a story of mystery and suspense /Dickens' first historical novel/ blend of historical realism and Gothic melodrama / conspiracy, blackmail, abduction and retribution

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.

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).

George Eliot's novel The Mill on the Floss, orginally published in 1860 as three volumes. Maggie Tulliver is the protagonist and the story begins when she is 9 years old. Maggie Tulliver’s entire life has been spent in the shadow of Dorlcote Mill on the River Floss with her beloved older brother, Tom.The Mill on the Floss is the story of Maggie Tulliver’s search for love, and acceptance by her family and community, and of her need for intellectual and spiritual growth. Her relationship with her older brother Tom, and her romantic relationships with Philip Wakem and with Stephen Guest constitute the most significant narrative threads. Misunderstood Maggie Tulliver is torn. Her rebellious and passionate nature demands expression, while her provincial kin and community expect self-denial. Based closely on the author's own life, Maggie's story explores the conflicts of love and loyalty and the friction between desire and moral responsibility. A classic work of 19th century literature, "The Mill on the Floss" remains a popular and enduring example of George Eliot's impact on English literature.

vivid characterization /unfailingly realistic description/ impulse and fear and hesitation/ the most capacious and elastic and versatile kind of novel

本套书包括《艾格妮丝·格雷3册》和《威尔德菲尔庄园的房客6册》共9册。《艾格妮丝·格雷》Agnes Grey is the debut novel of English author Anne Bront? (writing under the pen name of Acton Bell), first published in December 1847, and republished in a second edition in 1850. The novel follows Agnes Grey, a governess, as she works within families of the English gentry. Scholarship and comments by Anne's sister Charlotte Bront? suggest the novel is largely based on Anne Bront?'s own experiences as a governess for five years. Agnes, her sister Mary, and their mother all try to keep expenses low and bring in extra money, but Agnes is frustrated that everyone treats her like a child. To prove herself and to earn money, she is determined to get a position as a governess. Eventually, she obtains a recommendation from a well-placed acquaintance, is offered a position, and secures her parents' permission. With some misgivings, she travels to Wellwood house to work for the Bloomfield family. The choice of central character allows Anne to deal with issues of oppression and abuse of women and governesses, isolation and ideas of empathy. An additional theme is the fair treatment of animals. Agnes Grey also mimics some of the stylistic approaches of bildungsromans, employing ideas of personal growth and coming to age, but representing a character who in fact does not gain in virtue.《威尔德菲尔庄园的房客》This work is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Bront?. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Probably the most shocking of the Bront?s' novels, it had an instant and phenomenal success, but after Anne's death her sister Charlotte prevented its re-publication. Most critics now consider The Tenant of Wildfell Hall to be one of the first feminist novels. The novel is framed as a series of letters from Gilbert Markham to his friend and brother-in-law about the events connected with the meeting of his wife. A mysterious young widow arrives at Wildfell Hall, an Elizabethan mansion which has been empty for many years, with her young son and a servant. She lives there in strict seclusion under the assumed name Helen Graham and soon finds herself the victim of local slander. Refusing to believe anything scandalous about her, Gilbert befriends Helen and discovers her past. In her diary, Helen depicts her husband's physical and moral decline through alcohol and her desperate attempts to save their son from his influence in the dissipated aristocratic society from which she ultimately flees. The depiction of marital strife and women's professional identification has also a strong moral message mitigated by the authors's belief in universal salvation.

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.

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. Astor later convinced Washington Irving, one of the most important figures in nineteenth-century American literature, to create a non-fiction account of the operation's origins. The result, Astoria, is a fascinating work of history. 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 book became a bestseller in 1836 and at the time was required reading in some schools. Astoria has been read as a vivid and fascinating history, comparable indeed to the finest of romances, but rooted in the rough and hardy life of trapping, hunting, and exploration.

“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.

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.

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.

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.

