《大师和玛格丽特》究竟是怎样一部书？它是一本“对二三十年代苏联社会现实进行恶意嘲讽”、“主张向恶势力投降并为它服务”的怪诞小说呢？抑或是“启迪人们内心的善，净化人的心灵”、“帮助人们牢牢把握住自己内心的道德准绳”、歌颂“人对真善美的大胆追求的”“当代苏联文学中的一部主要杰作”呢？众说纷纭。本书作者布尔加科夫又究竟是一个“不理解无产阶级十月革命”、“暴露了本身的人道主义弱点”的平庸作家呢？还是一位思想深邃、“以大无畏精神向一切恶提出挑战”、“集讽刺作家、幻想题材作家、现实主义作家的天才于一身”的文学大师呢？他为何曾把花费两年心血写到第十五章的这部作品的原稿付之一炬，后来又重新握笔，前后历时十二载，八易其稿呢？他在自知身患绝症、不久人世的情况下，在生活困苦、精神压力沉重、明知这部作品不可能发表的处境中，是什么力量支持他坚持修改并补充它，直至生命之烛燃尽呢？现在看来，至少可以说：盖棺时某些人论定他为“反政治的小说家和不严肃的幽默家”，把他的作品说成是“存心取悦于读者”、“恶意讽刺现实”等，这些结论是下得过于仓促了。为布尔加科夫恢复名誉成为苏联文艺界一桩重要事件，他的作品在八十年代仍如此畅销，这里必定有其内在原因。我们应该努力通过作者的思想、生活及创作道路探索他的创作意图，在作品本身中寻找其艺术魅力的源泉及上述问题的答案。

What does persuasion mean - a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen's quietest heroines, but also one of the strongest and the most open to change. She lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of accident, adventure, the making of new fortunes and alliances. A woman of no importance, she manoeuvres in her restricted circumstances as her long-time love Captain Wentworth did in the wars. Even though she is nearly thirty, well past the sell-by bloom of youth, Austen makes her win out for herself and for others like herself, in a regenerated society.

