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A Dark Night's Work（III） 一晚的工作（英文版）
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A Dark Night's Work（III） 一晚的工作（英文版）

ADarkNight'sWorkisan1863novellabyElizabethGaskell,FirstpublishedseriallyinCharlesDickens'smagazineAlltheYearRound.Theword"dark"wasaddedtotheoriginaltitlebyDickenswhofeltthatthealteredtitlewouldbemorestriking.ThestorycentersonEllinorWilkinsandherfatherEdwardWilkins,acountrylawyerinEngland.Havinglosthermotherandsisterataveryyoungage,Ellinordevelopsanintensebondwithherfatherandenjoysallofhisattentionandfinancialcomfortsthroughoutherchildhood.HerbondwithMr.WilkinsissostrongthatEllinorisalsoblindtohisfaults.AsEllinorgrowsintoadulthood,sheisengagedtoayoungmanofanoblefamily.Justatthattime,tragedystrikes.Mr.Wilkins,inafitofdrunkenrage,commitsmurder.Desperatetoavoidthedisgrace,Ellinor,herfatherandafamilyservanthidethebody.Afterthat,thestoryischieflyconcernedwiththeeffectsofaguiltyconscious.Theworkfocusesontherealisticanalysisofcharacterandemotion,ratherthanmelodrama.

(美)E.C. Gaskell ·Literature ·2.5萬字

最新章節 第6章 2019-02-26 10:57:29
Martin Chuzzlewit（III）馬丁·翟述偉（英文版）
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Martin Chuzzlewit（III）馬丁·翟述偉（英文版）

MartinChuzzlewitisconsideredthelastpicaresquenovelsbyCharlesDickens.Itwasoriginallyserialisedbetween1842and1844.WhilewritingitDickenstoldafriendthathethoughtithisbestwork,butitwasoneofhisleastpopularnovels.LikenearlyallofDickens'novels,MartinChuzzlewitwasreleasedtothepublicinmonthlyinstalments.Earlysalesofthemonthlypartsweredisappointing,comparedtopreviousworks,soDickenschangedtheplottosendthetitlecharactertoAmerica.ThisallowedtheauthortoportraytheUnitedStates(whichhehadvisitedin1842)satiricallyasanearwildernesswithpocketsofcivilisationfilledwithdeceptiveandself-promotinghucksters.Themainthemeofthenovel,accordingtoaprefacebyDickens,isselfishness,portrayedinasatiricalfashionusingallthemembersoftheChuzzlewitfamily.ThenovelisalsonotablefortwoofDickens'greatvillains,SethPecksniffandJonasChuzzlewit.ItisdedicatedtoAngelaGeorginaBurdett-Coutts,afriendofDickens.

Charles Dickens ·Literature ·5.5萬字

最新章節 第9章 2019-02-22 10:56:48
Moll Flanders（III）摩爾·弗蘭德斯（英文版）
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Moll Flanders（III）摩爾·弗蘭德斯（英文版）

MollFlanders(acontractionof"TheFortunesandMisfortunesoftheFamousMollFlanders")isanovelbyDanielDefoe,firstpublishedin1722.ItpurportstobethetrueaccountofthelifeoftheeponymousMoll,detailingherexploitsfrombirthuntiloldage.thenoveldescribesMollontheoriginaltitlepageashavingbeen"BorninNewgate…TwelveYearaWhore,FivetimesaWife(whereofoncetoherownBrother),TwelveYearaThief,EightYearaTransportedFeloninVirginia,atlastgrewRich,anddiedaPenitent."ThenovelisbasedpartiallyonthelifeofMollKing,aLondoncriminalwhomDefoemetwhilevisitingNewgatePrison.OneoftheearliestpicaresquenovelsinEnglish,MollFlandershasbothcaptivatedandshockedcountlessreaderssinceitwasfirstpublishedin1722.Anexcellentcandidateforclassroomuse,thisclassicof18th-centuryfictionwillentertainandenlightengeneralreadersaswell.

Daniel Defoe ·Literature ·5.1萬字

最新章節 第5章 2019-02-22 14:36:54
Wives and Daughters（III） 妻子與女兒/錦繡佳人（英文版）
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Wives and Daughters（III） 妻子與女兒/錦繡佳人（英文版）

WivesandDaughtersisanemotionalnovelbyElizabethGaskell.WhenMrsGaskelldiedsuddenlyin1865,itwasnotquitecomplete,andthelastsectionwaswrittenbyFrederickGreenwood.TheheroineofthenovelisMolly,anattractiveandratherunworldlyyoungwoman.HerfathersendshertostaywiththeHamleysofHamleyHall,agentryfamily.MollyformsacloseattachmentwithMrs.Hamley,whoembracesheralmostasadaughter.Mollyalsobefriendstheyoungerson,Roger.MollyisawarethatshewouldnotbeconsideredasuitablematchforthesonsofSquireHamleybecauseofherstatus.However,shehasalwayspreferredRoger'sgoodsenseandhonourablecharacterandsoonfallsinlovewithhim.Unfortunately,Rogerfallsinlovewithothergirl.Mollyisheartbroken,andstruggleswithhersorrowandherknowledgethatthegirllacksaffectionforRoger.

