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斯威夫特（1667-1745），英国文学史上最著名的作家之一。《格列佛游记》是他的代表作。
    作者以异乎寻常的想象力，描写主人公格列佛先后出游“小人国”、“大人国”、“慧因国”等地方时，遭遇的种种千奇百怪的事情。比如在“小人国”里他可以随意地把上至国王小到平民的各式人等摆在手掌心里玩弄；而在“大人国”里，他又能像个幼儿那样处处受制于人；到“慧因国”以后，马成了智慧的象征，而人成了下等动物。作者通过这样有趣的故事，讽刺了当时英国社会的种种弊病，如政客的尔虞我诈，富人的贪得无厌等。读者在赞叹作者的奇思妙想的同时，也能对当时的英国状况有个大概的了解。

这本《诗经》收录全部305篇，每篇诗歌都配有相应的解释及译文，使读者更容易理解。

这是一部以记录普通话语汇为主的中型词典，供中等以上文化程度的读者使用。词典中所收条目，包括字、词、词组、熟语、成语等，共约五万六千余条。 此外，还收了一些用于地名、人名、姓氏等方面的字和少数现代不很常用的字。这些条目大都在注释中分别交代了，或者附加标记，以便识别。

"The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" is a collection of eleven detective stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous literary creation, Sherlock Holmes. Contained within this collection are the following tales: Silver Blaze, The Yellow Face, The Stock-Broker's Clerk, The "Gloria Scott," The Musgrave Ritual, The Reigate Puzzle, The Crooked Man, The Resident Patient, The Greek Interpreter, The Naval Treaty, and The Final Problem.

