Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name "Currer Bell", on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.[citation needed]
Primarily a bildungsroman, Jane Eyre follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the Byronic master of Thornfield Hall. The focus is on the gradual unfolding of Jane's moral and spiritual sensibility, and Jane Eyre revolutionised the art of fiction in the way that all the events are coloured by a heightened intensity that was previously the domain of poetry. Charlotte Brontë has been called the 'first historian of the private consciousness' and the literary ancestor of writers like Proust and Joyce. The novel contains elements of social criticism, with a strong sense of Christian morality at its core, and is considered by many to be ahead of its time because of Jane's individualistic character and how the novel approaches the topics of class, sexuality, religion, and feminism.

小说主人公于连,是一个木匠的儿子,年轻英俊,意志坚强,精明能干,从小就希望借助个人的努力与奋斗跻身上流社会。
在法国与瑞士接壤的维立叶尔城，坐落在山坡上，美丽的杜伯河绕城而过，河岸上矗立着许多锯木厂。 市长德瑞那是个出身贵族，在扣上挂满勋章的人。
他五十岁左右，他的房子有全城最漂亮的花园，他的妻子是最有钱而又最漂亮的妻子，但他才智不足，“他只能办到严格地收讨他人的欠债，当他自己欠人家的债时，他愈迟还愈好”。在这座城市还有一个重要人物，是贫民寄养所所长——哇列诺先生。他花了一万到一万两千法郎才弄到这个职位，他体格强壮棕红色的脸，黑而精粗的小胡子，在别人眼中他是个美男子，连市长都惧他三分。但市长为了显示自己高人一等，决心请一个家庭教师。
木匠索黑尔的儿子于连，由于精通拉丁文，被选作市长家的家庭教师。他约十八九岁，长得文弱清秀，两只又大又黑的眼睛。在宁静时，眼中射出火一般的光辉，又象是熟思和探寻的样子，但一瞬间，又流露出可怕的仇恨，由于他整天抱着书本不放，不愿做力气活，因而遭到全家的嫌弃与怨恨，经常被父亲和两个哥哥毒打。他小时疯狂地崇拜拿破伦，渴望像拿破仑那样身佩长剑，做世界的主人。认为拿破仑“由一个既卑微又穷困的下级军官，只靠他身佩的长剑，便做了世界上的主人”。但后来他又想当神甫，因为“如今我们眼见四十岁左右的神父能拿到十万法郎的薪俸。这就是说他们能拿到十万法郎，三倍于拿破仑当时手下的著名的大将的收入。”于是，他投拜在神甫西朗的门下，钻研起神学来。他仗着惊人的好记性把一本拉丁文《圣经》全背下来，这事轰动了全城。
