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The Virginians (II) 弗吉尼亚人(英文版)
The Virginians (II) 弗吉尼亚人(英文版)
W.M. Thackeray
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The Virginians is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray which forms a sequel to his Henry Esmond and is also loosely linked to Pendennis. Set partly in England and partly in colonial Virginia, it tells the story of Henry Esmond's twin grandsons, George and Henry Warrington. The novel follows the trials and tribulations of the twin brothers whose personal lives intrude on their decision to fight in the war effort.
Erling the Bold(II)勇者传奇:尔林的海上历险(英文版)
Erling the Bold(II)勇者传奇:尔林的海上历险(英文版)
R. M. Ballantyne
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Erling the Bold is a novella by Robert Michael Ballantyne. The work was published in 1869. This is a tale of a Sea-rover, or Viking as they're called. In the author's own words, "The present tale is founded chiefly on the information conveyed in that most interesting work by Snorro Sturleson "The Heimskringla, or Chronicles of the Kings of Norway."
Paradise Lost(II)失乐园(英文版)
Paradise Lost(II)失乐园(英文版)
John Milton
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Paradise Lost is an epic poem by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667; a second edition followed in 1674. The poem concerns the Judeo-Christian story of the Fall of Man; the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(I)海底两万里(英文版)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(I)海底两万里(英文版)
Jules Verne
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. It is about the fictional Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus. It was inspired by a model of the French submarine Plongeur (launched in 1863) was displayed at the 1867 University Expo, where it was studied by Jules Verne.
The Coral Island(VI) 珊瑚岛(英文版)
The Coral Island(VI) 珊瑚岛(英文版)
R. M. Ballantyne
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The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean (1858) is a novel written by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne. All his novels are, in his own words, "adventure stories for young folks", and The Coral Island is no exception.
Selected Short Stories(II) 短篇小说集(英文版)
Selected Short Stories(II) 短篇小说集(英文版)
Rabindranath Tagore
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In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and he remains one of the most important voices of Bengali culture to this day. Tagore is first and foremost India's supreme Romantic poet, and in these stories he can be seen reaching beyond mere documentary realism towards his own profoundly original vision. These short stories, written mostly in the 1890s, vividly portray Bengali life and culture.
Selected Short Stories(III) 短篇小说集(英文版)
Selected Short Stories(III) 短篇小说集(英文版)
Rabindranath Tagore
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Tagore is often seen as a serious writer, dealing with significant issues concerning religion, politics and culture in his work, he also had a lighter side to his personality, which enabled him to laugh at certain inherent human weaknesses, such as excessive piety, sentimentality, affectedness, arrogance and sexual jealousy, in a comic spirit, rather than being derogatory or sarcastic about them.
Selected Short Stories(V) 短篇小说集(英文版)
Selected Short Stories(V) 短篇小说集(英文版)
Rabindranath Tagore
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These short stories, written mostly in the 1890s, vividly portray Bengali life and culture. Tagore's treatment of caste culture, bureaucracy and poverty paint a vivid portrait of nineteenth-century India, and all are interwoven with Tagore's perceptive eye for detail, strong sense of humanity and deep affinity for the natural world.
Astoria(I) 阿斯托里亚(英文版)
Astoria(I) 阿斯托里亚(英文版)
Washington Irving
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Astoria is a history book published in 1836 by Washington Irving. The full title being "Astoria: Or, Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains". The book was commissioned by John Jacob Astor as an official history of his company's expedition to Oregon in 1810–1812.
The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. (III)巴里·林登的回忆(英文版)
The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. (III)巴里·林登的回忆(英文版)
W.M. Thackeray
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The Luck of Barry Lyndon first published in serial form in 1844, about a member of the Irish gentry trying to become a member of the English aristocracy. It’s a picaresque novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, Thackeray, who based the novel on the life and exploits of the Anglo-Irish rakehell and fortune-hunter Andrew Robinson Stoney, later reissued it under the title The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.. Redmond Barry of Bally Barry, born to a genteel but ruined Irish family, fancies himself a gentleman.
