The Virginians (V) 弗吉尼亚人(英文版)
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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.
Astoria(III) 阿斯托里亚(英文版)
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In the early 1800s, John Astor made the fateful decision to make good on his long-held dream of establishing a fur-trading company in the Northwest United States.
Knickerbocker's History of New York(III) 纽约外史(英文版)
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“Knickerbocker's History of New York” is the book by Washington Irving, an American writer who was born in New York City on April 3, 1783. Prior to its publication, Irving started a hoax akin to today's viral marketing campaigns; he placed a series of missing person adverts in New York newspapers seeking information on Diedrich Knickerbocker, a crusty Dutch historian who had allegedly gone missing from his hotel in New York City.
Antonina, or, The Fall of Rome(I) 安东尼娜 罗马的沦落(英文版)
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Antonina is an 1850 novel by Wilkie Collins. Ancient Rome, Young Antonia had the misfortune to live in interesting times when mighty Rome was brought low by the terror of the Goths in AD 408. The mountains forming the range of Alps which border on the north-eastern confines of Italy, were, in the autumn of the year 408, already furrowed in numerous directions by the tracks of the invading forces of those northern nations generally comprised under the appellation of Goths.
Paradise Lost(III)失乐园(英文版)
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Paradise Lost is an epic poem by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books. The poem focuses on 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.
Armadale(III) 阿马达尔(英文版)
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The novel is a 19th-century semi-epistolary one. Armadale is a novel by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1864–66. It is the third of Wilkie Collins’s four 'great novels' of the 1860s: after The Woman in White (1859–60) and No Name (1862), and before The Moonstone (1868). Some linking passages consist of letters between the various characters, or of extracts from Lydia's journal, but the great majority of the text narrates the events as they occur.
Rappaccini's Daughter 拉伯西尼医生的女儿(英文版)
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“Rappaccini's Daughter” has all the attributes of Hawthorne’s fiction: allegory, symbolism, ambiguity and fantasy. Spell-binding! This short story first published in the December 1844 issue of The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, and later in the 1846 collection Mosses from an Old Manse.
Armadale(IV) 阿马达尔(英文版)
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It is a 19th-century semi-epistolary novel. Some linking passages consist of letters between the various characters, or of extracts from Lydia's journal, but the great majority of the text narrates the events as they occur.
Basil(III) 贝锡尔(英文版)
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Basil (1852) is the second novel written by British author Wilkie Collins, after Antonina. The story explains a young naive man of a noble family who falls in love at first sight with a poor but beautiful young lady. After falling head-over-heels in love with this mysterious young woman, Basil decides he must have her at all costs, despite the fact that the decision may bring ruin to his high-society family.
No Name(VI) 无名氏(英文版)
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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. Norah and Magdalen Vanstone have an idyllic life. With loving parents, a caring governess, and an expansive estate to roam, the girls desire nothing else.
No Name(VIII) 无名氏(英文版)
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No Name is a novel by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1862. Illegitimacy is a major theme of the novel. The story begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somerset, the country residence of the happy Vanstone family.
The Book of Snobs(II) 庸人之书(英文版)
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William Makepeace Thackeray is known for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. While the word 'snob' had been in use since the end of the 18th century Thackeray's adoption of the term to refer to people who look down on others who are "socially inferior" quickly gained popularity. The Book of Snobs is a collection of satirical works by William Makepeace Thackeray published in book form in 1848, the same year as his more famous Vanity Fair.
The History of Pendennis(VIII) 潘丹尼斯(英文版)
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The History of Pendennis is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray. Set in 19th century London, England, this novel features a young English gentleman Arthur Pendennis born in the country who sets out to seek his place in life and society. The novel portrays his love affairs with the callous Blanche Amory and poor Fanny.
The Virginians (IV) 弗吉尼亚人(英文版)
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The Virginians is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray which forms a sequel to his Henry Esmond. 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.
An Old-fashioned Girl(III) 传统的女孩(英文版)
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An Old-Fashioned Girl is a novel by Louisa May Alcott. It was first serialised in the Merry's Museum magazine between July and August in 1869 and consisted of only six chapters. Later Alcott continued the story and ended up with nineteen chapters in all.
Little Men Life At Plumfield With Jo's Boys(III) 小绅士(英文版)
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Little Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys is a book by American author Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1871. The novel is considered by some the second book of an unofficial Little Women trilogy.
The Birth-Mark 胎记(英文版)
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"The Birth-Mark" by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne examines obsession with human perfection. This short story was first published in the March 1843 edition of The Pioneer and later appeared in Mosses from an Old Manse, a collection of Hawthorne's short stories published in 1846.
Catherine A Story(III) 凯瑟琳(英文版)
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Catherine: A Story, first appeared in serialized installments in Fraser's Magazine between May 1839 and February 1840. It was the first full-length work of fiction produced by William Makepeace Thackeray. Thackeray's original intention in writing it was to criticize the Newgate school of crime fiction, exemplified by Bulwer-Lytton and Harrison Ainsworth, whose works Thackeray felt glorified criminals.
The Scarlet Letter(III) 红字(英文版)
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The Scarlet Letter rightly deserves its stature as the first great novel written by an American, is an absorbing tale about the temptations of power, wealth, and passion. It is a Wonderful and playful story.
The House of the Seven Gables(IV) 七角楼带七个尖角阁的房子(英文版)
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The House of the Seven Gables (1851) is a Gothic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The novel follows a New England family and their ancestral home. In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive Pyncheon family.
The Marble Faun(IV) 玉石人像(英文版)
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The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance, and the last of the four major romances that Hawthorne wrote, possibly one of the strangest major works of American fiction. It’s published in 1860.