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- Inaworldwhereagentleman’slifeisdefinedmore“bybeing,ratherthanbydoing,”afamily’sreputationcanbecompromisedifitisnotguardedcarefully,andthesoleheiroftheAmbersonfamilyisprovinghimselftobeadifficultperson.Expectedbythefamilytocarryonitsproudtraditions,GeorgeAmbersonMinaferistrustedimplicitly.Butthoughrichrelativesprovidetheelegantsuits,thehandsomeyoungmanwhowearsthemisfilledwithlittlebutappearances.Andthishappensinspiteof,orperhaps,becauseof,hismother’sselflesslovethatplaceshimaboveherownhappiness.AsGeorge’suncleperceptivelyremarks,“lifeandmoneybothbehavelikeloosequicksilverinanestofcracks.”Withthenewautomobileindustrytransformingfortunesandcoalheattransformingcityairintosootyclouds,anythingthatstandsstillisapttoberunover,oratleastbegrimed.WhatismagnificentabouttheAmbersonsistheirfaithfulrelianceonoldmoneyandoldwaysinaworldchangingrapidlyaroundthem.Orperhapsitisthemagnificenceofthetrain-wreckcreatedwhenGeorge’srelatives,withthebestintentions,shieldhimfromthenewrealitiesanddefertoallhiswishes.BoothTarkington’smostpopularnovel,“TheMagnificentAmbersons”,willcontinuetodrawreader**oritswell-craftedportraitsofwhatexistedforjustashortwhile–theMid-Westernaristocracy.
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- The_Point_of_Honor
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Joseph Conrad 播 / Mark F. Smith
- SetduringtheNapoleonicWars,“ThePointofHonor”(Englishtitle:“TheDuel”)featurestwoFrenchHussarofficers,D’HubertandFeraud.Theirquarreloveraninitiallyminorincidentturnsintoabitter,long-drawnoutstruggleoverthefollowingfifteenyears,interwovenwiththelargerconflictthatprovidesitsbackdrop.Atthebeginning,Feraudistheonewhojealouslyguardshishonorandrepeatedlydemandssatisfactionanewwhenaduellingencounterendsinconclusively;heaggressivelypursueseveryopportunitytolocateandduelhisfoe.Asthestoryprogresses,D’Hubertalsofindshimselfcaughtupinthecontest,unabletobackdownorwalkaway.
- 秘密特工The_Secret_Agent
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Joseph Conrad 播 / Hugh McGuire
- TheSecretAgentisConrad’sdark,anddarklycomicstoryofabandofspies,anarchists,agents-provocateursplottingandcounter-plottinginthebackstreetsofLondonintheearly20thCentury.ThenovelcentersonVerloc,ashop-owner,phony-anarchistanddouble-agent,whobecomesembroiledinanambitiousterroristplantobombtheGreenwichObservatory.
- 秘密的分享者The_Secret_Sharer
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Joseph Conrad 播 / Gregg Margarite
- AyounguntestedshipcaptainfindsamannamedLeggattclingingtothesideofhisship.TheCaptainmakestheunusualdecisiontohideLeggattinhisquarters.Whatishethinking?Conradwilltellus.-TheSecretSharerwasfirstpublishedintheAugustandSeptember1910issuesofHarper’sMagazine
- 吸血鬼The_Vampyre
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / John Polidori 播 / 佚名
- TheVampyreisashortnovelwrittenbyJohnWilliamPolidoriandisaprogenitoroftheromanticvampiregenreoffantasyfiction.TheVampyrewasfirstpublishedonApril1,1819,byColburnintheNewMonthlyMagazinewiththefalseattribution“ATalebyLordByron.”Thenameofthework’sprotagonist,“LordRuthven”,addedtothisassumption,forthatnamewasoriginallyusedinLadyCarolineLamb’snovelGlenarvon,inwhichathinly-disguisedByronfigurewasalsonamedLordRuthven.DespiterepeateddenialsbyByronandPolidori,theauthorshipoftenwentunclarified.
- 素描本_A_Florida_Sketch_Book_BradfordTorrey
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Bradford Torrey 播 / 佚名
- Thisisapre-1923historicalreproductionthatwascuratedforquality.Qualityassurancewasconductedoneachofthesebooksinanattempttoremovebookswithimperfectionsintroducedbythedigitizationprocess.Thoughwehavemadebestefforts-thebooksmayhaveoccasionalerrorsthatdonotimpedethereadingexperience.Webelievethisworkisculturallyimportantandhaveelectedtobringthebookbackintoprintaspartofourcontinuingcommitmenttothepreservationofprintedworksworldwide.ThistextreferstotheBibliobazaaredition.
