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简·爱(全英文原版)
简·爱(全英文原版)
CHARLOTTE BRONTË
¥68.00
  世界经典英文名著文库(GUOMAIENGLISHLIBRARY)包含30本全世界范围内超受欢迎的原版经典图书:《小王子》《老人与海》《了不起的盖茨比》《月亮与六便士》《喧嚣与骚动》《瓦尔登湖》《欧·亨利短篇小说精选》《双城记》……   JaneEyre,中文译名为《简·爱》,是世界十大名著之一。   简·爱自幼父母双亡,投靠冷酷的舅母,但舅母无情地抛弃了她。她在一所慈善学校做了六年的学生和两年的教师。十八岁时,简·爱受聘到桑菲尔德府学当家庭教师,认识了主人罗切斯特。两人都被对方独特的气质和丰富的感情所吸引,于是不顾身份和地位的巨大差距深深相爱了。正当他们举行婚礼时,有人证明罗切斯特的前妻还活着。简·爱知道他们不可能有平等的婚姻,于是选择了离。后来,简·爱意外遇见了她的表兄妹们,并从叔叔那里继承了一笔遗产。但她无法抵御对罗切斯特的刻骨思念,于是便回到了已经失去了财富、身体也遭到火灾严重摧残的罗切斯特身边,毅然跟他结婚。在爱的沐浴下,罗切斯特找回了幸福和健康。
小妇人(全英文原版)
小妇人(全英文原版)
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
¥68.00
     世界经典英文名著文库(GUOMAI ENGLISH LIBRARY)包含30本全世界范围内超受欢迎的原版经典图书:《小王子》《老人与海》《了不起的盖茨比》《月亮与六便士》《喧嚣与骚动》《瓦尔登湖》《欧·亨利短篇小说精选》《双城记》……   Little Women,中文译名为《小妇人》,是美国作家路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的代表作   这部小说以家庭生活为描写对象,以家庭成员的感情纠葛为线索,描写了马奇一家的天伦之爱。马奇家的四姐妹中,无论是为了爱情甘于贫困的海格,还是通过自己奋斗成为作家的乔,以及坦然面对死亡的贝思和以扶弱为己任的艾米,虽然她们的理想和命运都不尽相同,但是她们都具有自强自立的共同特。描写了她们对家庭的眷恋;对爱的忠诚以及对亲情的渴望。   马奇一家有四个姐妹,生活清贫、简单而又温馨。四组妹性格迥异;老大梅格漂亮端庄,有些爱慕虚荣;老二乔自由独立,渴望成为作家,老三贝丝善良羞涩,热爱音乐,老四埃米聪慧活泼,爱好艺术,希望成为一名上流社会的"淑女"。   所有时代的所有少女成长过程中所要面对的经历的,都可以在这本书中找到:初恋的甜蜜和烦恼,感情与理智的译,理想和现实的差距,贫穷与富有的矛盾。
一本书读懂世界系列(套装共7册)
一本书读懂世界系列(套装共7册)
杨子曼,陶尚芸,张浩,黄一飞,沈东霞
¥69.92
包括:一本书读懂美国文学(人文英语),一本书读懂美国文化,一本书畅游世界*景点,一本书读懂消失的文明,一本书读懂西方艺术史,一本书玩转北美:英汉对照,一本书玩转欧洲*景点
福尔摩斯探案之斑点带子案+海的女儿+猴爪+西游记(新东方书虫·世界名著英文版精读)(套装共4册)
福尔摩斯探案之斑点带子案+海的女儿+猴爪+西游记(新东方书虫·世界名著英文版精读)(套装共4册)
亚瑟·柯南·道尔;安徒生;W·W·雅各布斯等/著;孙亮;李璐佳/编著
¥69.99
“新东方书虫·世界名著英文版精读”系列是新东方教研团队倾力打造的一套适合中国读者的有声英文名著精读类读物,旨在提供一种不同于传统英语学习方式,将趣味、语言、词汇、知识、人文素养、考试完美融合的新型英语学习解决方案,让每一位英语学习者意识到:学英语,原来可以这么有趣! 无与伦比的趣味性、原汁原味的英文经典、异彩纷呈的故事、幽默风趣的讲解、有效的词汇记忆法、双音频配套、精美的插画、丰富的板块设置是本丛书的鲜明特色。
世界经典文学名著系列:简爱+1984+呼啸山庄+海底两万里+傲慢与偏见(套装共5册)
世界经典文学名著系列:简爱+1984+呼啸山庄+海底两万里+傲慢与偏见(套装共5册)
(英)夏洛蒂·勃朗特,(英)乔治·奥威尔),(法)儒勒凡尔纳,(英)艾米莉·勃朗特
¥79.99
本套装包含简爱、1984、呼啸山庄、海底两万里、傲慢与偏见共5册
巴罗萨西拉
巴罗萨西拉
(澳) 托马斯·葛金森, 著
¥84.00
我读到托马斯·葛金森博士的《巴罗萨西拉》这部手稿时,立马联想起了麦克斯·雷克的《澳大利亚经典葡萄酒》(1966年出版),一部完全代表个人立场但深入阐述了当时新兴的澳大利亚精品葡萄酒的图书。这部伟大的参考书目前看来依然适用,且从不曾离我左右。 如同《澳大利亚经典葡萄酒》一样,《巴罗萨西拉》也完全是一次个人的探索。基于澳大利亚是伟大且重要的葡萄酒酿造国这一信仰,对托马斯而言,澳大利亚葡萄酒伟大的代表就是巴罗萨西拉。这一流派无疑也是在澳大利亚二级葡萄酒市场上为成功的。浸淫于美妙的英德叙事史诗,拥有着世界上美之一的景观,巴罗萨西拉性感妖娆、历久弥坚、令人信服,是世界上美味的葡萄酒之一。那些葡萄园,诸如神恩山、卡琳娜、斯通威尔等,都表现出了强烈的不可复制的地域特性。酒庄如格莱特·伯奇、查尔斯·迈尔顿、埃德顿、翰斯科、凯斯勒、奔富、彼得·利蒙、罗克福德、托布雷、御兰堡等,以及其他一些酒庄,都有力地阐明了巴罗萨西拉的本质与个性。究竟是什么使得他们的葡萄酒如此令人印象深刻且与众不同? 深深地着迷于巴罗萨西拉的魅力,托马斯·葛金森也是资深的巴罗萨西拉的拥与收藏家。结合他在咨询业、商业管理和慈善等众多领域相当丰富的行业经验,托马斯对巴罗萨西拉的现在与未来引入了全新的见地和深人的探讨。基于长期丰富的个人品鉴经验与系统的收集回顾,他的洞察和直观品鉴都非常睿智而富有先见之明。遵循《澳大利亚经典葡萄酒》的传统,本书对巴罗萨西拉的特性和审美情趣进行了深入探讨,以解读其内在潜力。托马斯·葛金森博士的《巴罗萨西拉》是一个了不起的开创性成就。