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歇洛克·福尔摩斯（Sherlock Holmes）是一个虚构的侦探人物，是由19世纪末的英国侦探小说家阿瑟·柯南·道尔所塑造的一个非常聪明的侦探形象。福尔摩斯自己称自己是一名“咨询侦探”，也就是说当其他私人或官方侦探遇到困难时常常向他求救。故事透露福尔摩斯经常能够足不出户就可以解决很多疑难问题，但是大部分故事都集中讲述一些比较困难、需要福尔摩斯出门调查的案子。福尔摩斯善于通过观察与演绎法来解决问题。柯南·道尔是从自己就读的爱丁堡大学一名善于观察的老师的身上获得灵感，创造了福尔摩斯这一人物的。
Book Description
This collection contains the earliest cases of the fictional detective. It comprises "A Study in Scarlet", "The Sign of Four" and the complete "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", reprinted from the "Strand Magazine".
From Library Journal
These deluxe Oxford editions offer the exploits of Holmes and Watson the red carpet treatment they truly deserve. Along with the full text, each volume contains a scholarly introduction, illustrations, and other assorted extras. All public and academic libraries should have the full canon of Holmes's cases.
From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up-The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes II is narrated by British theatre, film, and television actor David Timson. His Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are near perfect. The only place where Timson's narration is less than perfect is his female and German characters. All in all, this is a fine production, with piano and string music by Paganini and others sprinkled throughout. All of the stories take place after Dr. Watson has married and moved from Baker Street. "The Scandal in Bohemia" is a good story with which to begin, because in it Watson describes both Holmes' singular lifestyle of old books, the violin and cocaine, and his extraordinary powers of deduction and disguise. This information may help to reel in students who are unfamiliar with the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. The four cases are interconnected in that, although Holmes solves each case, in each he has to admit a failure, which adds a humanizing quality to the otherwise invincible Holmes. In "The Scandal in Bohemia," Watson and Holmes try to extract a photograph and compromising letters from the opera singer, Irene Adler. In "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb," Holmes must untangle events that have led a hydraulic engineer to have his thumb chopped off while working for the secretive Colonel Stark. In "The Five Orange Pips," unravels a plot by Klu Klux Klan members to retrieve sensitive documents from the Openshaw family, or kill all of them in the process. Finally, in "Silver Blaze," Holmes and Watson must succeed where the Dartmoor authorities have failed, by finding prized racehorse, Silver Blaze, whose trainer has been killed. the 12-page booklet provides information about the author, the musical selections, and the timing of each cassette. All Sherlock Holmes aficionados will appreciate the quality of Timson's narration. For students, listening in the classroom might help to make the accents, language, and setting more understandable.
Jo-Ann Carhart, East Islip Public Library, NY
From AudioFile
