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The $30,000 Bequest and other short stories(IV) 三万元遗产(英文版)
The $30,000 Bequest and other short stories(IV) 三万元遗产(英文版)
Mark Twain
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The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (1906) by the iconic American writer and humorist Mark Twain is a collection of thirty comic short stories. These stories contained span the course of his career, from "Advice to Young Girls" in 1865 to the titular tale in 1904. Although Twain had ample time to refine his short stories between their original publication date and this collection, there is little evidence to suggest he took an active interest in doing so.
The House of the Seven Gables(I) 七角楼带七个尖角阁的房子(英文版)
The House of the Seven Gables(I) 七角楼带七个尖角阁的房子(英文版)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The story 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. Mysterious deaths threaten the living. Musty documents nestle behind hidden panels carrying the secret of the family’s salvation—or its downfall.
The Marble Faun(III) 玉石人像(英文版)
The Marble Faun(III) 玉石人像(英文版)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. It’s the last of the four major romances that Hawthorne wrote, published in 1860.
The Marble Faun(VI) 玉石人像(英文版)
The Marble Faun(VI) 玉石人像(英文版)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance, and possibly one of the strangest major works of American fiction.In the spring of 1858, Hawthorne was inspired to write his romance when he saw the Faun of Praxiteles in a Roman sculpture gallery.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(III)海底两万里(英文版)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(III)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(1870) by French writer Jules Verne. It is about the fictional Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus, as seen by one of his passengers, Professor Pierre Aronnax. It was inspired by a model of the French submarine Plongeur was displayed at the 1867 University Expo, where it was studied by Jules Verne.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(V)海底两万里(英文版)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(V)海底两万里(英文版)
Jules Verne
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a 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 $30,000 Bequest and other short stories(I) 三万元遗产(英文版)
The $30,000 Bequest and other short stories(I) 三万元遗产(英文版)
Mark Twain
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“Had I never loved, I never would have been unhappy.” -Mark Twain. This collection of thirty comic short stories captures the many facets of Mark Twain's work. These stories contained span the course of his career, from "Advice to Young Girls" in 1865 to the titular tale in 1904.
Paradise Regained 复乐园(英文版)
Paradise Regained 复乐园(英文版)
John Milton
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"Paradise Regained" is a poetic and intriguing tale that follows along in the spirit of Milton's masterpiece "Paradise Lost". The classic work was first published in England in 1671. As a companion to the epic poem Paradise Lost, John Milton's Paradise Regained describes the temptation of Christ. Following the fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden in Milton's "Paradise Lost", Milton turns his attention to the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness by Satan in "Paradise Regained".
The Blithedale Romance(VI) 福谷传奇(英文版)
The Blithedale Romance(VI) 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.
The House of the Seven Gables(II) 七角楼带七个尖角阁的房子(英文版)
The House of the Seven Gables(II) 七角楼带七个尖角阁的房子(英文版)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields of Boston. 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.
Young Goodman Brown 青年古德曼·布朗(英文版)
Young Goodman Brown 青年古德曼·布朗(英文版)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Set in Puritan Salem, Massachusetts, “Young Goodman Brown” reflects author Nathaniel Hawthorne’s perspective on this dark period of American history. A nocturnal journey with the devil and a strange vision in the forest lead Goodman Brown to regard his fellow townspeople as devil worshipers. This volume contains six stories from those collections as well as another superb selection, "My Kinsman, Major Molineux." In addition to the latter tale and the title story, this edition includes "Dr.
A House of Pomegranates(II) 石榴屋(英文版)
A House of Pomegranates(II) 石榴屋(英文版)
Oscar Wilde
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A House of Pomegranates is a collection of whimisical short stories by Oscar Wilde. This collections includes the following tales: The Young King-the story of young prince, brought up as a goatherd, who becomes king on the death of his father and develops a deep fascination with the beautiful objects his wealth affords him.
A Changed Man and Other Tales(VI) 短篇小说集 一个变了的人(英文版)
A Changed Man and Other Tales(VI) 短篇小说集 一个变了的人(英文版)
Thomas Hardy
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The tales in this collection were created over a thirty-year period and embody Hardy's characteristically dark vision of life.The book Supper and Other Tales concluding with The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid.
Astoria(V) 阿斯托里亚(英文版)
Astoria(V) 阿斯托里亚(英文版)
Washington Irving
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Astoria by Washington Irving is a history book published in 1836. 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 Coral Island(III) 珊瑚岛(英文版)
The Coral Island(III) 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.
The Norsemen in the West(IV) 斯堪的纳维亚的西部传奇(英文版)
The Norsemen in the West(IV) 斯堪的纳维亚的西部传奇(英文版)
R. M. Ballantyne
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The Norsemen in the West is a tale by Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) , 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.
The Young Fur Traders(II) 年轻的毛皮商人(英文版)
The Young Fur Traders(II) 年轻的毛皮商人(英文版)
R. M. Ballantyne
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The story follows the adventures of a young man called Charles Kennedy. Loosely autobiographical account of Ballantyne's own time with the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. Ballantyne went to Canada aged 16, and spent five years working for the Hudson's Bay Company.
The Young Fur Traders(IV) 年轻的毛皮商人(英文版)
The Young Fur Traders(IV) 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 published in 1856. Its success 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.
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories (I)幽灵人力车(英文版)
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories (I)幽灵人力车(英文版)
Rudyard Kipling
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The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, is a collection of short stories by Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936) who was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.
A Changed Man and Other Tales(II) 短篇小说集 一个变了的人(英文版)
A Changed Man and Other Tales(II) 短篇小说集 一个变了的人(英文版)
Thomas Hardy
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A Changed Man and Other Tales offers chance to experience one of England's most atmospheric and heartfelt authors. Known primarily for his novels and poems, Thomas Hardy also wrote a number of short stories, originally published in serial form. The tales in this collection were created over a thirty-year period and embody Hardy's characteristically dark vision of life.
A Changed Man and Other Tales(III) 短篇小说集 一个变了的人(英文版)
A Changed Man and Other Tales(III) 短篇小说集 一个变了的人(英文版)
Thomas Hardy
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The book Supper and Other Tales concluding with The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid. This is the first collected edition of these 12 shorter novels, which had previously only appeared in magazines and journal.