市长的年轻漂亮的妻子是在修道院长大的，对像她丈夫那样庸俗粗鲁的男人，打心底里感到厌恶。由于没有爱情，她把心思全放在教养3 个孩子身上。她认为男人“除了金钱、权势、勋章的贪欲以外，对于一切都是麻木不仁”。最初，她把于连想象为一个满面污垢的乡下佬，谁知见面时却大出她的意料：面前这个年轻人竟是这样白皙，眼睛又这样温柔动人。以为他“实际上是一个少女”故意假扮男装。她对于连产生好感，甚至觉得“只有在这个少年教士的心里，才有慷慨、高尚、仁爱”。瑞那夫人的女仆爱丽沙也爱上了于连，爱丽沙得到了一笔遗产，要西郎神父转达她对于连的爱慕，于连拒绝了女仆爱丽沙的爱情。瑞那夫人得知此事心里异常高兴，一股幸福的流泉泻落在她的心海里，她发觉自己对他产生了一种从未有过的一种感情。
夏天市长一家搬到凡尼镇乡下花园别墅居住，晚上乘凉的时候，全家聚在一株菩提树下，于连无意间触到了瑞那夫人的手，她一下子缩回去了，于连以为瑞那夫人看不起他，便决心必须握住这只手。第二天晚上他果然做了，瑞那夫人的手被于连偷偷地紧握着，满足了他的自尊心。瑞那夫人被爱情与道德责任折腾得一夜未合眼。她决定用冷淡的态度去对待于连。可是当于连不在家时，她又忍不住对他的思念。而于连也变得更大胆，他在心里暗想：“我应该再进一步，务必要在这个女人身上达到目的才好。如果我以后发了财，有人耻笑我当家庭教师低贱，我就让大家了解，是爱情使我接受这位置的”。
深夜2 点闯进了她的房里。开始，她对于连的无礼行为很生气，但当她看到“他两眼充满眼泪”时，便同情起他来。她暗想，如果在10年前能爱上于连该多好。不过，在于连的心里则完全没有这种想法，他的爱完全是出于一种野心，一种因占有欲而产生的狂热。他那样贫穷，能够得到这么高贵、这么美丽的妇人，已经是上天的恩赐了。
不久，皇帝驾临维立叶尔，在瑞那夫人的安排下，于连被聘当上了仪仗队队员，使他有在公众面前大出风头的机会。迎驾期间，于连作为陪祭教士参加瞻拜圣骸典礼。之后，他对木尔侯爵的侄子、年轻的安倍主教十分崇敬。心想，安倍主教如此年轻就有显赫的地位，而且倍受女人的青睐，暗下决心“宁愿受宗教的制裁，也要达到令美人羡慕的境界”。
瑞那夫人心爱的儿子病危，她认为这是上帝对自己不道德行为的一种惩罚，她陷入了可怕的忏悔里。这时，爱丽沙又把夫人的事暗中告诉了哇列诺先生，他早先曾贪恋瑞那夫人的美色碰了一鼻子灰，便趁机给市长写了一封告密信。但市长担心如果把妻子赶出家门，自己将失去一大笔遗产，而且也有损于自己的名誉，采取“只怀疑而不证实”的办法。但在这座城市里，街谈巷议对瑞那夫人和于连却越来越不利。一次爱丽沙向西朗神父忏悔时，又谈出于连与瑞那夫人的秘密关系。关心于连的神父要他到省城贝尚松神学院进修。告别后的第三天夜里，于连又冒险赶回维立叶尔，与瑞那夫人见面，此时的瑞那夫人由于思念的痛苦，已憔悴得不像人样了。
贝尚松是法国一座古城，城墙高大。初到神学院，那门上的铁十字架，修士的黑色道袍，和他们麻木不仁的面孔都使于连感到恐怖。院长彼拉神父是西郎神父的老相识，因此对于连特别关照。他对于连说：“嘻笑就是虚伪的舞台”。
在321个学生中，绝大部分是平庸的青年，由此于连自信会迅速获得成功。他悄悄对自己说：“在拿破仑统治下，我会是个军曹，在未来的神父当中，我将是个主教。”由于学习成绩名列前茅，院长竟让他当新旧约全书课程的辅导教师。
但神学院是个伪善的地方，他很快就堕入了忧郁之中。彼拉院长受到排挤辞职不干了，并介绍于连为木尔侯爵的秘书。彼拉神父专门给他介绍侯爵一家他说“你要十分注意，一个象我们这种行业的人，只有靠这些大人先生们才有前途……在这样一个社会里，如果你得不到人家的尊敬，你的不幸是注定的了”。
侯爵瘦削而矮小，有一对十分灵活的眼睛，头上带有金色假发。他是个极端保皇党人，法国大革命时，他逃亡国外，王朝复辟后，他在朝中取得了显赫的地位。于连每天的工作就是为他抄写稿件和公文，侯爵对于连十分满意，派他去管理自己两个省的田庄，还负责自己与贝尚松代理主教福力列之间的诉讼通讯，后又派他到伦敦去搞外交，赠给他一枚十字勋章，这使于连感到获得了极大的成功。