This new entry in a series prepared for BBC is a full-cast dramatization with background music and sound effects. Four of Doyle's original stories are presented: "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb," "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches," " The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor," and "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet." Each actor is believable and effective. The violin music that punctuates the text is wonderfully evocative of London's Victorian era. The subdued sound effects are also effective. D.W.
About Author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British novelist and historian best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. He also wrote historical novels, including The White Company, which he considered his favorite.
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莫泊桑短篇小说的代表作。写普法战争时，法国的一群贵族、政客、商人、修女等高贵者，和一个叫作羊脂球的妓女，同乘一辆马车逃离普军占区，在一关卡受阻。普鲁士军官要求同羊脂球过夜，遭到羊脂球拒绝，高贵者们也深表气愤。但马车被扣留后，高贵者们竟施展各种伎俩迫使羊脂球就范，而羊脂球最终得到的却是高贵者们的轻蔑。小说反衬鲜明，悬念迭生，引人入胜，写出了法国各阶层在占领者面前的不同态度，揭露了贵族资产阶级的自私、虚伪和无耻，赞扬了羊脂球的牺牲精神。
莫泊桑是十九世纪后期自然主义文学潮流中仅次于左拉的大作家。他继承了法国现实主义文学的传统，又接受了左拉的影响，带有明显的自然主义倾向。他在相当短暂的一生里，取得了令人瞩目的文学成就。他既是一系列著名长篇小说的作者，更是短篇小说创作的巨匠。他数量巨大的短篇小说所达到的艺术水平，不仅在法国文学中，而且在世界文坛上，都是卓越超群的，具有某种典范的意义，所以人称“短篇小说之王”。
莫泊桑(Guy de Maupassant，1850-1893)一八五O年八月五日诞生于诺曼底省，名为贵族后裔，实际上其祖父只是复辟时期的一个税务官，父亲则是一个游手好闲、没有固定职业的浪荡子。莫泊桑在诺曼底的乡间与城镇度过了他的童年，一八五九至一八六O年随父母到巴黎小住，就读于拿破仑中学，后因父亲无行、双亲离异，随母又回到诺曼底。故乡的生活与优美的大自然给莫泊桑的影响很深，成为他日后文学创作的一个重要源泉。
莫泊桑的母亲洛尔·勒·普阿特文具有深厚的文学修养，莫泊桑从小就深受她的熏陶。洛尔的哥哥阿尔弗莱德颇有文名，青年时期曾是福楼拜以及帕纳斯派诗人路易·布耶的同窗。莫泊桑在鲁昂城高乃依中学念书时就结识了舅舅的这两位老友，这时，他早已是一个喜爱文学并已开始习作诗歌的青年，他从这两位前辈那里听到了“简明的教诲”，获得了“对于技巧的深刻认识”与“不断尝试的力量”，可惜的是，路易·布耶于一八六九年就去世了。同年，莫泊桑来到巴黎大学改修法律，不久普法战争爆发，莫泊桑被征入伍，在军队里担任过文书与通讯工作。在这场灾难中，他耳闻目睹了法军可耻的溃败、当权者与有产者的卑劣以及普通人民的爱国主义热情与英勇抗敌的事例，感触很深，所有这些日后成为他文学创作的又一个重要源泉。
战后退伍，由于家庭经济拮据，莫泊桑于一八七二年三月开始在海军部任小职员，七年之后，又转入公共教育部，直到一八八一年完全退职。在小职员空虚无聊的生活中，莫泊桑不幸染上了恶习，私生活放荡，这种下了他过早身亡的祸根。但另一方面，他勤奋写作，拜福楼拜为师，在他的具体指导下刻苦磨砺，长期不怠。在此期间，他于一八七六年又结识了阿莱克斯、瑟阿尔、厄尼克、于斯曼等青年作家，他们都以左拉为崇拜对象，经常在巴黎郊区左拉的梅塘别墅聚会，号称“梅塘集团”。一八八O年，“梅塘集团 ”六作家以普法战争为题材的合集《梅塘之夜》问世，其中以莫泊桑的《羊脂球》最为出色，这个中篇的辉煌成功，使莫泊桑一夜之间蜚声巴黎文坛。
《羊脂球》写于一八七九年，是莫泊桑经过长期写作锻炼之后达到完全成熟的标志，紧接着这个中篇，是如喷泉一样涌出的一大批中短篇小说。从一八八O年到一八九一年因病停笔，十年期间，他共创作发表了三百余篇中短篇小说，几乎每年都有数量可观的精彩之作问世，特别是在前三四年，佳品更是以极大的密集程度出现，一八八一年有《一家人》、《在一个春天的夜晚》、《戴丽叶春楼》，一八八二年有《菲菲小姐》、《一个儿子》、《修软椅的女人》、《小狗皮埃罗》、《一个诺曼底佬》、《月光》、《遗嘱》，一八八三年有《骑马》、《在海上》、《两个朋友》、《珠宝》、《米隆老爹》、《我的叔叔于勒》、《勋章到手了》、《绳子》，一八八四年有《烧伞记》、《项链》、《幸福》、《遗产》、《衣柜》等等。一八八五年，莫泊桑短篇小说创作中名篇的数量有所下降，但仍不乏出色之作，如《珍珠小姐》(1886)、《流浪汉》(1887)、《港口》(1889)、《橄榄园》(1890) 等。 早在以短篇小说成名之前，莫泊桑就开始了长篇小说的创作，他的第一个长篇《一生》经过几年的耕耘，于一八八一年完成，一八八三年问世。自此，他逐渐由短篇转向长篇，在几年之内相继发表与出版了几部著名的作品，一八八五年：《漂亮朋友》；一八八六年：《温泉》；一八八八年：《皮埃尔与让》；一八八九年：《如死一般强》；一八九O年：《我们的心》。
莫泊桑早就有神经痛的征兆，他长期与病魔斗争，坚持写作。巨大的劳动强度与未曾收敛的放荡生活，使他逐渐病入膏肓，到一八九一年，他已不能再进行写作，在遭受疾病残酷的折磨之后，终于在一八九三年七月六日去世，享年仅四十三岁。
一、短篇小说创作
莫泊桑是法国文学史上短篇小说创作数量最大、成就最高的作家，三百余篇短篇小说的巨大创作量在十九世纪文学中是绝无仅有的；他的短篇所描绘的生活面极为广泛，实际上构成了十九世纪下半期法国社会一幅全面的风俗画；更重要的是，他把现实主义短篇小说的艺术提高到了一个前所未有的水平，他在文学史上的重要地位主要就是由他短篇小说的成就所奠定的。
莫泊桑短篇小说的题材是丰富多彩的，在他的作品里，形形色色的社会生活，如战争的溃败、上流社会的喜庆游乐、资产者沙龙里的聚会、官僚机构里的例行公事、小资产阶级家庭的日常生活、外省小镇上的情景、农民的劳动与生活、宗教仪式与典礼、酒馆妓院里的喧闹，等等，都有形象的描绘；社会各阶级各阶层的人物，从上层的贵族、官僚、企业家到中间阶层的公务员、自由职业者、小业主，到下层的工人、农民、流浪汉以至乞丐、妓女，都得到了鲜明的勾画；法国广阔天地里，从巴黎闹市到外省城镇以及偏远乡村与蛮荒山野的风貌人情，也都有生动的写照。在广阔的艺术视野与广阔的取材面上，莫泊桑的短篇显然超过了过去的梅里美与同时代的都德，而在他广泛的描写中，又有着三个突出的重点，即普法战争、巴黎的小公务员生活与诺曼底地区乡镇的风光与轶事。
二、长篇小说创作
莫泊桑的长篇小说共有六部，即《一生》、《漂亮朋友》、《温泉》、《皮埃尔与让》、《如死一般强》、《我们的心》，其中以《一生》与《漂亮朋友》最为重要，《皮埃尔与让》亦甚出色。