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Emma Woodhouse thinks a little too highly of herself, and entertains herself by meddling in the affairs of others. The results are not always as she would like. This novel describes the schemes and eventual humbling of Miss Woodhouse.
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Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and Prejudice's Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibility's Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues, and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is, quite a lot.
For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life, Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time, she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill, the newly arrived son of family friends, and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax, the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emma's fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control, the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly, the Woodhouse's longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior, and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet, Frank, and Jane are all properly accounted for, Emma is wiser (though certainly not sadder), and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers.
--Alix Wilber
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"I should like to see Emma in love, and in some doubt of return; it would do her good," remarks one of Jane Austen's characters in Emma.
Quick-witted, beautiful, headstrong and rich, Emma Woodhouse is inordinately fond of match-making select inhabitants of the village of Highbury, yet aloof and oblivious as to the question of whom she herself might marry. This paradox multiplies the intrigues and sparkling ironies of Jane Austen's masterpiece, her comedy of a sentimental education through which Emma discovers a capacity for love and marriage.
From The New York Times, (2/15/97)
"An 'Emma' Both Darker and Funnier"
"I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," Jane Austen wrote of Emma, vastly underestimating her readers' good taste. The trick of adapting Emma is to recapture Austen's delicate balance, which allows us to see why the heroine still has friends and social influence, despite being the worst matchmaker and busybody in the village of Highbury. In this smart and spirited new version, Kate Beckinsale's Emma walks that fine line beautifully. Her Emma meddles in her friends' lives with near-disastrous results, and of course remains blind to her own romantic feelings for her old friends Mr. Knightly. But her sure-fire social assumptions are innocently wrong-headed, not willfully arrogant.
In this and almost every other way, this new television film called Jane Austen's Emma represents the flip side of last year's movie with Gwyneth Paltrow. Though both are faithful to Austen's plot, the earlier film was all about brightness and pretty gardens. It was a slick commercial Emma, whose appeal depended on My. Paltrow's graceful looks; not a bad idea, but not nearly what Austen had in mind. Among the flood of recent Austen Movies, this new Emma has the most in common with Persuasion, sharing a smaller scale, a darker tone, and a focus on psychological nuance.
Ms. Beckensale's Emma is plainer looking than Ms. Paltrow's, and altogether more believable and funnier. She came to the role well prepared, after playing another socially self-assured comic figure in the recent film Cold Comfort Farm.
The screenplay by Andrew Davies (who also did the wise television adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and (Moll Flanders) does a deft job of letting viewers pick up the social cures that Emma misses. We see, as she should, the glances between the eligible Frank Churchill and the poor Jane Fairfax. We can guess that the clergyman Mr. Elton has designs on Emma and her dowry, not on her penniless friend Harriet.
This version also makes it clear why Emma and Knightly are such a good match. Like Ms. Beckinsale's Emma, Mark Strong's Knightly does not have movie-star looks, but these two make excellent verbal sparring partners, vehemently matching wits and social observations. Prunella scales also stands out as Miss Bates, the flibbertigibbet, motor-mouthed neighbor whom Emma callously insults at a picnic.
Occasionally, this film plays out Emma's fantasies. There is a brief glimpse of Harriet marrying Mr. Elton, and Frank Churchill's portrait comes alive and speaks to Emma, saying, "Miss Woodhouse, we meet at last." The device is used just enough to add an imaginative touch without becoming a useless gimmick.
After so many Austen films, it would be easy to overlook this latest, but its charms are those Austen herself might have valued. It is understated and sly, loaded with a sense that even as society as well-ordered as Emma's leaves plenty of room for comic misjudgments and happy endings.
From Library Journal
This is another case where a classic is being reprinted simply as a tie-in to a TV/feature film presentation. Libraries, nonetheless, can benefit by picking up a quality hardcover for a nice price.
From AudioFile
The luxury of the unabridged edition requires a certain commitment. But a luxury it is. Jenny Agutter's reading is perfectly suited to the story, both in tone and pace. She brings out the comic insight that is the hallmark of Austen's stories, making one laugh out loud at times, so well has she caught the moment or the temperament of the characters. The genius of Austen's wit often depends, not on what is said, but on how it is said, and Agutter has given the perfect voice to this lighthearted classic, delicately differentiating each character's personality. A glorious way to experience the essential Austen. K.R.
From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Chris Kellett
First published in 1816, Emma is generally regarded as Jane Austen's most technically brilliant book. But that's not the reason to read it. Read it to see how a scheming heiress who is determined not to marry ends up embracing love and growing in maturity without dying or becoming impossibly insipid, the fate of so many nineteenth-century heroines. As her fourth novel was taking shape, Jane Austen noted "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." She was wrong. It is easy to love Emma Woodhouse. She is a snob, a meddler, and a spoiled child - she is also smart, funny, generous, and compassionate. Determined to control the arrangements of other people's lives, Emma takes on the self-appointed role of matchmaker in a world that grants little public power to women. Small wonder that Emma, who has a "mind lively and at ease," wastes her considerable creative powers dreaming up romantic scenarios that consistently and comically fail all reality checks. As in all of Jane Austen's works, the simple theme of courtship belies the complexity of her vision of human nature and of our need for power. Technical brilliance? Yes. Moral brilliance? Most definitely.
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Sense and Sensibility，ISBN：9781853260162，作者：Jane Austen 著，出版社：WORDSWORTH

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Enthralled by a portrait of himself, young Dorian Gray makes a Faustian bargain to exchange his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Thus he is able to indulge in his desires, as only the portrait bears the traces of his decadence and becomes a nightmarish picture of his soul.
Edited with an Introduction by Robert Mighall
Preface by Peter Ackroyd

《名著名译:雪国(插图本)》由人民文学出版社出版。

本书是哈珀公司“现代文学经典”系列中的一种，被《出版人周刊》誉为“中国的《乱世佳人》”。
这部讲述历史巨变下一位中国女性命运的优美小说，出版当年即在《纽约时报》最佳畅销书的书目中占据了七个月之久，成为美国最佳畅销书之一，迄今已在美国发行了二百多万册，收获赞誉无数。
本书以春月——一位出身于苏州名门望族的女性的情感故事作为主线，以一个女性的视角，记录了中国自近代以来的历史巨变。戊戌变法、义和团之乱、辛亥革命……春月在这百年未有之大变局中，出嫁、守寡、流离失所……在繁华到动荡、绚烂至凋零的过程中，这位始终保持着中国女性坚毅、温婉性格的女主人公，历经磨难而百折不回，自有一种“映日晖、融冬雪”的动人气质。本书的结尾，春月印证了家族的箴言，亲眼看到了五世同堂。然而这团圆中的苦涩和遗憾，那些岁月中不可言说的隐秘和伤痛，也只埋藏在这位女性的心中。
作者包柏漪曾提到，希望这本书能增加美国人民对中国的了解，促进中美两国的友谊。事实上，这部优美的文学作品，更寄托着她对一个更美好、更精致的古中国的哀思。主人公春月更是一个理想的中国女性形象，在她身上，寄托着作者心目中传统的精魂。
整本书充满了优美、哀婉的情调，被誉为“民国版的《红楼梦》”。