- The Bluebird Books-Mary_Louise_and_the_Liberty_Girls
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / L. Frank Baum 播 / Sibella Denton
- LymanFrankBaum(May15,1856-May6,1919)wasanAmericanauthorofchildren'sbooks,bestknownforwritingTheWonderfulWizardofOz.Hewrotethirteennovelsequels,nineotherfantasynovels,andahostofotherworks(55novelsintotal,plusfour"lost"novels,83shortstories,over200poems,anunknownnumberofscripts,andmanymiscellaneouswritings),andmadenumerousattemptstobringhisworkstothestageandscreen.Hisworkspredictedsuchcentury-latercommonplacesastelevision,augmentedreality,laptopcomputers(TheMasterKey),wirelesstelephones(Tik-TokofOz),womeninhighrisk,action-heavyoccupations(MaryLouiseintheCountry),andtheubiquityofadvertisingonclothing(AuntJane'sNiecesatWork).
- 书虫_吉姆老爷_Lord_Jim
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Joseph Conrad 播 / 佚名
- ThisimmortalnoveloftheseatellsthestoryofaBritishsailorhauntedbyasingleyouthfulactofcowardlybetrayal.TothewhitemeninBombay,Calcutta,andRangoon,Jimisamanofmystery.TotheprimitivenativesdeepintheMalayanjungle,heisagodgiftedwithsupernaturalpowers.Tothebeautifulhalf-castegirlwhofleestohishutforprotection,heisalordtobefearedandloved.
- 代数学中的智慧与趣味_Philosophy_and_Fun_of_Algebra
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Mary Everest Boole 播 / Patricia Oakley
- MaryEverestBoole(1832-1916)wasbornMaryEverestinEnglandandspentherearlyyearsinFrance.ShemarriedmathematicianGeorgeBoole.Shewastheauthorofseveralworksonteachingandteachingmathematicsinparticular.Thisshortbook,PhilosophyandFunofAlgebra,ismeanttobereadbychildrenandintroducesalgebraandlogic.Sheusestheword“algebra”broadly,definingitasa“methodofsolvingproblemsbyhonestconfessionofone’signorance”.Usingthisdefinition,Booleintroduces,inaconversationalmanner,theconceptsoflogicandalgebra,illustratingtheseconceptswithstoriesandanecdotes,oftenfrombiblicalsources.
- Old_Christmas
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Washington Irving 播 / Alex Foster
- AtaleofthequaintandoldEnglishtraditionsofcelebratingChristmas.IrvingtravelstotheEnglishcountrysideandmeetsanoldschoolmate,whoinviteshimhometospendChristmasatthefamilyestate……
- 分手信_Dear_John
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Nicholas Sparks 播 / Holter Graham
- NicholasSparksistheauthorofthe#1NewYorkTimesbestsellersTheRescueandNightsinRodanthe,aswellasTheNotebook,MessageinaBottle,AWalktoRemember,ABendintheRoad,TheGuardian,TheWedding,andhismovingmemoir,ThreeWeekswithMyBrother,writtenwithhisbrother,Micah.AllhisbookswereNewYorkTimesandinternationalbestsellerstranslatedintomorethanthirtylanguages,andMessageinaBottle,AWalktoRemember,andTheNotebookwereadaptedintomajormotionpictures.NicholasSparkslivesinNorthCarolinawithhiswifeandfamily……
- 成寒英语有声书_圣诞礼物
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / 欧·亨利 播 / 佚名
- 一对年轻夫妻想送给爱侣一份最好的圣诞礼物，可是他们很穷，没钱买礼物，只能牺牲自己最宝贵的……这对爱侣展现了圣诞节的真正精神：爱与奉献。这是一则浪漫的、充满了爱的故事，在岁末年终季节读来格外动人。美国短篇小说大师欧亨利原著的〈圣诞礼物〉，是他最有名、最感人的一篇故事，成寒英语有声书收录的改编版本，透过剧中人物生动而充满感情的演释，在悠扬的圣诞歌曲烘托下，深深触动我们的心弦……
