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ATaleoftheRaggedMountainsisashortstorybyEdgarAllanPoepartiallybasedonhisexperienceswhileheisastudentattheUniversityofVirginia.ItwasfirstpublishedinGodey'sLady'sBookinApril1844andwasincludedinPoe'sshortstorycollectionTales,publishedinNewYorkbyWileyandPutnamin1845.SetinlateNovember1827,thetaleisbegunbyanunidentifiednarratorwhosestoryisthelooseouterframeforthecentraltaleofAugustusBedloe,awealthyyounginvalidwhomthenarratorhasknown"casually"foreighteenyearsyetwhostillremainsanenigma.Becauseofongoingproblemswithneuralgia,Bedloehasretainedtheexclusiveservicesof70-year-oldphysicianDr.Templeton,adevoteeofFranzMesmerandthedoctrineofanimalmagnetism,alsocalled"mesmerism".Inthetextof"ATaleoftheRaggedMountains"readerscanfindscientifictheoriesofPoe'sdaysuchasMesmerism,andthestoryalsoconnectswithBritishimperialhistoryasinthekiosksceneinthe"Eastern-lookingcity."

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Mesmeric Revelation 催眠啟示錄（英文版）

EdgarAllanPoewasanAmericanauthor,poet,editor,andliterarycritic,consideredpartoftheAmericanRomanticMovement.MesmericRevelationisashortstorythatwidelyconsideredasoneofthetop100greatestbooksofalltime.Thisgreatnovelwillsurelyattractawholenewgenerationofreaders.Formany,MesmericRevelationisrequiredreadingforvariouscoursesandcurriculums.Andforotherswhosimplyenjoyreadingtimelesspiecesofclassicliterature,thisgembyEdgarAllanPoeishighlyrecommended.PublishedbyQuillPenClassicsandbeautifullyproduced,MesmericRevelationwouldmakeanidealgiftanditshouldbeapartofeveryone'spersonallibrary.EdgarAllanPoe'spsychologicalshortstoryaboutamanreferredtoas"P"whoconvincesadyingman,Mr.Vankirk,tobehypnotizedinordertoseeifhecanfindthetrueanswersaboutGod,thespiritualworldandtheuniverse.

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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…

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Going Into Society 走進交際圈（英文版）

GoingintoSocietyisashortstorywrittenbyEnglishauthorCharlesDickens(1812-1870).Itwasfirstpublishedin1858,ahilariousstorywithDickens'smasterlystory-within-a-storyformat,aboutasideshowandthevariouscharactersinhabitit-focusedonacircusinLondon'sWestEndespeciallyadwarfwhoseekstogainpropertyandgointosociety.Someonesetsupacircusinarespectableneighborhood.Themainattractionisadwarf,whobelongstothecircus."Hewasaun-commonsmallman,hereallywas.Certainlynotsosmallashewasmadeouttobe,butwhereISyourDwarfasis?"Oneday,hehappilywinsalotterythatallowshimtoaprizeofalargesumofmoney.Hetakestwoothermembersofthecircuswithhimonlytodiscover,alltoosoonthathismoneydidnotlastforaslongasheliked.Whentheperformersbeginminglingwiththecommunity'sbankersandbusinessmen,hijinksensue.

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The Angel of the Odd 離奇天使（英文版）

TheAngeloftheOddisasatiricalshortstorybyEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedinColumbianMagazinein1844.Thestoryfollowsanarratorwhoreadsastoryaboutamanwhodiedbecauseaneedlesuckeddownhisthroataccidentally.Heragesatthegullibilityofhumanityforbelievingahoaxlikesuchoddstories.Justthen,astrange-lookingcreaturemadeofakegandwinebottlesappears.ThecreatureannouncesthatheistheAngeloftheOddandthatheisresponsibleforthestrangeevents.Theman,unconvinced,drivestheangelawayandtakesanalcohol-inducednap.Twohourslaterwhenhewakesup,Hehasmissedanappointmenttorenewhisfireinsurance.Ironically,hishousehascaughtfireandheescapesoutawindowusingaladderthecrowdbelowhasprovidedforhim.ThestoryisespeciallyinterestingasitwaspublishedonlysixmonthsafterPoe'sowngreathoax,"TheBalloon-Hoax",whichmanybelievedtobetruedespiteitselementsoftheodd.