于连在贵族社会的熏陶下，很快学会了巴黎上流社会的艺术，成了一个花花公子，甚至在木尔小姐的眼里，他也已脱了外省青年的土气。木尔小姐名叫玛特儿，是一个有金栗色头发，体态匀称，非常秀丽的姑娘，但“这双眼睛透露出一种内心可怕的冷酷”。她读过许多浪漫主义爱情小说，并被3 世纪前一段家史所激动：她的祖先木尔是皇后玛嘉瑞特的情夫，被国王处死后，皇后向刽子手买下了他的头，在深夜里亲自把它埋葬在蒙马特山脚下。她十分崇拜皇后的这种为爱情而敢冒大不韪的精神，她的名字玛特儿就是皇后的爱称。
起初，于连并不爱玛特儿那清高傲慢的性格，但想到“她却能够把社会上的好地位带给她丈夫”时，便热烈地追求起她来。玛特儿也知道于连出身低微，但她怀着一种“我敢于恋爱一个社会地位离我那样遥远的人，已算是伟大和勇敢了”的浪漫主义感情，因此，她在花园里主动挽着于连的胳膊，还主动给他写信宣布爱情。为了考验于连的胆量，她要于连在明亮的月光下用梯子爬到她的房间去。于连照样做了，当晚她就委身于他了，过后玛特儿很快就后悔了 。
一次，他们在图书室相遇，她边哭边对于连说：“我恨我委身于第一个来到的人”于连感到痛苦，他摘下挂在墙上的一把古剑要杀死她，玛特儿一点都不害怕反而骄傲地走到于连面前，她认为于连爱她已经爱到要杀了她的程度，便又与他好起来。夜里于连再次爬进她的房间，她请求于连做她的“主人”，自己将永远做他的奴隶，表示要永远服从他。可是，只要于连稍许表露出爱慕的意思，她又转为愤怒，毫不掩饰的侮辱他，并公开宣布不再爱他。
因为于连的记忆力很好，木尔侯爵让他列席一次保王党人的秘密会议，会上有政府首相、红衣主教、将军。会后，木尔侯爵让于连把记在心里的会议记录冒着生命危险带到国外去。在驿站换马时，差点被敌方杀害，幸好他机警地逃脱了，与外国使节接上了头，然后留在那等回信。在那儿他遇到俄国柯哈莎夫王子，他是个情场老手，于连便把自己的爱情苦恼讲给他听，他建议于连假装去追求另一个女性，以达到降伏玛特儿的目的，并把自己的五十三封情书交给她，“把这些信转抄一份寄给你所选定的女性，这个女性必须是瞧你不起的对方的熟人。”
于连回到巴黎后，将这些情书一封封寄给元帅夫人，元帅夫人受了感动，给于连回信，玛特儿再也忍耐不住了，跪倒在于连的脚下，求他爱她，于连的虚荣心得到极大的满足，“看呀！这个骄傲的女人，居然躺在我的脚下了！”。不久，玛特儿发现自己怀孕了，她写信告诉父亲，要他原谅于连，并成全他们的婚事。侯爵在爱女坚持下，一再让步。先是给了他们一份田产，准备让他们结婚后搬到田庄去住。随后，又给于连寄去一张骠骑兵中尉的委任状，授予贵族称号。
于连在骠骑兵驻地穿上军官制服，陶醉在个人野心满足的快乐中，“由于恩宠，刚刚才作了二天的中尉，他已经在盘算好至迟有象过去的大将军一样，在三十岁上，就能做到司令，那么到二十三岁，就应该在中尉以上。他只想到他的荣誉和他的儿子。”这时，他突然收到了玛特儿寄来的急信。信中说：一切都完了。于连急忙回去，原来瑞那夫人给木尔侯爵写信揭露了他们原先的关系。这时恼羞成怒的于连立即跳上去维拉叶尔的马车，买了一支手枪，随即赶到教堂，向正在祷告的瑞那夫人连发两枪，夫人当场中枪倒地。 于连因开枪杀人被捕了。
入狱后，他头脑冷静下来，对自己行为感到悔恨和耻辱。他意识到野心已经破灭，但死对他并不可怕。瑞那夫人受了枪伤并没有死。稍愈后，她买通狱吏，免得于连受虐待。于连知道后痛哭流涕。玛特儿也从巴黎赶来探监，为营救于连四处奔走，于连对此并不感动，只觉得愤怒。公审的时候，于连当众宣称他不祈求任何人的恩赐，他说：“我决不是被我的同阶级的人审判，我在陪审官的席上，没有看见一个富有的农民，而只是些令人气愤的资产阶级的人。”结果法庭宣布于连犯了蓄谋杀人罪，判处死刑。 瑞那夫人不顾一切前去探监。
于连这才知道，她给侯爵的那封信，是由听她忏悔的教士起草并强迫她写的。于连和瑞那夫人彼此饶恕了，他拒绝上诉，也拒绝做临终祷告，以示对封建贵族阶级专制的抗议。
在一个晴和的日子里，于连走上了断头台。玛特儿买下了他的头颅，按照她敬仰的玛嘉瑞特皇后的方式，亲自埋葬了自己情人的头颅。至于瑞那夫人，在于连死后的第三天，抱吻着她的儿子，也离开了人间。

