TheBattleofLifeistheonlyoneofthefiveChristmasBooksbyCharlesDickensthathasnosupernaturalorexplicitlyreligiouselements.(OnescenetakesplaceatChristmastime,butitisnotthefinalscene.)ThestorybearssomeresemblancetoTheCricketontheHearthintworespects:ithasanon-urbansetting,anditisresolvedwitharomantictwist.ItisevenlessofasocialnovelthanisCricket.AsistypicalwithDickens,theendingisahappyone.Thisnovellawasfirstpublishedin1846.Twosisters,GraceandMarion,livehappilyinanEnglishvillagewiththeirtwoservants,andtheirgood-naturedwidowerfatherDrJeddler.Marion,theyoungersister,isbetrothedtoAlfredHeathfield,Jeddler'swardwhoisleavingthevillagetocompletehisstudies.HeentrustsMariontoGrace'scareandmakesapromisetoreturntowinMarion'shand.OnthedaythatAlfredistoreturn,however,itisdiscoveredthatMarionhasrunoff.Afternursingheartbreak,AlfredmarriesGraceinsteadofMarionandshebearshimadaughter,alsocalledMarion.OnthebirthdayofMarion,GraceconfidestoAlfredthatMarionhasmadeapromisetoexplainherso-called"elopement"inperson.Marionindeedappearsthateveningbysunsetandexplainsherdisappearancetothepartiesinvolved.ItturnsoutthatMarionhasnot"eloped"buthasinsteadbeenlivingatherauntMartha'splacesoastoallowAlfredtofallinlovewithGrace.

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SonsandLoversfirstpublishedin1913,theModernLibraryplaceditninthontheirlistofthe100bestnovelsofthe20thcentury.Whilethenovelinitiallyincitedalukewarmcriticalreception,alongwithallegationsofobscenity,itistodayregardedasamasterpiecebymanycriticsandisoftenregardedasLawrence'sfinestachievement.

Emma,byJaneAusten,isanovelaboutyouthfulhubrisandtheperilsofmisconstruedromance.ThenovelwasfirstpublishedinDecember1815.Asinherothernovels,AustenexplorestheconcernsanddifficultiesofgenteelwomenlivinginGeorgian-RegencyEngland;shealsocreatesalivelycomedyofmannersamonghercharacters.

JulesVerne'snovelcolorfullyrecapturesthespiritofitstime,whenreaderswerefascinatedbynewtechnologiesandeagertodiscoverfarawayplaces.PhileasFoggwagershalfhisfortuneontheastoundingpropositionthathecantravelallthewayaroundtheworldinjust80days.WithhisfaithfulFrenchservant,Passepartout,PhileasFoggembarksontheadventureofalifetime,travellingacrossfourcontinentsbywhatevermeanshecan-train,elephant,steamship-andexperiencingendlesssurprisesandmishapsalongtheway.Thistraveloguesweepsthroughmanyexoticsettings,includingthejunglesofIndia,whereFoggandPassepartoutrescuearajah'swidow,andacrossthePacifictotheAmericanfrontier,wheretheybraveabisonstampedeandanattackbySiouxIndians.

Foraluckyfew,lightconversationatpartiesandsocialeventsisabreeze.Fortherestofus,thereisCarolFleming(bestsellingauthorofIt'stheWayYouSayIt),whobreakseventheshortestbitofsmalltalkintoanunderstandableprocessthatanyonecanmaster.

NightandDayisanovelbyVirginiaWoolffirstpublishedon20October1919.SetinEdwardianLondon,NightandDaycontraststhedailylivesandromanticattachmentsoftwoacquaintances,KatharineHilberyandMaryDatchet.Thenovelexaminestherelationshipsbetweenlove,marriage,happiness,andsuccess.

Sylvia'sLoversisan1863novelwrittenbyElizabethGaskell,whichshecalled"thesaddeststoryIeverwrote".Theheroine,SylviaRobsonliveshappilywithherparentsonafarm,andispassionatelylovedbyherratherdullQuakercousinPhilip.She,however,fallsinlovewithCharlieKinraid,adashingsailoronawhalingvessel,andtheybecomesecretlyengaged.ButKinraidisforciblyenlistedintheRoyalNavybyapressgang.Philipknowseverything.Outofkindness,hedoesnottellSylviaoftheincidentnordeliverherCharlie'spartingmessage.Believingherloverisdead,SylviaeventuallymarriesPhilip.Later,Kinraidreappears,WhenSylviaisinformedbyKinraidthatPhilipkneweverything,sheisfurious.Philipleavesherindespairandjoinsthearmyunderapseudonym,andendsupfightingintheNapoleonicwars,wherehesavesKinraid'slife.Atlast,whenSylviarealizessheisactuallyinlovewithPhilip,hehorriblydisfiguredbyashipboardexplosion,thenfatallyinjuredwhilesavingtheirdaughter.