当下英语已经不只是一门语言专业，更成了一个了解理论和先进知识的工具。 一直以来，在国内的英语学习法中风行着一种速成的论调：7天搞定单词，一个月攻破听力……仿佛学习者吃了一颗大补丸，英语水平就能立刻回血。然而尝试过速成法的学习者，往往发现这些方法都难以坚持下去。 在这本书中，作者刘晓光和伍君仪从自己英语逆袭的亲身经历入手，提供了一套理论清晰、操作性强的英语训练体系，向所有英语学习者传达了这样的理念：语言学习没有捷径，但没有捷径并不意味着学习者要坚持下去一定会十分艰辛。英语是一门人人都可以掌握的技能，并不是一门只停留在卷面上的学科。只要遵循书中阐释的科学的训练体系，在自己现有的水平上小梯度却不间断地前进，持续收获的正反馈会让自己毫不费力地坚持学习下去，在成就感的增长过程中变成一个能流利使用英语的大咖！

本书以全新的视角实践了“会展与英语一体化、理论与实践一体化”的教学理念，充分体现了高职高专会展英语 “以实践为核心、以英语为主线、以会展为背景”的教学模式，重点培养学生的英语听说交际能力。 本书包括会议和展览两大部分，每部分由8个单元组成，共计16个单元。内容包括：会议准备、会议 选址、会议预订、会议接待与登记、会议室布置及会议设施、开幕式和闭幕式、会议餐饮服务、会后观光、展会特性确认、贸易展、展会策划、展会营销推广、展会邀请、展品介绍、展品物流运输、展会风险管理，涵盖了会展服务与管理的主要内容。每个单元内容包括：背景知识、热身活动、示范对话、实用句型、实践实训项目等。

《托福口语独立题60例》一书精选了60道口语独立题目，覆盖了16类近年来的高频话题，并且按照话题难易程度，由浅深，依次分为基础篇、阶篇和高级篇来布局，满足了不同基础的考生的备考需求。吴奇老师还按照官方评分标准，为60道题目配备了范例回答。另外，书中总结了常用答题理由、高分单词和短语、备考秘籍等，可以帮助考生运用清晰的答题思路和地道的语言表达自己的观。

本书结合大学英语六级听力考试的特和真题素材，将艾力老师独创的“艾式听力五步法”贯彻落实到听力训练中。通过阐述方法论，配以大量典型的六级真题及操练方法，总结真题听力语料库，供读者行泛听、精听、跟读、纠音和同步模仿训练，从而实现六级听力能力、分数的双提升。

热销十余年而不衰的“英语语法新思维”系列图书又添新品！《英语语法新思维——语法体系及底层逻辑全解密》是英语语法大师张满胜老师的全新力作，深度剖析语法的内在逻辑，解密语法的底层原理，旨在帮助中国的英语学习者学会用母语人的思维学英语，建立自己的语法体系。 本书分为“动词短语篇”和“从句篇”。“动词短语篇”讲解三类动词、四型谓语、五种基本句型、时态、被动语态、情态动词、虚拟语气、主谓一致和非谓语动词。“从句篇”讲解名词从句、定语从句、状语从句、名词/名词短语、介词和副词。

本书结合英语中考听力考试的特和真题素材，将艾力老师总结的“五步法”贯彻落实到听力考试中。通过阐述方法论，配以大量典型的真题及操练方法，总结真题听力语料库，并精选适当的真题供读者行巩固训练，从而实现能力、分数双提升。

本书结合英语四级听力考试的特和真题素材，将艾力老师总结的“五步法”贯彻落实到听力考试中。通过阐述方法论，配以大量典型的真题及操练方法，总结真题听力语料库，并精选适当的真题供读者行巩固训练，从而实现能力、分数双提升。

《TOEFL Primary Step 1 听力一本通》是“TOEFL Primary”系列图书中的听力专项辅导用书之一，该系列还包括其他三本图书《TOEFL Primary Step 1 阅读一本通》《TOEFL Primary Step 2 听力一本通》《TOEFL Primary Step 2 阅读一本通》。该系列图书由TOEFL Junior中国管理中心为5～12岁小朋友精心编写，是国内备考“TOEFL Primary”考试不可多得的辅导资料。本书依据考试题型进行了分类讲解，并为每种题型配备大量有针对性的练习。此外，本书还配有美式K.K.音标视频发音教程以及语法讲解。

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