伊丽莎白（苏菲·玛索 Sophie Marceau 饰）和英国贵族查理（斯蒂芬·迪兰 Stephen Dillane 饰）之间有一个不可告人的交易——她给他三个晚上，为他生下孩子，然后安静地离开。查理给了伊丽莎白一笔钱用以还清她父亲的债务。
伊丽莎白按照约定，诞下女儿露易莎。但7年来她心火不灭——她记挂着女儿，每个女儿的生日，她都在画簿上写画心事。同时令她念念不忘的，还有当时与查理之间若有若无的感情。
她来到查理家，要当露易莎的家庭老师，查理惊恐要她赶出家门，最终只答应给她一个月教导调皮的女儿。露易莎慢慢被调教得有了修养，而伊丽莎白也与查理旧情复燃。
在已经变成植物人的妻子和伊丽莎白之间，查理将如何选择？

裘德（克里斯托弗·埃克莱斯顿 Christopher Eccleston饰）在农村长大，一心要用知识改变命运，考取大学成为了他的奋斗目标。但是，年少的欲望却让他与当地一个姑娘发生了关系，大学梦也随之破碎。
不久姑娘远走澳洲，寻觅更美好的生活。剩下裘德和他的梦想，继续在这里萌芽成长。裘德为了能考上大学，专门搬到大学城附近苦苦寻求机会。同时在这里，表妹苏（凯特·温丝莱特 Kate Winslet饰）让他暗暗倾心。迫于亲缘的关系，二人都不敢打破禁忌。当苏嫁给了他人，裘德终于冲破了心中压抑已久的感情。他们不理世俗，不想后果，只要一起。即使流浪到天涯都无所畏惧。然而，不幸终究来临。他们的孩子为这一切付上了沉重的代价，裘德和苏的感情，亦迎来了寒冷的严冬。

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.
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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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19世纪的英国，阶级隔阂还十分分明。这天，英国上层出身的露西（海伦娜•邦汉•卡特 Helena Bonham Carter 饰）和表姐夏洛特一起佛罗伦撒度假，不巧，露西住的酒店的房间看不到风景。同时来住店的英国父子两乔治（朱利安•桑兹 Julian Sands 饰）和他父亲见状，热心的父亲要和露西换一间房，因为他的房里能看到风景。露西开始不同意，在好心的店主的劝说下最终她同意了。
乔治和露西很快堕入了爱河，然而下等阶层出身的乔治身上有着很多露西看不惯的“陋习”，夏洛特也不甚喜欢乔治，双方在交往中闹了不少“笑话”。一次，乔治“越轨”吻了露西一下，露西认为乔治太过“不合礼仪”，于是独自回了英国。
乔治很快也回了国，然而，这时露西已经订了婚……

上世纪70年代的苏格兰，一个略带神经质的女子贝丝（艾米丽·沃森 Emily Watson 饰）不顾宗教束缚嫁给了石油工人亚恩（斯特兰·斯卡斯加德 Stellan Skarsgård 饰）。恩爱生活并不长久，亚恩在一次石油作业中身负重伤，沦为瘫痪。贝丝非常难受，甚至觉得是自己的欲望导致了这个悲剧。为了唤醒丈夫的生命力，贝丝挑逗不同的男人，和他们发生关系，让亚恩的病情可以被情欲的力量征服。丈夫的病情竟然有了好转，然而，村里的人都对贝丝投以唾弃的目光，贝丝亦被送进精神病院。为爱牺牲的信念在贝丝心中强烈燃烧，将再一次把她逼入绝境。

本片改编自已故爱尔兰天才作家兼画家克里斯蒂•布朗的自传体小说。
基提（丹尼尔•戴-刘易斯 Daniel Day-Lewis 饰）天生大脑麻痹身体残疾，只有左脚能灵活如常人。他没有生活自理能力，为家里带来了很大的负担，幼时总是遭到周围孩子的嘲弄，父亲险些放弃他，而母亲（布兰达•弗里克 Brenda Fricker 饰）却一直对他悉心照顾，不离不弃。基提心理苦闷却不能用语言来表达，试图用左脚写字作画，渐渐地凭借毅力和智慧，基提越来越得到认可。母亲悄悄地为基提买了轮椅，之后他又得到了艾莲医生的免费救助。在艾莲的锻炼引导下，基提的身体开始有了好转。此时基提已经爱上了艾莲。某日艾莲将基提的画推荐到了朋友的画廊展出。结束后基提向艾莲表达爱意，却被她拒绝......