One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, The Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time.
The three plays of The Oresteia portray the bloody events that follow the victorious return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War, at the start of which he had sacrificed his daughter Iphigeneia to secure divine favor. After Iphi-geneia’s mother, Clytemnestra, kills her husband in revenge, she in turn is murdered by their
son Orestes with his sister Electra’s encouragement. Orestes is pursued by the Furies and put on trial, his fate decided by the goddess Athena. Far more than the story of murder and vengeance in the royal house of Atreus, The Oresteia serves as a dramatic parable of the evolution of justice and civilization that is still powerful after 2,500 years.
The trilogy is presented here in George Thomson’s classic translation, renowned for its fidelity to the rhythms and richness of the original Greek.

《故事新编》是鲁迅的一部短篇小说集，收录了鲁迅在1922年～1935年间创作的短篇小说八篇。1936年1月由上海文化生活出版社初版，列为巴金所编的《文学丛刊》之一作者生前共印行七版次。
这八篇小说分别是：《补天》、《奔月》、《理水》、《采薇》、《铸剑》、《出关》、《非攻》、《起死》。外加一篇《序言》。此书主要以神话为题材，多数是在“博考文献”的基础上，“取一点因由，随意点染。”
其中，《补天》写于1922年冬天，原题《不周山》，收录于《呐喊》初版，后改名《补天》并抽出；《奔月》、《铸剑》写于1926年和1927年，《铸剑》在《莽原》上发表时题名《眉间尺》；《补天》、《理水》、《非攻》、《采薇》、《起死》写于1934至1935年。

《小引》
《狗·猫·鼠》
《阿长与山海经》
《二十四孝图》
《五猖会》
《无常》
《从百草园到三味书屋》
《父亲的病》
《琐记》
《藤野先生》
《范爱农》
《后记》

阅读咖啡是一种幸福，ISBN：9787504846150，作者：SPR Coffee编撰

He told me some queer things that explained a lot that had puzzled me - things that happened in the Balkan War, how one state suddenly came out on top, why alliances were made and broken, why certain men disappeared, and where the sinews of war came from.

What is it like for a native people of the rainforest to confront features of a modern world? In 1980-82, the Gebusi of Papua New Guinea held elaborate ritual dances and spirit seances, practiced alternative sexual customs, and endured a very high rate of violence. By 1998, however, most Gebusi had been willingly transformed by Christian conversion, schooling, market activity, disco music, sports leagues, and local government. This book vividly portrays both the traditions and the dramatic changes of Gebusi society and culture. Written especially for students, the account uses personal stories and ethnographic examples to connect developments among Gebusi to topics that are widely considered in anthropology courses, including comparative features of subsistence, kinship, economics, politics, religion, gender, ethnicity, and nationalism.The author lived among the Gebusi for several years, on two occasions. His account of his experience with these fascinating people aims to illustrate issues and topics prominent in undergraduate anthropology courses; provide a dramatic, personal, and well-written story of cultural transformation; and unfold the relation between so-called traditional customs and so-called modern ones. His goal in publishing the ethnography is 'to let the Gebusi come alive to readers, to portray their past and their present, and to connect their dramatic changes with those in my own life and those in contemporary anthropology'.

Classic trilogy by great tragedian deals with the bloody history of the House of Atreus. Grand in style, rich in diction and dramatic dialogue, the plays embody Aeschylus’ concerns with the destiny and fate of both individuals and the state, all played out under the watchful eye of the gods.