人生的枷锁 Of Human Bondage(套装上下册)(双语经典)
人生的枷锁 Of Human Bondage(套装上下册)(双语经典)
(英)威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆 (W· Somerset Maugham)
¥88.00
  《人生的枷锁》是毛姆出版于1915年的长篇代表作,取材于作者早年的真实生活经历,具有明显的自传色彩。本书在20世纪时风靡全球,也被毛姆本人视为“完美之作”。   小说的主人公菲利普出身富裕家庭,却自小父母双亡,先天跛足,童年时代在倍受冷遇的寄居生活中度过,成年步社会后,他饱受种种生活纷扰的磋磨,经历过迷惘、挫折、痛苦、失望,终放弃不切实际的幻想,摆脱精神上的种种枷锁,选择了适合自己的生活道路。作品文字通俗简洁、含义深刻,可以说是一部呼唤人性全面彻底自由解放的宣言。
世界经典文学名著系列(全英文版)(套装共14册)
世界经典文学名著系列(全英文版)(套装共14册)
(英)简·奥斯汀(Jane Austen)等
¥88.40
本套装包含《傲慢与偏见Pride and Prejudice全英文版》《动物庄园 Animal Farm 全英文版 世界经典文学名著系列》《海底两万里 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 全英文版 世界经典文学名著系列》《呼啸山庄 Wuthering Heights 全英文版 世界经典文学名著系列》《假如给我三天光明 Three Days to See 全英文版 世界经典文学名著系列》《简·爱 Jane Eyre 全英文版 世界经典文学名著系列》《老人与海 The Old Man and the Sea 全英文版 世界经典文学名著系列》《了不起的盖茨比 The Great Gatsby 全英文版 世界经典文学名著系列》《飘 Gone with the Wind 全英文版(上下册)》《人性的弱点 How to Win Friends and Influence People 全英文版 世界经典文学名著系列》《泰戈尔诗选 Selected Poems of Tagore 全英文版 世界经典文学名著系列》《一九八四 Nineteen Eighty-Four 全英文版 世界经典文学名著系列》《小王子 The Little Prince彩色全英文插图版 世界经典文学名著系列》,是一套超值的套装丛书。
第一辑-经典英语文库(全13册)
第一辑-经典英语文库(全13册)
(美) 约翰•巴勒斯,(美)西•德莱赛,(英)简•奥斯汀 等
¥88.99
本套为经典英语文库辑,全集13册包括:《醒来的森林》《嘉丽妹妹》《艾玛》 《了不起的盖茨比》《梦的心理》+《一个少女的日记》《福尔摩斯探险记》《苔丝》 《野性的呼唤》《儿子们与情人们》《哈克历险记》《人性的枷锁》《 查拉图斯特拉如此说》+《善恶彼岸》《1984》
“美国文学之父”欧文经典作品:纽约外史(套装共7册)
“美国文学之父”欧文经典作品:纽约外史(套装共7册)
Washington Irving
¥90.09
“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. It is published in December, 1809, with which Washington living, at the age of twenty-six, first won wide credit and influence. Knickerbocker's History of New York is a satire on self-important local history and contemporary politics. 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. Today, author Washington Irving is best remembered for the iconic tales "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." However, Irving also produced a number of well-regarded works of history and biography. This brilliant volume combines fact and fiction, offering a satirical history of New York from the perspective of make-believe Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker.