　　这是一个真实的故事。盖瑞（丹尼尔•戴-刘易斯 Daniel Day Lewis 饰）生活于当年战火纷飞的北爱尔兰，那时北爱共和军正致力于反对英国的殖民统治。年轻的盖瑞整日无所事事，偷鸡摸狗，无意间得罪了北爱共和军。
　　无奈之下，其父（皮特•波斯尔思韦特 Pete Postlethwaite 饰）只能送他到英国闯天下。孰料，刚到英国的盖瑞就被当地心急立功的警察诬蔑为北爱共和军的恐怖分子，还连累了在英国的姑妈一家一同被当作恐怖分子关进了监狱。
　　其父四处陈情，最后也被关进了监禁。父子俩在监狱受尽苦头。直到多年之后，一位英国的女律师才开始从头调查这件极其荒谬的冤案。这件冤案最后能否得以平反，父子能否重见生天？

在这个动荡不安的乱世中，很少有像英国情报局这么值得信赖的单位。它拥有全世界最顶尖的情报员、最尖端的先进科技、最犀利的武器配备以及最有效的情报搜集网，而且每一名英国情报局特派员都是十八般武艺样样精通的顶尖高手。因此当他们得到有人想偷走英国王室珠宝的情报时，就派出局里最顶尖的超级间...

伊莎贝尔•阿切尔（妮可•基德曼 Nicole Kidman 饰）年轻漂亮，心高气傲，夺走了许多男人的心，但她却只想自由的活着。在英国的花园山庄里拒绝了沃伯顿勋伯爵的求婚。后又去伦敦看望表兄拉尔夫及其女友，古德伍德向她求婚也被拒绝。在表兄家她认识了端庄美丽的梅尔。在佛罗伦萨，梅尔将其介绍给了无钱无势却品位甚高的奥斯蒙德（约翰•马尔科维奇 John Malkovich 饰）。奥斯蒙德爱上了伊莎贝尔，而她也渐渐地坠入爱河。一年后伊莎贝尔和奥斯蒙德结婚。婚后他们的儿子却夭折在了摇篮里。后来她得知表兄病危，不顾丈夫的反对去见了拉尔夫最后一面，而此时表嫂却告诉了她一个秘密......
本片改编自美国著名作家享利.詹姆斯的同名小说。

在漫长而又乏味的婚姻生活中，佩妮（莱丝利·曼维尔 Lesley Manville 饰）感到自己的人生走入了谷底，收银员的工作让她日复一日重复着同样的动作，身为出租车司机的丈夫菲尔（蒂莫西·斯波 Timothy Spall 饰）则早就已经对妻子的喜怒哀乐无动于衷。女儿瑞秋（Alison Garland 饰）是个替老人打扫卫生的保姆，儿子罗伊（詹姆斯·柯登 James Corden 饰）失业闲赋在家，未来中佩妮觉得自己看不到任何的希望。
罗伊的突然病倒使整个家庭陷入了恐慌，本以为对家庭已经毫无感情的佩妮这才发现儿子的存在对自己来说是多么的重要。在对罗伊的照顾和看护之中，佩妮和菲尔逐渐的找回了昔日的激情，家庭的裂缝开始缓慢愈合。

约克郡公爵（柯林·菲尔斯 Colin Firth 饰）因患口吃，无法在公众面前发表演讲，这令他接连在大型仪式上丢丑。贤惠妻子伊丽莎白（海伦娜·邦汉·卡特 Helena Bonham Carter 饰）为了帮助丈夫，到处寻访名医，但是传统的方法总不奏效。一次偶然的机会，她慕名来到了语言治疗师莱纳尔罗格（杰弗里·拉什 Geoffrey Rush 饰）的宅邸，传说他的方式与众不同。虽然公爵对罗格稀奇古怪的招法并不感兴趣，首次诊疗也不欢而散。但是，公爵发现在聆听音乐时自己朗读莎翁竟然十分流利。这让他开始信任罗格，配合治疗，慢慢克服着心理的障碍。乔治五世驾崩，爱德华八世继承王位，却为了迎娶寡妇辛普森夫人不惜退位。艾伯特临危受命，成为了乔治六世。他面临的最大挑战就是如何在二战前发表鼓舞人心的演讲……