《茶花女》为我们塑造了一些生动、鲜明的艺术形象，而其中最突出、最令人难忘的自然是女主人公茶花女玛格丽特。读者们切莫把玛格丽特和阿尔丰西娜·普莱西小姐混为一谈，阿尔丰西娜的身世固然值得同情，但她的的确确是个堕落的女人，用小仲马的话来说，她“既是一个纯洁无瑕的贞女，又是_个彻头彻尾的娼妇”。但玛格丽特却不同，她美丽、聪明而又善良j 虽然沦落风尘，但依旧保持着一颗纯洁、高尚的心灵。她充满热情和希望地去追求真正的爱情生活，而当这种希望破灭之后，又甘愿自我牺牲去成全他人。
这一切都使这位为人们所不齿的烟花女子的形象闪烁着一种圣洁的光辉，以至于人们一提起“茶花女”这三个字的时候，首先想到的不是什么下贱的妓女，而是一位美丽、可爱而又值得同情的女眭。古今中外的文学名著为人们留下了许许多多不朽的艺术形象，而玛格丽特则完全可以跻身其间而毫无愧色。

小说以法国波旁王朝和七月王朝两大时期为背景，描写了一个报恩复仇的故事。法老号大副唐泰斯受船长的临终嘱托，为拿破仑送了一封信，受到两个对他嫉妒的小人的陷害，被打入死牢，狱友法里亚神甫向他传授了各种知识，还在临终前把一批宝藏的秘密告诉了他。他设法越狱后找到了宝藏，成为巨富。从此他化名为基督山伯爵，经过精心策划，报答了他的恩人，惩罚了三个一心想置他于死地的仇人。

《安娜·卡列尼娜》是托尔斯泰第二部里程碑式的长篇小说，创作于 1873—1877年。作品由两条既平行又相互联系的线索构成：一条是安娜与卡列宁、伏伦斯基之间的家庭、婚姻和爱情纠葛；一条是列文和吉娣的爱情生活及列文进行的庄园改革。安娜是一个上流社会的贵妇人，年轻漂亮，追求个性解放和爱情自由，而她的丈夫却是一个性情冷漠的“官僚机器 ”。一次在车站上，安娜和年轻军官伏伦斯基邂逅，后者为她的美貌所吸引，拼命追求。最终安娜堕入情网，毅然抛夫别子和伏伦斯基同居。但对儿子的思念和周围环境的压力使她陷入痛苦和不安中，而且她逐渐发现伏伦斯基并非一个专情的理想人物。在相继失去儿子和精神上最后一根支柱 ——伏伦斯基后，经过一次和伏伦斯基的口角，安娜发现自己再也无法在这个虚伪的社会中生活下去，绝望之余，她选择了卧轨自杀。小说揭露了 19世纪六七十年代俄罗斯上流社会的丑恶与虚伪，同时也表达了作者处在社会转型期时所进行的复杂的道德探索和思想探索。

本卷收入五个各具特色、最具有代表性的爱情题材的中篇小说。名篇《初恋》是以第一人称形式叙述的小说。故事的叙述者，也就是当时只有十六岁的男主人公，爱上了新邻居家的美丽而又活泼的姑娘齐娜依达。但是姑娘反复无常，时而热情奔放，时而冷若冰霜，以致主人公非常不安。后来他发现他的父亲也在跟姑娘秘密约会，他们俩秘而不宣地在追求同一位姑娘。最后闹得母亲也知道了，自然，结果是不欢而散。

一个忠厚、善良、具有自我牺牲精神的年轻人梅什金公爵（即小说中的“白痴”）从国外归来，由于命运的安排被卷进生活的漩涡。他被两个同样十分美丽、非常聪明、蔑视世俗成见的将军女儿阿格拉娅和从小父母双亡被人面兽心的地主收为外室的纳斯塔西娅所爱。由此引起一连串的喜怒哀乐、悲欢离合、冲突、斗争乃至凶杀。