《王子与贫儿》描写了王子爱德华和贫儿汤姆通过一个偶然机会阴差阳错地互换了位置，王子变成了贫儿，贫儿变成了王子的故事。贫儿汤姆穿着王子的衣服在王宫里尽享荣华富贵，还当上了英国的新国王。而真正的王子爱德华却在外四处流浪，不得不忍受贫穷和乞丐们欺凌和嘲讽。在好人霍顿的帮助下，爱德华王子经历了重重劫难，改正了自己的坏习惯，最后终于回到了王宫。而贫儿汤姆在良心的谴责下，将不属于自己的王位还给了真正的王子。

TheBattleofLifeisthefourthofCharlesDickens'sfive"ChristmasBooks".Twosisters,GraceandMarion,livehappilyinanEnglishvillagewiththeirtwoservants,andtheirgood-naturedwidowerfatherDrJeddler.Marion,theyoungersister,isbetrothedtoAlfredHeathfield,Jeddler'swardwhoisleavingthevillagetocompletehisstudies.HeentrustsMariontoGrace'scareandmakesapromisetoreturntowinMarion'shand.OnthedaythatAlfredistoreturn,however,itisdiscoveredthatMarionhasrunoff.Afternursingheartbreak,AlfredmarriesGraceinsteadofMarionandshebearshimadaughter,alsocalledMarion.OnthebirthdayofMarion,GraceconfidestoAlfredthatMarionhasmadeapromisetoexplainherso-called"elopement"inperson.Marionindeedappearsthateveningbysunsetandexplainsherdisappearancetothepartiesinvolved.ItturnsoutthatMarionhasnot"eloped"buthasinsteadbeenlivingatherauntMartha'splacesoastoallowAlfredtofallinlovewithGrace.

本书为第六册。据估计，在不到一个世纪的时间里，这套书的销量超过了1.2亿册。1961年以后，在西方每年销量仍达到3万册以上。可以说，没有哪一套个人主编的教材能超过这套书的发行量！这套书英文原版共7册，包括一册启蒙读本和1-6级教材。由于启蒙读本和第一级篇幅都很少，我们出版时合编成一册；其余2-6级则和英文原版相同。这套书的内容由浅入深，从基本单词、常用句型开始，延展到简单的诗歌，再进阶到中长篇的经典著作。从难易程度来看，前三部分内容单纯美好，文字朴素简洁，比较适合国内中低年级小学生阅读；后三部分的内容相对繁复深奥，开始有侧重性，有的笔法精密，描写细腻；有的文风犀利，寓意深刻，比较适合高年级小学生和中学生阅读。这套书的最大特色在于它所包含的内容更贴近生活。它没有童话的唯美和寓言的神奇，但其中的文章会让小朋友们觉得事情就发生在身边。而且，除了对真、善、美的颂扬，麦加菲也没有回避生活中的艰难与困苦，但其宗旨绝非消极愤世，而是突出困境之下个人的坚守与成长。这样的文章往往更容易引起心灵的共鸣，滋养心灵的成长，也将对小朋友的人生观起到积极正面的推动作用，堪称真正的“德育”教材。

本书以本雅明的“都市漫游者”理论为基础，结合文化地理学、叙事学及文类研究等相关理论，分析“都市漫游”在纽约少年疗治童年创伤、寻找精神家园、探究自我身份以及实现美国梦方面的功用，总结多克托罗都市成长小说的特点，探析作品中所展现的独特的都市美学，发现多克托罗既有犹太作家的族裔担当，又颇具救赎城市的世界主义情怀。而他在侦探小说、自传、成长小说、犯罪小说等文类间自由游走，打破传统文类界限，并运用口语化的语言写作则旨在于当今机械复制的时代复兴传统的“讲故事”的技艺。

TheNickAdamsStoriesexhibitamemorablecharactergrowingfromchildtoadolescenttosoldier,veteran,writer&parent--asequencecloselyparallelingeventsofHemingway'slife.Fromoneofthe20thcentury'sgreatestvoicescomesthecompletevolumeofhisshortstoriesfeaturingNickAdams,ErnestHemingway'smemorablecharacter,ashegrowsfromchildtoadolescenttosoldier,veteran,writer,andparent--asequencecloselyparallelingtheeventsofHemingway'slife.ThecompletecollectionofErnestHemingway'sNickAdamstwodozenstoriesaregatheredhereinonevolume,groupedtogetheraccordingtothemajortimeperiodsintheprotagonist'slife.BasedonHemingway'sownexperiecesasaboyandasamemberoftheRedCrossambulancecorpsinWorldWarI.ThecollectionfollowsNick'slifeasachildtoparent,alongwithsoldier,veteran,andwriterandfeaturesomeofHemingway'searliestworksuchas""IndianCamp""andsomeofhisbestknownshortstories,including""BigTwo-HeartedRiver.""PerfectforlongtimeHemingwayfansandasanintroductiontooneofAmerica'smostfamouswriters."