《斯通纳》讲述了生命中最重要的部分：爱，认同，怜悯，志业，傲骨，信任与死亡。
一个勇者有过的失败不失意的人生：即使不能拥有完美的生活，所幸追求过完整的自我。
美国，密苏里州。来自偏远农场的农家子弟、19岁的威廉·斯通纳进入州立密苏里大学学习农学。自一堂选修文学课为起点， 他的一生就此悄然改变。未来的斯通纳成为了一名大学老师，结婚、生子、教学、退休、衰老、死亡。在他生命的尽头，或许他可以坦然面对这个问题：你的一生，还要期望别的什么吗？
一部蕴含着真诚、激情与紧凑力量的小说，探究了历史洪流所忽视的人性之间的冲突、溃败与幸存，重新唤起思考每个个体独特存在的意义。作者约翰·威廉斯向世人展示了凡人中的勇者在如何生活。
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◆威廉斯的写作就像被打磨光滑的橡木上反射出本色、持久的光泽。这本书的伟大之处在于，它以不带一丝一毫悲喜的冷静洞察了生活本质的全部。《斯通纳》迟到五十年后畅销，是献给被亏欠的艺术一次迟来的正名。 ——《纽约客》
◆斯通纳活过，然后死去，如你我一样。他生活中发生的每一件事就发生在你我面前，看似平淡。然而，写出这种“简单”却需要天才才能完成。读这本书是一本令人难过却又美妙的阅读体验。 ——《星期日泰晤士报》
◆约翰·威廉斯的《斯通纳》刻画了一个将追求智识当作对抗无意义的战争、拒绝与外部世界作廉价妥协的人的一生。它的意义或许不只是一部伟大的小说——它简直是一部几近完美的小说，机构精巧，语言优美，故事动人，展示着一种夺人心魄的完美。 ——《纽约时报》
◆一件文学的珍宝。 ——《明镜周刊》
◆拥有超乎寻常的力量……直击生活的真相，语言清澈优美。它是一部献给所有热爱文学之人的传奇。 ——伊恩·麦克尤恩
◆一本精彩绝伦的小说，既丰富又忧郁，记录着伤痛与失去的同时也留存了美好温柔的时刻。这本小说完美展现了小说艺术的要素，它的叙事节奏与情节构架均堪称完美无缺。这本小说像一条河流，冷静而又流畅的平静笔调裹挟着磅礴延绵的力量。 ——亚当·福尔兹

《飞狐外传》是《雪山飞狐》的“前传”，叙述胡斐过去的事迹。然而这是两部小说，互相有联系，却并不是全然的统一。在《飞狐外传》中，胡斐不止一次和苗人风相会，胡斐有过别的意中人。
《雪山飞狐》的真正主角，其实是胡一刀。胡斐的性格在《雪山飞狐》中十分单薄，到了《飞狐外传》中才渐渐成形。金庸企图在这部作品中写一个急人之难、行侠仗义的侠土。武侠小说中真正写侠士的其实并不很多，大多数主角的所作所为，主要是武而不是侠。孟子说：“富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈，此之谓大丈夫。”

本书是《金庸作品集》之一，也是金庸的第一部小说。书中的内容主要是写红花会英雄试图通过换一个汉族皇帝，乃至通过同一皇帝换一套汉族服装，便以为是抗清大计的完成，最终无论是陈家洛等红花会英雄的抗清大计，还是陈家洛本人的儿女私情，均以悲剧告终。作品注重人物性格的刻画，写出了许多栩栩如生、神态各异的人物。

《倚天屠龙记》，金庸武侠小说，著于1961年，是“射雕三部曲”系列第三部，现收录在《金庸作品集》中。该书以元末群雄纷起、江湖动荡为广阔背景，叙述武当弟子张无忌的江湖生涯，表现众武林豪杰质朴自然，形态各异的精神风貌，展现其不可替代的人格力量。