The Young Fur Traders(V) 年轻的毛皮商人(英文版)
The Young Fur Traders(V) 年轻的毛皮商人(英文版)
R. M. Ballantyne
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The Young Fur Traders is a novel by Robert Michael Ballantyne, a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books, an accomplished artist who exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy.
Selected Short Stories(IV) 短篇小说集(英文版)
Selected Short Stories(IV) 短篇小说集(英文版)
Rabindranath Tagore
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The stories in this selection brilliantly recreate vivid images of Bengali life and landscapes in their depiction of peasantry and gentry, casteism, corrupt officialdom and dehumanizing poverty. Yet Tagore is first and foremost India's supreme Romantic poet, and in these stories he can be seen reaching beyond mere documentary realism towards his own profoundly original vision.
The Blithedale Romance(IV) 福谷传奇(英文版)
The Blithedale Romance(IV) 福谷传奇(英文版)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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In the novel's preface, Hawthorne describes his memories of this temporary home as "essentially a daydream, and yet a fact" which he employs as "an available foothold between fiction and reality." The story takes place primarily in the utopian community of Blithedale, presumably in the mid-1800s.
Erling the Bold(IV)勇者传奇:尔林的海上历险(英文版)
Erling the Bold(IV)勇者传奇:尔林的海上历险(英文版)
R. M. Ballantyne
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Erling the Bold is a novella by Robert Michael Ballantyne. The work was published in 1869. This is a tale of a Sea-rover, or Viking as they're called. On perceiving the intention of the Danes to attack him, Erling's heart was glad, because he now felt sure that to some extent he had them in his power.
The Coral Island(VII) 珊瑚岛(英文版)
The Coral Island(VII) 珊瑚岛(英文版)
R. M. Ballantyne
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The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean (1858) is a novel written by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne. In the early 20th century, the novel was considered a classic for primary school children in the UK, and in the United States it was a staple of high-school suggested reading lists.
Selected Short Stories(I) 短篇小说集(英文版)
Selected Short Stories(I) 短篇小说集(英文版)
Rabindranath Tagore
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Written during the 1890s, the stories in this selection brilliantly recreate vivid images of Bengali life and landscapes in their depiction of peasantry and gentry, casteism, corrupt officialdom and dehumanizing poverty.
Collected Stories of William Faulkner(XII) 福克纳短篇小说集(英文版)
Collected Stories of William Faulkner(XII) 福克纳短篇小说集(英文版)
William Faulkner
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The Collected Stories of William Faulkner won the National Book Award in 1951. 42 stories of his novels are contained in this collection, some from an earlier collection, and others previously unpublished. There are Southern gothic tales, strings of short stories that take place during the Great War, stories that are post and ante-bellum stories of the South and even stories about aviators, and the homeless.
The Young Fur Traders(I) 年轻的毛皮商人(英文版)
The Young Fur Traders(I) 年轻的毛皮商人(英文版)
R. M. Ballantyne
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The success of The Young Fur Traders prompted a series of excellent stories of adventure for the young with which this prolific Scottish author's name is popularly associated in the very center of the great continent of North America, far removed from the abodes of civilized men, and about twenty miles to the south of Lake Winnipeg.
No Name(IV) 无名氏(英文版)
No Name(IV) 无名氏(英文版)
Wilkie Collins
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No Name is a novel by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1862. The story begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somerset, the country residence of the happy Vanstone family.
The Cossacks(II) 哥萨克(英文版)
The Cossacks(II) 哥萨克(英文版)
Leo Tolstoy
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The Cossacks is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. The hero in the novel is a young man named Olenin who had never completed his university course, never served anywhere (having only a nominal post in some government office or other), who had squandered half his fortune and had reached the age of twenty-four without having done anything or even chosen a career.
The Cossacks(III) 哥萨克(英文版)
The Cossacks(III) 哥萨克(英文版)
Leo Tolstoy
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The Cossacks is a story by a Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. The hero in the novel is a young man named Olenin who had never completed his university course, never served anywhere (having only a nominal post in some government office or other), who had squandered half his fortune and had reached the age of twenty-four without having done anything or even chosen a career.