经典英文小说:小杜丽(英文版)(套装共6册)
经典英文小说:小杜丽(英文版)(套装共6册)
Charles Dickens
¥90.09
Little Dorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens which satirises the shortcomings of both government and society, including the institution of debtors' prisons, where debtors were imprisoned, unable to work, until they repaid their debts. The prison in this case is the Marshalsea, where Dickens's own father had been imprisoned. Dickens is also critical of the lack of a social safety net, the treatment and safety of industrial workers, as well the bureaucracy of the British Treasury, in the form of his fictional "Circumlocution Office". In addition he satirises the stratification of society that results from the British class system. In his Introduction, David Gates argues that “intensity of imagination is the gift from which Dickens’s other great attributes derive: his eye and ear, his near-universal empathy, his ability to entertain both a sense of the ridiculous and a sense of ultimate significance.” Dickens criticizes the hierarchical society which would demand such an impossible thing of a man, and also questions which class of their acquaintance are good people and true friends.
经典英语文库系列.第二辑(套装共9册)世界经典文学名著 英语原版无删减
经典英语文库系列.第二辑(套装共9册)世界经典文学名著 英语原版无删减
¥90.09
经典英语文库系列(第二辑)丛书,整套共9册,世界经典文学名著,英语原版无删减。包括《论语》、《斐多》、《人类的故事》、《卢梭忏悔录》、《瓦尔登湖》、《巴黎圣母院》、《作为意志和表象的世界(卷)》、《月亮与六便士》、《失乐园》。《人类的故事》承继房龙一贯的写作语言特色:不疾不徐,娓娓道来。文字功夫十分了得的房龙,是会讲故事的作家之一。因此,读者只要一翻开他的书,就会不自觉地读下去,忘记时间,忘记一切。而且,书中为读者准备了大量的惊奇与惊喜的故事情节和他对历史事件的独具特色的点评。《巴黎圣母院》是法国著名作家雨果的代表作。该作品着重表达作家的主观心灵。雨果运用丰富的想象力和大量的浪漫主义手法,饱含浓情地控诉了当时社会的黑暗、上层人物的丑陋,同时也毫不吝啬地展示了小人物美丽的内心和对生活的强烈热爱,并借此抒发作家激愤的情怀、寄托其对生活的理想。《失乐园》这部史诗描写了这样的故事情节:魔鬼撒旦逃离了地牢,来到上帝为人类始祖亚当和夏娃建立的伊甸园,诱惑他们偷吃了区分善恶树的禁果。他们无知并堕落,引发上帝震怒。一气之下,上帝将亚当和夏娃逐出了伊甸园。他们两人的行为,成为人类原罪的起源,并因此导致死亡、痛苦、饥荒、瘟疫在地球上泛滥。然而,上帝并没有赶尽杀绝,而是赐予了人类救赎的机会,差遣耶稣基督做救赎价,使人类可以通过坚韧的信念和诚心的悔改重新回归乐园。……
经典英文小说:无名的裘德 (套装共6册)
经典英文小说:无名的裘德 (套装共6册)
Thomas Hardy
¥90.09
Thomas Hardy’s final novel “Jude the Obscure” began as a serial publication on December 1894 before being published in book form the following year. It is the story of its titular character Jude Fawley, a young lower-class man with dreams of being a scholar, and his relationships with his wife, Arabella, and his free-spirited cousin, Sue Bridehead. The novel follows the life of Jude from his youth living in a village in southern England where he works in a bakery and studies Classical Greek and Latin in his spare time with hopes of one day becoming a scholar at Christminster, a fictional city modeled after Oxford. His dreams are dashed however when he becomes ensnared by deceit into marriage with Arabella Donn, a coarse and superficial girl. What follows is a classic and tragic tale that plays upon many themes, principally of which is the idea that one’s ruinous downfall is the product of having lived a sinful life. Having been harshly criticized in its day for its scandalous portrayals, “Jude the Obscure” has since been recognized as one of Hardy’s finest and most intricate works.