这部小说是巴恩斯被研究和讨论得最多的作品。
全书以挪亚方舟的传说为主线，包含十章故事和一章“插曲”(所谓1/2章)，或戏说《圣经》，或品评名画，或演义历史，或虚构未来，以文学的方式揭示了历史的虚构性以及虚构的历史是如何产生并变身为“真实”的，以方舟的隐喻讲述了人类在历史的汪洋中孤独漂流，寻求救赎的命运。作者在“插曲”中将挽救历史的希望寄托于爱情，它是人类最后的“方舟”。
全书如同一组拼贴画，呈现出一部寓言式的“世界史”。

This volume, authorized by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate, contains all 4 full-length novels and all 56 short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. At over a thousand pages, the weighty tome is a perfect gift for budding amateur sleuths, and it is an ideal companion for a long stay on a desert island (or a leisurely trip through the English countryside). As the reader wades past the tense introductions of A Study in Scarlet and moves towards such classic tales as The Hound of the Baskervilles, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," and "The Final Problem," she is sure to draw her own conclusions about Holmes's veiled past and his quirky relationship with his "Boswell," Watson. Doyle never revealed much about Holmes's early life, but the joy of reading the complete Holmes is assembling the trivia of each story into something like a portrait of the detective and his creator. By the end of the long journey through London and across Europe (with a long stopover at Reichenbach Falls), one is apt to have found a friend for life. --Patrick O'Kelley --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

* 爱情不堪直视，孤独才是唯一真相
* 关于爱的危险、狡黠、颓丧和悲凉，写给真正的精神贵族
* 马洛伊•山多尔用一生写就的挚爱之作
前妻坐在街角的甜品店，悄悄看着丈夫为第二任妻子打包橘皮蜜饯。
咖啡店里，出身优越的丈夫回忆起第二任妻子在床上偷偷观察自己时那半迎合半嘲讽的眼神。他视她为真爱，可眼神浇灭了一切火焰。
曾是夫家女佣的第二任妻子与情人彻夜长谈。丈夫家满橱的袜子、领带和整墙的书曾让她觉得自己的 双手格外肮脏，而丈夫身上万年不变的甘草味令她感到恶心。
多年后，情人在美国的小酒吧里偶遇逃亡的丈夫，目送他消失在贫民窟。
关于《伪装成独白的爱情》……
《伪装成独白的爱情》是马洛伊•山多尔最偏爱的作品。在书中，马洛伊以四位当事人的独白，回忆了两段失败的姻缘，道出这位精神骑士对于爱情的期盼和彻悟，追忆了欧洲最后一代贵族的文化追求与品格坚守。
《伪装成独白的爱情》，匈牙利语原本是两本书。1941年，马洛伊写了《真爱》，一对已经分开的上中产阶级夫妇站在各自立场讲述彼此失败的婚姻。伪装成独白的不止是爱情，还有罗生门般难解的人生真相。四十年后的1980年，流亡近三十年的马洛伊决定续写这段爱情故事。《尤迪特……和尾声》以一对情人独白的形式，从截然不同的阶级立场，将四十年前的故事延续到了当下，延伸到了美国，为逝去的时代和被战争和革命消灭了的“市民文化”唱了挽歌。作者在书里留下了自己的影子——站在被炸毁的公寓废墟中央，站在几万卷被炸成纸浆了的书籍中央，直面文化的毁灭。这是马洛伊一生唯一续写的小说，可见他对这部书情有独钟。作者去世后，《真爱》和《尤迪特……和尾声》被合订在一起出版，就是《伪装成独白的爱情》。
“假如，有过一位作家，其生活方式、世界观、道德及信仰本身等所有的一切就代表着文学，那么毫无疑问，这个人就是马洛伊•山多尔。在他的文字里，可以找到生命的意义；在他的语言中，可以窥见个体与群体的有机秩序，体现了整个民族的全部努力和面貌。”
——匈牙利文学评论家普莫卡奇•贝拉
二十世纪的文学……收到了一位新的大师死后赠与的礼物。他会跟奥地利作家罗斯（Joseph Roth）、茨威格（Stephen Zweig）和穆齐尔（Robert Musil）齐名，甚至与受到膜拜的伟大作家，托马斯‧曼与卡夫卡，属于同一等级。他就是马洛伊。
——德国《时代周报》