布尔加科夫的代表作，用三条线索讲述一个魔幻现实主义风格的故事：撒旦和随从大闹莫斯科；大师和马格丽特的爱情；大师的小说：耶稣之死。

赫尔曼·黑塞（1877-1962），德国作家，1946年获得诺贝尔文学奖。《在轮下》是作者的早期作品。
小说叙述的故事是：主人公汉斯自幼聪颖过人，勤奋好学，被大家视为神童。他被送入一个神学院学习，受大家庭和社会的影响，他功名心切，在与世隔绝的学校里拼命学习，没有半点空闲，身心健康受到损害。同学赫尔曼生性倔强，蔑视功名，为学校不容；而汉斯觉得只有赫尔曼才是知己。汉斯用功过度，身体衰弱，成绩倒退；学校把这些归罪于赫尔曼。赫尔曼被学校开除，汉斯更感孤单，不时受到老师的训斥和同学的耻笑，之后得了神经衰弱症，使他无法继续学业，只得返回家乡当钳工为生。社会的歧视和生活的失意使他觉得仿佛跌在无情而庞大的车轮下。
这是一部控诉德国旧的教育制度的小说，被认为有浓厚的自传色彩。

Emma , first published in 1816, was written when Jane Austen was at the height of her powers. In a novel remarkable for its sparkling wit and modernity, Austen presents readers with two of literature’s greatest comic creations—the eccentric Mr. Woodhouse and that quintessential bore, Miss Bates. Here, too, we have what may well be Jane Austen’s most profound characterization: the witty, imaginative, self-deluded Emma, a heroine the author declared “no one but myself will much like,” but who has been much loved by generations of readers. Delightfully funny, full of rich irony, Emma is regarded as one of Jane Austen’s finest achievements.

For over 150 years, Pride And Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen herself called this brilliant work her "own darling child." Pride And Prejudice , the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters is one of the best-loved and most enduring classics in English literature. Excitement fizzes through the Bennet household at Longbourn in Hertfordshire when young, eligible Mr. Charles Bingley rents the fine house nearby. He may have sisters, but he also has male friends, and one of these—the haughty, and even wealthier, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy—irks the vivacious Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the Bennet girls. She annoys him. Which is how we know they must one day marry. The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and Darcy is a splendid rendition of civilized sparring. As the characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, Jane Austen's radiantly caustic wit and keen observation sparkle.

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The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles.
Jude Fawley is a rural stone mason with intellectual aspirations. Frustrated by poverty and the indifference of the academic institutions at the University of Christminster, his only chance of fulfilment seems to lie in his relationship with his unconventional cousin, Sue Bridehead.
From Library Journal
Jude the Obscure created storms of scandal and protest for the author upon its publication. Hardy, disgusted and disappointed, devoted the remainder of his life to poetry and never wrote another novel. Today, the material is far less shocking. Jude Fawley, a poor stone carver with aspirations toward an academic career, is thwarted at every turn and is finally forced to give up his dreams of a university education. He is tricked into an unwise marriage, and when his wife deserts him, he begins a relationship with a free-spirited cousin. With this begins the descent into bleak tragedy as the couple alternately defy and succumb to the pressures of a deeply disapproving society. Hardy's characters have a fascinating ambiguity: they are victimized by a stern moral code, but they are also selfish and weak-willed creatures who bring on much of their own difficulties through their own vacillations and submissions to impulse. The abridgment speeds Jude's fall to considerable dramatic effect, but it also deletes the author's agonizing logic. Instead of the meticulous weaving of Jude's destiny, we get a somewhat incoherent summary that preserves the major plot points but fails to draw us into the tragedy. Michael Pennington reads resonantly and skillfully, his voice perfectly matching the grim music of Hardy's prose, but this recording can only be recommended for larger public libraries.
-John Owen, Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, CA
From AudioFile
Author Thomas Hardy espoused Shakespeare's dictum (from King Lear): "As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport." He particularly exhibits this pessimism in Jude the Obscure, his tragedy about Jude Fawley, a stonemason torn by ambitions both intellectual and carnal, and Sue Whitehead, an early feminist whom Jude loves and who sometimes loves Jude. A compelling novel is made more so in this audio version by the outstanding work of Frederick Davidson. Always dependable, Davidson here excels in his use of measured dramatics; his consistent differentiation of a large cast of characters from varying social, educational and, therefore, dialectal groups; and his obvious personal involvement in the miseries of the two main characters. T.H.
The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
Novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1894-95 in Harper's New Monthly as Hearts Insurgent; published in book form in 1895. Hardy's last work of fiction, Jude the Obscure is also one of his most gloomily fatalistic, depicting the lives of individuals who are trapped by forces beyond their control. Jude Fawley, a poor villager, wants to enter the divinity school at Christminster (Oxford University). Sidetracked by Arabella Donn, an earthy country girl who pretends to be pregnant by him, Jude marries her and is then deserted. He earns a living as a stonemason at Christminster; there he falls in love with his independent-minded cousin, Sue Bridehead. Out of a sense of obligation, Sue marries the schoolmaster Phillotson, who has helped her. Unable to bear living with Phillotson, she returns to live with Jude and eventually bears his children out of wedlock. Their poverty and the weight of society's disapproval begin to take a toll on Sue and Jude; the climax occurs when Jude's son by Arabella hangs Sue and Jude's children and himself. In penance, Sue returns to Phillotson and the church. Jude returns to Arabella and eventually dies miserably. The novel's sexual frankness shocked the public, as did Hardy's criticisms of marriage, the university system, and the church. Hardy was so distressed by its reception that he wrote no more fiction, concentrating solely on his poetry.
About Author
Rosellen Brown is the author of Half a Heart, The Autobiography of My Mother, Tender Mercies and Before and After. She lives in Chicago.
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Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love. Set against the backdrop of upper-class New York society during the 1870s, the author's combination of powerful prose combined with a thoroughly researched and meticulous evocation of the manners and style of the period, has delighted readers since the novel's first publication in 1920. In 1921 The Age of Innocence achieved a double distinction - it won the Pulitzer Prize and it was the first time this prestigious award had been won by a woman author.