在美国，很多人都读过《麦加菲读本》，美国媒体更称其为“影响美国五代人的心灵读本”。其主编者威廉·H.麦加菲，是美国知名的教育家。他先后担任过弗吉尼亚大学道德哲学教授、迈阿密大学语言学教授，以及俄亥俄大学校长。他用了20多年时间，从浩瀚的西方经典文学中选编了一套读本，希望通过这些散文、诗歌、戏剧、哲理故事中浅显而美妙的文字，让美国的小朋友们在提高文学修养的同时，也可以感受道德教育的力量。该读本一经面世，就有近万所美国学校将它选为教材。1961年以后，在西方每年销量仍达到3万册以上。可以说，没有哪一套个人主编的教材能超过这套书的发行量！

本书由初级简单的句式开始，带读者步入优美的英语文学世界。本书可以让国内学生依托英文原版教材，全面系统地训练地道的英语。通过书中的故事与文学作品，感受加拿大历史文化，培养良好的阅读兴趣与品味。是一套不可多得的英语原版读物。

HeartofDarknessisacomplexexplorationofthebeliefspeopleholdonwhatconstitutesabarbarianversusacivilizedsocietyandthestanceoncolonialismandracismthatwaspartandparcelofEuropeanimperialism.Originallypublishedasathree-partserialstory,inBlackwood'sMagazine,thenovellaHeartofDarknesshasbeenvariouslypublishedandtranslatedintomanylanguages.In1998,theModernLibraryrankedHeartofDarknessasthesixty-seventhofthehundredbestnovelsinEnglishofthetwentiethcentury.

NorthandSouthbyElizabethGaskellisfirstpublishedinbookformin1855originallyappearedasatwenty-two-partweeklyserialfromSeptember1854throughJanuary1855inthemagazineHouseholdWords,editedbyCharlesDickens.Thetitleindicatesamajorthemeofthebook:thecontrastbetweenthewayoflifeintheindustrialnorthofEnglandandthewealthiersouth,althoughitwasonlyunderpressurefromherpublishersthatGaskellchangedthetitlefromitsoriginal,MargaretHale.ThebookisasocialnovelthattriestoshowtheindustrialNorthanditsconflictsinthemid-19thcenturyasseenbyanoutsider,asociallysensitiveladyfromtheSouth.Theheroineofthestory,MargaretHale,isthedaughterofaNonconformistministerwhomovestothefictionalindustrialtownofMiltonafterleavingtheChurchofEngland.ThetownismodeledafterManchester,whereGaskelllivedasthewifeofaUnitarianminister.Gaskellherselfworkedamongthepoorandknewatfirsthandthemiseryoftheindustrialareas.

In1987,aposthumouscollectionofErnestHemingway'sshortfiction:TheFincaVigíaEdition-theCompleteShortStoriesofErnestHemingway,waspublished.ItcontainstheclassicFirstForty-NineStoriesandanumberofotherworksandaforewordbyhissons.InthisdefinitivecollectionofErnestHemingway'sshortstories,readerswillAppreciatetheauthor'smostbelovedclassicssuchas"TheSnowsofKilimanjaro,""HillsLikeWhiteElephants,"and"AClean,Well-LightedPlace,"andwilldiscoversevennewtalespublishedforthefirsttimeinthiscollection.ThesevenunpublishedstoriesincludedinTheCompleteShortStoriesofErnestHemingway:TheFincaVigíaEditionare"ATrainTrip","ThePorter","BlackAssattheCrossRoads","LandscapewithFigures","IGuessEverythingRemindsYouofSomething","GreatNewsfromtheMainland",and"TheStrangeCountry".ForHemingwayfansTheCompleteShortStoriesisaninvaluabletreasury.

MadameBovaryfocusesonadoctor'swife,EmmaBovary,whohasadulterousaffairsandlivesbeyondhermeansinordertoescapethebanalitiesandemptinessofprovinciallife.Thoughthebasicplotisrathersimple,evenarchetypal,thenovel'strueartliesinitsdetailsandhiddenpatterns.Flaubertwasanotoriousperfectionistandclaimedalwaystobesearchingforlemotjuste(thepreciseword).

Theleadershipstyledescribedinthisbookissimpleanddirectanditworks.Thestraightforwardandeasy-to-understandlessonsprovideablueprintforanindividualorcompanytobuildonpastsuccessesandadapttofuturechallenges.