开始搜集资料准备写一部战史，倾其毕生精力撰写其《伯罗奔尼撒战争史》，直至生命的最后时刻。修昔底德的史学成就足以代表希腊古典史学的最高水平。

Herearethreecharmingfairytaleswithhappyendings.Theyfeatureanenchantedfrog;aprincess,herbrothers,andadastardlyplotagainstthem;andamagicallampwithaGeniusinside.

TheAdventuresofPinocchioisanovelforchildrenbyItalianauthorCarloCollodi(heretransl.byCaroldellaChiesa).Thefirsthalfwaspublishedinserialformbetween1881and1883,andthencompletedasabookforchildreninFebruary1883.ItisaboutthemischievousadventuresofPinocchio,ananimatedmarionette,andhispoorfather,awoodcarvernamedGeppetto.Itisconsideredaclassicofchildren’sliteratureandhasspawnedmanyderivativeworksofart,suchasDisney’sclassic1940animatedmovieofthesamename,andcommonplaceideas,suchasaliar’slongnose.

FannyHill:MemoirsofaWomanofPleasure(1749)wasthefirstwidely-readEnglishnovelinthegenre“Erotica.”ItwaswrittenbyJohnClelandashewasservinghardtimeatadebtor’sprisoninLondon.Overthecenturies,thenovelhasbeenrepeatedlybannedbyauthorities,assuringitspreeminentroleinthehistoryoftheongoingstruggleagainstcensorshipoffreeexpression.

ForCanada,Champlainisnotaloneaheroicexploreroftheseventeenthcentury,butthefounderofQuebec;anditisarichpartofourheritagethathefoundedNewFranceinthespiritofunselfishness,ofloyalty,andoffaith.

TheAwakeninghasanintroductionbyKayGibbons,whowrites:“TheAwakeningshockedturn-of-the-centuryreaderswithitsforthrighttreatmentofsexandsuicide.Departingfromliteraryconvention,KateChopinfailedtocondemnherheroine’sdesireforanaffairwiththesonofaLouisianaresortowner,whomshemeetsonvacation.Thepowerofsensuality,thedelusionofecstaticlove,andthesolitudethataccompaniesthetrappingsofmiddle

Inasurrealturn-of-the-centuryLondon,GabrielSyme,apoet,isrecruitedtoasecretanti-anarchisttaskforceatScotlandYard.LucianGregory,ananarchistpoet,istheonlypoetinSaffronPark,untilheloseshistemperinanargumentoverthepurposeofpoetrywithGabrielSyme,whotakestheoppositeview.Aftersometime,thefrustratedGregoryfindsSymeandleadshimtoalocalanarchistmeeting-placetoprovethatheisatrueanarchist.

GilbertKeithChesterton(1874-1936)wasaninfluentialandprolificEnglishwriteroftheearly20thcentury.Hewasajournalist,apoetandanovelist.Hewrote80booksand200shortstoriesinadditiontohisotherwork.Heisperhapsbestrememberedforhis‘FatherBrown’stories

RobertW.Chambers(1865-1933)studiedartinParisinthelate80’sandearly90’s,wherehisworkwasdisplayedattheSalon.However,shortlyafterreturningtoAmerica,hedecidedtospendhistimeinwriting.Hebecamepopularasthewriterofanumberofromanticnovels,butisnowbestknownastheauthorof“TheKingInYellow”.Thisisacollectionofthefirsthalfofthisworkofshortstorieswhichhaveaneerie,other-worldlyfeeltoit;butthestoriesinthesecondhalfareessentiallylovestories,stronglycolouredbytheauthor’slifeasanartistinFrance.

RobertW.Chambers(1865-1933)studiedartinParisinthelate80’sandearly90’s,wherehisworkwasdisplayedattheSalon.However,shortlyafterreturningtoAmerica,hedecidedtospendhistimeinwriting.Hebecamepopularasthewriterofanumberofromanticnovels,butisnowbestknownastheauthorof“TheKingInYellow”.Thisisacollectionofthefirsthalfofthisworkofshortstorieswhichhaveaneerie,other-worldlyfeeltoit;butthestoriesinthesecondhalfareessentiallylovestories,stronglycolouredbytheauthor’slifeasanartistinFrance.

WarlordofKorwasoriginallypublishedin1963ashalfofanAceDouble,selectedbylegendaryeditorDonaldA.Wollheim.Itisaninterplanetaryadventure,ashumansprobethemysteriesoftheplanetHirlajandthefewremainingalienswholivethere.

讲述了红方王后对爱丽丝说：“你可以充当白言王后前面的卒。卒第一步走两格。然后，你可以飞快地通第三格——可能乘火车。到了第四格，你会碰见特威丹、特威帝孪生兄弟。第五和大部分是水，第六格则是矮胖子的地盘，第七格全是森林——马将做你的向导。”进入第八格，爱丽丝将变为王后。象棋可真是奇特的游戏！在镜中的世界里，所有的象棋子儿都与你争吵；你得跑得飞快才能留在同一个地方。在这儿，时光倒转，白方王后忘不了两星期以后要发生的事情。这到底是谁的梦境·是爱丽丝的·还是她只是红方国王梦境中的一个角色·

volunteersbringyou34differentrecordingsofJabberwocky,byLewisCarroll.ThiswastheweeklypoetryprojectfortheweekofJanuary21st,2007.

TheHuntingoftheSnarkisalongnonsensepoembyLewisCarrolldescribingtheadventuresoftenweirdlyassortedcharactersastheypursueanelusivecreatureknownasasnark.

Traditionsays,thatnowthesecavesandtanksandwoodsarehauntedbytheshadeoftheconqueror'sIndianlove,thefar-famedDonaMarina,butIthinkshewouldbeafraidofmeetingwiththewrathfulspiritoftheIndianemperor.Thecastleitself,modernthoughitbe,seemslikeatradition!TheViceroyGalvez,whobuiltit,isofabygonerace!Theapartmentsarelonelyandabandoned,thewallsfallingtoruin,theglassofthewindowsandthecarvedworkofthedoorshavebeensold;andstandingatthisgreatheight,exposedtoeverywindthatblows,itisrapidlyfallingtodecay.

SquirrelsandotherFur-Bearers,acollectionofessaysbyAmericannaturalistandessayist,JohnBurroughs,providesfascinatinginsightintothedailylifeofsmallwoodlandcreatures.IncludedintheseessaysareBurrough’spersonalobservationsofsquirrels,rabbits,mink,andchipmunks,aswellasnumerousothersmallmammals.Highlyrecommendedforanyone,bothyoungandold,withaninterestinnatureandwildlife!

Thisanthologyofpoetry,publishedin1904,containssuchfavoritesasTheRaven,MyShadow,andTheVillageBlacksmith,aswellasmanylovelypoemsthatmaybeunfamiliar.Mostofthepoemsinthiscollectionareshortenoughforchildrentomemorize.

WarlordofMarsisanEdgarRiceBurroughssciencefictionnovel,thethirdofhisfamousBarsoomseries.JohnCartercontinueshisquesttobereunitedwithhiswife,theprincessDejahThoris,anddiscoversmorefantasticcreaturesandancientmysteriousMartianraces.