《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。

讲述英籍职业杀手受聘暗杀法国总统戴高乐，而法国警方亦从蛛丝马迹中获知了他的阴谋，于是全力阻止杀手的行动。

英国驻肯尼亚大使馆的外交官贾斯汀（拉尔夫·费因斯 Ralph Fiennes 饰）为人随和、生活平淡，平日只爱在自己的园子里打理花草树木。然而，有一天，厄运降临到这名超然物外的男人身上。他的妻子泰莎（蕾切尔·薇兹 Rachel Weisz 饰）――一名主持正义的律师，被发 现陈尸郊外，调查结果为被其情人杀害。
贾斯汀遭此晴天霹雳，愤怒过后的他仔细考虑，觉得官方的说法漏洞百出，于是这名平和温柔的男人誓要找出妻子身亡的真相。泰勒经过重重困难取证，终于逐渐接近事件的真相，原来泰莎发现了这里一间有着深厚政治背景的英国药厂在这里利用爱滋病人试验他们的新药，并导致了数以百计的艾滋病患者惨死！

1932年11月的英国。高斯福德庄园是一个名流云集之地， William McCordle爵士和他的妻子Sylvia约请了亲朋好友进行了一个狩猎会。邀请的客人包罗万象：伯爵夫人、一战英雄、英国音乐偶像，以及正在拍摄《陈查利》影片的美国电影制片人。当客人们聚集在楼上金碧辉 煌的画室时，侍候他们的贴身男女仆人们排站在硕大的住宅内，而佣人们则挤满了厨房和楼下的走道。随着一声尖叫，爵士死了。在调查此案的过程中，发现各人与各人之间隐藏着深不可测的矛盾，而事实的真相不叫人惊讶，叫人惊讶的是所谓的名流背后那些不堪入目的真面目。

波皮（莎莉·霍金斯 Sally Hawkins 饰）已经三十岁了，她是个普通的小学教师，没有房子，没有存款，仍旧单身，不再年轻也就不再漂亮……但是与沮丧现实相反的，是波皮极端乐观的个性，她明媚开朗得像涉世未深的孩子，甚至在一些外人眼里亢奋得不大正常。她练习蹦床，却遭到肌 肉拉伤，方知自己年龄已经不适合这项运动，只好改学弗拉门戈舞；她去学车打算考驾照，却因为表现得太过活泼亲热，引来严肃的学车教练斯考特（艾迪·马森 Eddie Marsan 饰）愤怒爆发，认为她在挑逗他……波皮“无忧无虑”的性格，不符合年龄的乐观，似乎已经与周围的一切格格不入……

汉娜（凯特琳·卡特利吉 Katrin Cartlidge 饰）和安妮（Lynda Steadman 饰）是大学时代的同居室友，彼时安妮因为自己的长相而充满了自卑，正是开朗奔放的汉娜的出现让安妮重拾了自信找回了快乐，两人之间也因此构筑起了坚实的友谊。
一晃眼多年过去，自从毕业之后就再也没有联系过的安妮和汉娜重逢了，此时的她们都已经成为了成熟稳重的职业女性，看到彼此的巨大变化，汉娜和安妮的心中都充满了喜悦。然而，通过回顾曾经的校园生活以及故地重游，两人才发现，她们自身的变化远远跟不上时代的节奏。究竟什么是成功，她们的未来又在何处，汉娜和安妮陷入了深深的思考之中。

大胡子莫里斯（蒂莫西•斯波 Timothy Spall ....Maurice Purley 饰）是一个出色的摄影师。他的妻子莫妮卡劝他为当清洁工的侄女罗克珊举办一个派对，庆祝她的21岁的生日，因为罗克珊的母亲辛西娅（布伦达•布莱西恩 Brenda Blethyn 饰）手头没什么钱。所以，弟弟莫里斯愿意为姐姐出点力。
在筹备生日宴会的过程中，辛西娅突然接到了一个神秘的黑人女子霍顿斯（玛丽安•吉恩•巴普迪斯特 Marianne Jean-Baptiste 饰）的电话，经过攀谈，她得知霍顿斯是生活在伦敦的黑人配镜师，并且母亲刚刚去世。两人见面后，霍顿斯跟辛西娅讲述自己的身世，这个隐私直接影响到了罗克珊的生日派对……
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