这是一部关于盗梦和秘密的迷宫辞典体小说，包括一明一暗两条线索：历史线索和魔幻线索。历史线索即作者明确告诉我们的，历史上出现过一次哈扎尔大论辩，目的在于帮助哈扎尔可汗选择宗教。在可汗邀请下，基督教、犹太教和伊斯兰教的代表都汇集到哈扎尔首都，举行了一次大论辩。对于辩论结果，各个宗教都有自己的说法。由于哈扎尔人自己写的历史已淹没无闻，只能通过基督教、犹太教和伊斯兰教的文献来佐证这次大论辩的结果。但三个宗教记载的结果相互矛盾，都认为自己是胜者。作者把全书分成三部分，《红书》中讲述基督教的说法，《绿书》讲述伊斯兰教的说法，《黄书》讲述犹太教说法。哪种说法为真，书中没有明言，留给读者自己去判断。
魔幻线索隐藏在明线之中，需要读者抽丝剥茧。公元9世纪，阿捷赫公主坚守哈扎尔人独有的捕梦者宗教，相信梦中人能在不同人梦里穿越，捕梦者通过采集人的梦，可以整理出关于“第三天神阿丹•鲁阿尼”的知识，从而获得宇宙的秘密，并无限接近上帝。公主和她的爱人各写了一本书，书中讲述捕梦法以及如何获得第三天神神性的方法。这两本书即《哈扎尔辞典》的源头，由两人所写，就有了阴阳本的区别。此书令魔鬼们害怕，他们让公主爱人死去，公主也被剥夺了说话能力，书散失了。那些无意中悟出盗梦真谛的人们曾两次试图将书还原，他们根据梦境和零星线索，分别在1691年和1982年出版了《哈扎尔辞典》，但他们的尝试都被魔鬼阻断了。到1982年，第三天神的神性处于高峰期，三个魔鬼担心三个盗梦人成功收齐辞典，就杀死其中两位，把另一个关进牢房，使这个知识再次成为断片。这些断片汇集成了第二版，也就是如今读者手上的《哈扎尔辞典》。

Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families -- one English, one Bengali -- as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, from the outbreak of World War II to the late twentieth century, through years of Bengali partition and violence, observing the ways in which political events invade private lives.

从朱元璋的出身开始写起，到永乐大帝夺位的靖难之役结束为止。叙述了明朝最艰苦卓绝的开国过程。朱元璋pk陈友谅，谁堪问鼎天下？战太平、太湖大决战。卧榻之侧埋恶虎，铲除张士诚。徐达、常遇春等不世名将乘胜逐北破北元。更有明朝最大的谜团——永乐夺位、建文失踪的靖难之役。

突如其来的寂静笼罩了地球。这事实上比噪音更加可怕。有一会儿，什么也没有发生。
巨大的飞船一动不动地挂在空中，覆盖了地球上的每个国家。
在黯然退场之前，地球首先被改造成了最终极的声音重放器件，这是有史以来建造过的最伟大的播音系统。但伴之而来的不是演奏会，不是音乐，没有开场号曲，而仅仅是一条简短的信息。
“地球人，请注意了。”一个声音说，这声音堪称完美，仿佛来自四声道系统，完美得无懈可击，失真度低得能让勇敢的男人洒下眼泪。
“这里是银河超空间规划委员会。诸位无疑已经知道，银河系边远地区的开发规划要求建造一条穿过贵恒星系的超空间快速通道，令人遗憾的是，贵行星属于计划中预定毁灭的星球之一。毁灭过程将在略少于贵地球时间两分钟后开始。谢谢合作。”

《当我们谈论爱情时我们在谈论什么》出版于1981年，是雷蒙德•卡佛的成名之作，同时也是其最负盛名的代表作。本书由十七篇短篇小说组成，讲述了如餐馆女招待、锯木厂工人、修车工、推销员和汽车旅馆管理员等社会底层的体力劳动者的生活。这些普通人有着普通人的愿望，做着再普通不过的事情，但他们发现自己在为生存而挣扎，无法获得在常人看来并不远大的人生目标。他们的生活中充满了窘困和不如意，婚姻破裂，失业，酗酒，破产。卡佛用“极简”的遣词、冷静疏离的叙事，表现了现代社会中人的边缘性以及现代人脆弱的自我意识。

一个女人四十年的情与爱，被一枝细腻而绚烂的笔写得哀婉动人，其中交织着上海这所大都市从四十年代到九十年代沧海桑田的变迁。生活在上海弄堂里的女人沉垒了无数理想、幻灭、躁动和怨望，她们对情与爱的追求，她们的成败，在我们眼前依次展开。王安忆看似平淡却幽默冷峻的笔调，在对细小琐碎的生活细节的津津乐道中，展现时代变迁中的人和城市，被誉为“现代上海史诗”。
本书荣获第一届世界华文文学奖，并于2000年获得我国文坛上最具荣誉的大奖——茅盾文学奖。