美丽英文:每天都爱读的双语经典短篇(套装24册)
美丽英文:每天都爱读的双语经典短篇(套装24册)
冯铃之,刘育红,等(编译)
¥90.99
本书包含: 《拥抱此刻的阳光》 《心灵深处的音乐》 《让爱在心里成长》 《假如人生不曾相遇》 《动物们教会我的事》 《成功是一种选择》 《童年是孤单的冒险》 《世界上感人的书信》 《成长是不可替代的事》 《别处的风景》 《爱是美丽的语言》 《青春是华丽的旅行》 《一个人,也能有好时光》 《无法忘却的电影对白》 《童话若有张不老的脸》 《那一年,我们一起毕业》 《那些震撼世界的声音》 《那些改变未来的身影》 《致十年后的自己》 《遇见成功的自己》 《世界上美的情书》 《那些激励我前行的睿思》 《那些触动我心扉的故事》 《快乐是自找的》 每一篇美文,都是一次成长的感悟;每一句名言,都是一场成功的遇见。 本套装中既有各个领域杰出人物的故事,又有发人深省的哲理故事,让读者在阅读中学会如何面对生活、品味情感、看待世间百态。同时还收录了很多涉及自然世界、神话寓言等方面的英语美文,让读者在学习英文佳作的同时,感受到一种沁入心田的阳光力量。
外国经典文库:珊瑚岛-英文版(套装共7册)
外国经典文库:珊瑚岛-英文版(套装共7册)
R. M. Ballantyne
¥99.99
All Ballantyne’s novels are, in his own words, "adventure stories for young folks", and The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean (1858) is no exception. It is a Robinsonade, a genre of fiction inspired by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719). One of the first works of juvenile fiction to feature exclusively juvenile heroes, the story relates the adventures of three boys marooned on a South Pacific island, the only survivors of a shipwreck. Three boys, fifteen-year-old Ralph Rover (the narrator), eighteen-year-old Jack Martin and fourteen-year-old Peterkin Gay, are the sole survivors of a shipwreck on the coral reef of a large but uninhabited Polynesian island. At first their life on the island is idyllic; food, in the shape of fruits, fish and wild pigs, is plentiful, and using their only possessions; a broken telescope, an iron-bound oar and a small axe, they fashion a shelter and even construct a small boat.
世界经典名著系列:(理智与情感+曼斯菲尔德庄园+诺桑觉寺)套装共7册
世界经典名著系列:(理智与情感+曼斯菲尔德庄园+诺桑觉寺)套装共7册
简•奥斯汀
¥99.99
本套书包括《理智与情感上下》、《曼斯菲尔德庄园3册》和《诺桑觉寺上下册》共7册。《理智与情感》是简·奥斯丁富于幽默情趣的处女作。埃诺莉和玛丽安娜两姐妹生在一个英国乡绅家庭,姐姐善于用理智来控制情感,妹妹的情感却毫无节制,因此面对爱情时,她们作出了不同的反映……小说以这两位女主角曲折复杂的婚事风波为主线,通过"理智与情感"的幽默对比,提出了道德与行为的规范问题。本书和作者的《傲慢与偏见》堪称姐妹篇,同样以细腻的笔触和生动的对白叙述没有富裕嫁妆的少女恋爱结婚的故事。如同书名里所体现的那样,故事集中表现了"理智"与"情感"的矛盾冲突。《曼菲尔德庄园》以男女青年的恋爱婚姻为题材。范妮出身贫寒,12岁时被姨父母伯特伦爵士夫妇收养。与四个表兄姊,汤姆,埃德蒙,玛丽亚和朱丽亚一起在曼斯菲尔德庄园长大,但常受到不平等的对待,玛丽亚和朱丽亚被宠坏了,十分虚荣,汤姆则既不负责又嗜赌,唯有善良表兄埃德蒙平等亲切的待他。随当时间增长,范妮的感激更逐渐转化为暗恋。虽然中间发生了很多事情,但是小说以范妮和埃德蒙喜结良缘为结局。小说中带有很多讽刺意味,特别是涉及到两位姨母时。范妮的家庭出身比奥斯丁其他小说的主人公明显低一个档次,就这一点来说这本小说可能是奥斯丁著作中现实主义的。爱德华·萨义德曾经指出,奥斯丁对于曼斯菲尔德庄园的经济基础是奴隶制这一点避而不谈,正显示了西方文化对于奴隶制度和帝国主义带来的物质利益缺乏自省坦然受之的态度。《诺桑觉寺》是一部爱情小说。然而,同其他作品不同的是,除了爱情纠纷之外,小说自始至终还贯穿着对哥特小说的嘲讽。因此,这可谓是一部"双主题"小说。 女主人公凯瑟琳是牧师之女,活泼可爱,正直善良,家道殷实。十七岁了,生活还是如一潭死水。艾伦夫妇带她一起去巴思度假,她在那里大开眼界,并结识了富家之子、牧师亨利蒂尔尼与他妹妹艾丽诺,她的可爱为她赢得了亨利?蒂尔尼真诚的爱,以及他妹妹艾丽诺?蒂尔尼的真心帮助。她们很快成为了好朋友。可她也碰上了一些虚情假意、贪慕虚荣之人,好在识破了他们的嘴脸。同时,她还碰到了另一位青年约翰?索普。索普为了抬高自己的身价,向亨利的父亲蒂尼将军谎报了莫兰家的财产,蒂尼将军信以为真,竭力怂恿儿子去追求凯瑟琳。后来,索普追求凯瑟琳的系望破灭,便恼羞成怒,把以前吹捧莫兰家的话全盘推翻,说她家如何贫穷。蒂尼将军再次听信谎言,把凯瑟琳赶出了家门,并勒令儿子把她忘掉。凯瑟琳回到家里,母亲发现昔日可爱的女儿变得如此忧郁,和之前简直判若两人。可怜的妈妈还以为女儿留恋外面的花花世界,却没想到女儿长大了,有了喜欢的人。后来,蒂尔尼的意外出现,终于让凯瑟琳父母明白,他们必须考虑是否要同意女儿的婚事了……
超好看的英文小故事(套装共8册)
超好看的英文小故事(套装共8册)
Carlo Collodi
¥99.99