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Sometimes only remembered for the epic motion picture and "Frankly ... I don't give a damn," Gone with the Wind was initially a compelling and entertaining novel. It was the sweeping story of tangled passions and the rare courage of a group of people in Atlanta during the time of Civil War that brought those cinematic scenes to life. The reason the movie became so popular was the strength of its characters--Scarlett O'Hara, Rhett Butler, and Ashley Wilkes--all created here by the deft hand of Margaret Mitchell, in this, her first novel.

With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron shares with us her ups and downs in I Feel Bad About My Neck, a candid, hilarious look at women who are getting older and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself.
The woman who brought us When Harry Met Sally . . . , Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, and Bewitched, and the author of best sellers Heartburn, Scribble Scribble, and Crazy Salad, discusses everything—from how much she hates her purse to how much time she spends attempting to stop the clock: the hair dye, the treadmill, the lotions and creams that promise to slow the aging process but never do. Oh, and she can’t stand the way her neck looks. But her dermatologist tells her there’s no quick fix for that.
Ephron chronicles her life as an obsessed cook, passionate city dweller, and hapless parent.  She recounts her anything-but-glamorous days as a White House intern during the JFK years (“I am probably the only young woman who ever worked in the Kennedy White House that the President did not make a pass at”) and shares how she fell in and out of love with Bill Clinton—from a distance, of course.  But mostly she speaks frankly and uproariously about life as a woman of a certain age.
Utterly courageous, wickedly funny, and unexpectedly moving in its truth telling, I Feel Bad About My Neck is a book of wisdom, advice, and laugh-out-loud moments, a scrumptious, irresistible treat.</p>

《豺狼的日子》内容为：一九六三年，一名杀手受雇刺杀法国总统夏尔·戴高乐，除了“豺狼”这个代号，全世界任何情报组织都对此人一无所知。刺杀戴高乐只有百分之一的可能，但对于“豺狼”这样的顶尖高手来说，这已经是百分之百的胜算。他杀人无数，从未失手；他身手非凡，冷酷无情。对来他说，唯一的准则是就是杀手的职业准则，最大的敌人就是还活着的目标。
每次“豺狼”都能领先一步，逃出警方布下的罗网。面对危险之极、高深莫测的“豺狼”，整个法国警方都束手无策，只能寄希望于一位低级别的警长，因为每个人都知道他实际上身怀绝技。
历史的命运维系在两个人之间这场尊严与智力的较量之中。