- Five_Children_and_It
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / E. Nesbit 播 / Kara Shallenberg
- ThisdelightfulnovelbeginswhenafamilyoffivechildrenmovesfromLondontotheEnglishcountryside.Whileplayinginagravelpitsoonafterthemove,theydiscoveranancientandrathergrumpysand-fairyknownasthePsammead,whoagreestograntonewishoftheirsperday.Thechildren’swishessendthemonadventureafteradventure,butrarelyturnoutasexpected……
- 人性的弱点_How_To_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / 戴尔•卡耐基 播 / 佚名
- 如果你的生活不尽人意，如果你的企业管理不甚成功，如果你跟******、家人、同学、朋友、恋人、子女难以相处……你一定要细读此书。它一定会让你感到豁然开朗，如同拨云见日，内心不由自主发出感叹：问题的原因竟是如此简单，解决问题的方法也是如此简单！本书的唯一目的就是帮助你解决面临的最大问题：如何在日常生活、商务活动与社会交往中与人打交道，并有效地影响他人，创造一种幸福美好的人生。当你通过本书解决好这一问题之后，其他问题也就迎刃而解。成功竟是如此简单……
- 灶神之妻_The.Kitchen_God's_Wife
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Amy Tan 播 / 佚名
- 《灶神之妻》是美籍华裔女作家谭恩美的第二部小说。1991年一经发表便又一次引起美国主流读者群的广泛关注。作为华裔女作家，谭恩美在这部小说中以其细腻的情感，委婉的风格诉说了一段主人公在中国经历的国耻家仇。中国文化和历史既是她言说的背景，也是她言说的工具；其小说描写的中国文化和历史又成为人们了解和审视那一特定时期中国历史变迁的线索。“文本的历史性”和“历史的文本性”在这里交融；寻根、文化、传统、历史、政治、战争和意识形态的复杂关系等等文学再现的主题在这里相映，更增加了这部小说的无穷魅力和深沉底蕴。《灶神之妻》的主要故事便是以中日战争为背景展开的，反映出作者对中日战争的一种审视和思考……
- The_Lost_World
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Arthur Conan Doyle 播 / 佚名
- concerninganexpeditiontoaplateau(nativenameisTepuyes)inSouthAmerica(Venezuela)whereprehistoricanimals(dinosaursandotherextinctcreatures)stillsurvive.ThecharacterofProfessorChallengerwasintroducedinthisbook.Interestingly,foraseminalworkofdinosaur-relatedfiction,thereptilesonlyoccupyasmallportionofthenarrative.Muchmoretimeisdevotedtoawarbetweenearlyhumanhominidsandavicioustribeofape-likecreatures.
- The_Marvelous_Land_of_Oz
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / L. Frank Baum 播 / 佚名
- TheMarvelousLandofOzisthesecondoftheOzbooks.ItfollowstheadventuresoftheScarecrow,theTinWoodmanandTip.TheEmeraldCityhasbeentakenoverbytheArmyofRevolt,andouradventurousfriendsneedthehelpofGlindatheGoodtoreturnittoitsrightfulruler.
- 小人物日记_The_Diary_of_Nobody
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / George Grossmith 播 / Martin Clifton
- 它由英国著名喜剧演员、作家、歌手乔治·格罗史密斯和其弟英国著演员、画家威登·格罗史密斯共同编著而成。书中讲述了实实在在的正经人普特尔的幸福生活。普特尔是一个公司的小职员，勤勤恳恳、兢兢业业，他对工作和生活心满意足：在郊区有一幢六个卧室的房子，老板对他很照顾，妻子也与他情投意合，还有两个关系很不错的朋友。踌躇满志的普特尔开始写日记，当然都是些家长里短、柴米油盐，太阳底下无新事。偶尔有机会参加一个上等人的聚会，虽洋相出尽，可老普却并不在意。成为一个体面的绅士是他生活目标，他的努力得到了回报，最终他基本上达到了自己的目标。——TheDiaryofaNobodyisthefictitiousrecordoffifteenmonthsinthelifeofCharlesPooter,hisfamily,friendsandsmallcircleofacquaintances.Itfirstappeared,serialisedinPunchmagazineandmightberegardedasthefirst‘blog’;beingarecordofthesimplicitiesandhumiliationsinthelifeofthismundane,butupright,cityclerk,whohadanincontestablefaiththatarecordofhisdailylifewasworthpreservingforposterity.Setinabout1891inHolloway,whichwasthenatypicalsuburboftheimpecuniouslyrespectablekind,theauthorscontrivearecordofthemanners,customsandexperiencesofthelateVictorianera.Thebarerecordoffacts,simplyrecorded,managestobehumorousratherthandull,nodoubtbecauseoftheusualoccupationsoftheauthors.