本套书包括《木偶奇遇记3册》、《一个孩子的星星梦》、《圣诞颂歌小气财神3册》和《圣诞树》共8册。《木偶奇遇记》The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi in 1883. It is about the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto. The lonely woodcarver Geppetto carves himself a son—a mischievous puppet he names Pinocchio who learns that he can become a real boy by doing good deeds. From the moment Joseph the carpenter carves a puppet that can walk and talk, this wildly inventive fantasy takes Pinocchio through countless adventures, in the course of which his nose grows whenever he tells a lie, he is turned into a donkey, and is swallowed by a dogfish, before he gains real happiness. A narration is presented that has moral lessons and provokes to think in the right direction. An universal icon and a metaphor of the human condition, the book is considered a canonical piece of children's literature and has had great impact on world culture.《圣诞颂歌小气财神》A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843; the first edition was illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.In his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world’s most adapted and imitated stories. We know Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, not only as fictional characters, but also as icons of the true meaning of Christmas in a world still plagued with avarice and cynicism.
经典名著海底两万里英文版全集(套装共6册)
经典名著海底两万里英文版全集(套装共6册)
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 description of Nemo's ship, the Nautilus, was considered ahead of its time, as it accurately describes features on submarines, which at the time were very primitive vessels. The book was highly acclaimed when it was released and still is. It is regarded as one of the premiere adventure novels and one of Verne's greatest works, along with Around the World in Eighty Days and Journey to the Center of the Earth.
经典英文小说:安东尼娜:罗马的沦落(英文版)(套装共6册)
经典英文小说:安东尼娜:罗马的沦落(英文版)(套装共6册)
Wilkie Collins
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Antonina, or the Fall of Rome (1850) is an novel by Wilkie Collins. A romance of the fifth century, in which many of the scenes described in the 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ' are reset to suit the purpose of the author.
经典英文小说:阿玛达尔 (套装共8册)
经典英文小说:阿玛达尔 (套装共8册)
Wilkie Collins
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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. 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. The novel has a convoluted plot about two distant cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other (the two fathers are also named Allan Armadale).’The distortions of the plot, the violent and irrational reactions of the characters, reflect and dramatise the ways in which his readers’ perceptions were distorted by the assumptions and hypocrisies of the society in which they lived," writes Catherine Peters in the comment book.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).
外国短篇小说合集英文版(套装共6册)
外国短篇小说合集英文版(套装共6册)
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. 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. 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. Sometimes, this laughter was even at his own expense, caricaturing a certain drollery or oddity in his own personality, or at the expense of a close family or associate.