(英)E.C. Gaskell ·Literature ·4.6萬字

最新章節 第10章 Old Ways and New Ways 2019-02-25 14:55:47
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade 山魯佐德的第一千零二個故事（英文版）
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The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade 山魯佐德的第一千零二個故事（英文版）

TheThousand-and-SecondTaleofScheherazadeisashort-storybyAmericanauthorEdgarAllanPoe(1809–1849).ItwaspublishedintheFebruary1845issueofGodey'sLady'sBookandwasintendedasapartlyhumoroussequeltothecelebratedcollectionofMiddleEasterntalesOneThousandandOneNights.ThetaledepictstheeighthandfinalvoyageofSinbadtheSailor,alongwiththevariousmysteriesSinbadandhiscrewencounter;theanomaliesarethendescribedasfootnotestothestory.WhiletheKingisuncertain—exceptinthecaseoftheelephantscarryingtheworldonthebackoftheturtle—thatthesemysteriesarereal,theyareactualmoderneventsthatoccurredinvariousplacesduring,orbefore,Poe'slifetime.ThestoryendswiththekinginsuchdisgustattheoutlandishtalesScheherazadehasjustwoven,thathehasherexecutedthenextday.Poe'sbeginswiththeArabianNightfableandaddedonemorenightto1001tokillherattheend,whenshetoldthestoryoftheSindbadhisadventurewithsomesortofthemoderninvention…

(美)Allan Poe ·Literature ·5655字

最新章節 第3章 2019-02-25 09:22:47
The Fortune of the Rougons（II） 盧貢家的發跡（英文版）
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The Fortune of the Rougons（II） 盧貢家的發跡（英文版）

TheFortuneoftheRougonsisthefirstnovelin?mileZola'smonumentaltwenty-volumeseriesLesRougon-Macquart,originallypublishedin1871.ThenovelispartlyanoriginstorywhichaccountoftheDecember1851coupd'étatthatcreatedtheFrenchSecondEmpireunderNapoleonIIIasexperiencedinalargeprovincialtowninsouthernFrance.SetinthefictitiousProven?altownofPlassans,TheFortuneoftheRougonstellsthestoryofSilvèreandMiette,twoidealisticyoungsupportersoftherepublicanresistancetoLouis-NapoleonBonaparte'scoupd'étatinDecember1851.TheyjointhewoodcuttersandpeasantsoftheVartoseizecontrolofPlassans,opposedbytheBonapartistloyalistsledbySilvère'suncle,PierreRougon.Meanwhile,thefoundationsoftheRougonfamilyanditsillegitimateMacquartbrancharebeinglaidinthebrutalbeginningsoftheImperialregime.Inthebookwelearnhowthetwobranchesofthefamilycameabout,andtheoriginsofthehereditaryweaknessespasseddownthegenerations.Murder,treachery,andgreedarethekeynotes,andjustastheEmpirewasestablishedthroughviolence.

(法)Emile Zola ·Literature ·4.4萬字

最新章節 第11章 NOTES 2019-02-25 17:51:30
Twenty Years After（II） 達爾達尼央浪漫曲之二：二十年后（下）（英文版）
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Twenty Years After（II） 達爾達尼央浪漫曲之二：二十年后（下）（英文版）

TwentyYearsAfterisanovelbyAlexandreDumas.Hisworkshavebeentranslatedintomanylanguages,andheisoneofthemostwidelyreadFrenchauthors.TwentyYearsAfterfirstserializedfromJanuarytoAugust1845.ItisasequeltoTheThreeMusketeersandprecedesTheVicomtedeBragelonne.ThefantasticadventuresoftheThreeMusketeerscontinue-startingwithanintriguesurroundingD'Artagnanwhohas,fortwentyyears,remainedalieutenant.ThenovelfollowseventsinFranceduringtheFronde,duringthechildhoodreignofLouisXIV,andinEnglandneartheendoftheEnglishCivilWar,leadinguptothevictoryofOliverCromwellandtheexecutionofKingCharlesI.Throughthewordsofthemaincharacters,particularlyAthos,Dumascomesoutonthesideofthemonarchyingeneral,oratleastthetextoftenpraisestheideaofbenevolentroyalty.HismusketeersarevaliantandjustintheireffortstoprotectyoungLouisXIVandthedoomedCharlesIfromtheirattackers.

Alexandre Dumas ·Literature ·3.6萬字

最新章節 第15章 The Return. 2019-02-25 15:52:38

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