- 爱娃日记_Eve's_Diary
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / 马克·吐温-Mark Twain 播 / Esther and Mike Lockwood
- Eve’sDiaryisahumorousmonologueaboutEve’sexperiencesatthedawnofcreation.Sheisfascinatedbyeveryaspectofthenewworldaroundherand…Adam!ThefollowingisanextractfromAdam:“Sheisallinterest,eagerness,vivacity,theworldistoheracharm,awonder,amystery,ajoy;shecan’tspeakfordelightwhenshefindsanewflower,shemustpetitandcaressitandsmellitandtalktoit….Andsheiscolor-mad:brownrocks,yellowsand,graymoss,greenfoliage,bluesky…noneofthemisofanypracticalvalue,sofarasIcansee,butbecausetheyhavecolorandmajesty,thatisenoughforher,andsheloseshermindoverthem….Ifthereisanythingontheplanetthatsheisnotinterestedin,itisnotinmylist.”
- Northanger_Abbey
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Jane Austen 播 / Kara Shallenberg
- NorthangerAbbeyisahilariousparodyof18thcenturygothicnovels.Theheroine,17-yearoldCatherine,hasbeenreadingfartoomany“horrid”gothicnovelsandwouldlovetoencountersomegothic-styleterror—butthesuperficialworldofBathproveshazardousenough.
- 在路上_The_Road
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Jack Kerouac 播 / 佚名
- 《在路上》是凯鲁亚克的自传性代表作，由作家用三个星期在一卷30米长的打字纸上一气呵成。小说主人公萨尔为了追求个性，与狄安、玛丽露等几个年轻男女沿途搭车或开车，几次横越美国大陆，最终到了墨西哥，一路上他们狂喝滥饮，吸******，玩女人，高谈东方禅宗，走累了就挡道拦车，夜宿村落，从纽约游荡到旧金山，最后作鸟兽散。同时，书中体现了[wiki]作者[/wiki]主张的即兴式自发性写作技巧――思绪的自然流动，反情节，大量使用俚语、俗语、不合评语法规范的长句，并广泛涉及美国社会及文化习俗；另一方面，书中又展现了美国辽阔大地上的山川、平原、沙漠、城镇……如一幅幅画卷展现在读者面前。
- 偷书贼_The_Book_Thief
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Markus Zusak 播 / 佚名
- 《偷书贼》是本相当推荐一看的小说，故事讲述的是9岁小女孩莉赛尔和弟弟在战乱中被迫送到寄养家庭，但弟弟不幸死在旅途中，莉赛尔在弟弟冷清的丧礼后偷了一本掘墓工人的手册，为的是要纪念自己永远失去的家庭。寄养家庭位在慕尼黑凋蔽贫困的区域，大人彼此仇恨咒骂，老师狠毒无情，战火时时威胁人命。莉赛尔每晚抱着掘墓工人手册入睡，恶梦不断。养父为了让她安眠，于是为她朗诵手册内容，并开始教她识字。学会认字进而开始读书的莉赛尔，尽管生活艰苦，吃不饱穿不暖，却发现了一项比食物更让她难以抗拒的东西——书，她忍不住开始偷书，用偷来的书继续学习认字。从此莉赛尔进入了文字的奇妙世界，让她熬过了现实的苦难，也不可思议地帮助了周围同样承受苦难的人：读书给躲在养父家地下室的犹太人听，在空袭时为躲入防空洞中的街坊邻居朗读故事，安慰了每颗惶惶不安的心，潜移默化改变了原本粗鄙的性情。对照着战场上万人之间的争夺残杀，莉赛尔藉由阅读与文字所散发的力量，让死神惊讶地睁大了眼睛，一面收取战场上的灵魂，一面思索人性的深奥：为什么人类一面展现残酷的杀戮，一面又有发自内心的关爱呢·多年以后，死神前去迎接莉赛尔的灵魂。死神坐在喧嚣的大马路旁，忍不住感叹道：“人哪！人性萦绕我的心头不去！人性怎能同时间如此光明，又如此邪恶！”
- I_Love_You
- 类 / 英语名著
- 文 / Cecelia Ahern 播 / 佚名
- 《附言：我爱你》是作者西西莉亚·埃亨（CeceliaAhern）的处女作，现年仍二十多岁的埃亨，却能深刻的描写丧夫之妻的心情。小说故事吸引感人，文笔流畅，内容讲述一对恩爱夫妻，丈夫死后留下了12封信，每一封信中都引导太太做一件事，从而令她振作。虽然这本归类为女性成长小说，不过对于人与人之间的感情却有深刻的描写。书中女主角霍莉（Holly）对于自己的老公总是有抱怨不完的缺点，总是脾气不好，或是对她总是颐指气使，不过在丈夫因为脑肿瘤去世之后，霍莉却从老公留下的信件中发现了她以前遗忘的或是为注意到了失去温柔，霍莉藉由这每一封都有《附言：我爱你》（P.S.IchliebeDich）的信件中，重新找回她对逝去先生的爱与信心，更重新开始自己新的生活。