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The Devil in the Belfry 鐘樓里的魔鬼/鐘樓魔影（英文版）

TheDevilintheBelfryisasatiricalshortstorybyEdgarAllanPoe.Itwasfirstpublishedin1839.InanisolatedtownVondervotteimittiss(wonder-what-time-it-is),thepunctiliousinhabitantsseemtobeconcernedwithnothingbutclocksandcabbage.Thismethodical,boringandquietlittleboroughisdevastatedbythearrivalofadevilishfigureplayingabigfiddlewhocomesstraightdownfromahill,goesintothebelltower,brutallyattacksthebelfry-manandringsthirteeno'clock,tothehorrorofthetown'sinhabitants.Thedevilcharactercanbeseenasthebringerofchaostoanorderedsystem.Inthecontextofthestory,thedevilisatroublemakerwhodestroystheserenityoftradition.However,inthatPoemocksthetown'sridiculoustraditions,itcanbeinterpretedthatthedevilisaviolentforceofchange,originalityandcreativityinanotherwisestagnantenvironment.Somehaveclaimedthestorytobepoliticalsatire,butPoe'sliteraryplay,hispleasureatcreatingconnections,seemsmoreimportantthananysingle'target'ofsatire."

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The Cask of Amontillado 一桶阿蒙蒂亞度酒/一桶白葡萄酒（英文版）

TheCaskofAmontillado(sometimesspelled"TheCasqueofAmontillado")isashortstory,writtenbyEdgarAllanPoeandfirstpublishedintheNovember1846issueofGodey'sLady'sBook.ThestoryissetinanunnamedItaliancityatcarnivaltimeinanunspecifiedyear,andisaboutamantakingfatalrevengeonafriendwho,hebelieves,hasinsultedhim.LikeseveralofPoe'sstories,andinkeepingwiththe19th-centuryfascinationwiththesubject,thenarrativerevolvesaroundapersonbeingburiedalive—inthiscase,byimmurement(aformofimprisonment,inwhichapersonislockedwithinanenclosedspaceandallpossibleexitsturnedintoimpassablewalls).Revengeturnsdeadlywhenthenarrator,Montressor,burieshisfriend,Fortunato,aliveastheresultofaperceivedinsult.Like"TheBlackCat"and"TheTell-TaleHeart,""TheCaskofAmontillado"isremarkableforbeingconveyedfromthemurderer'sperspective.

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The Tell-Tale Heart 告密的心/泄密的心（英文版）

TheTell-TaleHeartisashortstorybyEdgarAllanPoe,Apioneeroftheshortstorygenre,whosestoriestypicallycapturedthemesofthemacabreandincludedelementsofthemysterious.ThestorywasfirstpublishedinJamesRussellLowell'sThePioneerinJanuary1843.Itfollowsanunnamednarratorwhomurdersanoldmanwitha"vultureeye".Murderiscarefullydesigned,andthemurdererhidesthebodybycuttingitintopiecesandhidingitunderthefloorboards.Thenarratordenieshavinganyfeelingsofhatredorresentmentforthevictim.Healsodeniesthathekilledforgreed.Thespecificmotivationformurder,therelationshipbetweennarratorandoldman,andotherdetailsareleftunclear.Ithasbeenspeculatedthattheoldmanisafatherfigure,thenarrator'slandlord,orthatthenarratorworksfortheoldmanasaservant,andthatperhapshis"vulture-eye"representssomesortofveiledsecret,orpower.

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讀名著學(xué)英語：愛情詩文（Series 2）

愛情是文學(xué)作品中一個永恒的主題，也是最富詩意的題才。此書收錄的詩篇和文章，均為十六至二十世紀英、美、俄文學(xué)大師的作品，描繪了戀人在求愛過程中的心理狀態(tài)，包括情竇初開時對愛人的崇敬、追求時患得患失的心情、熱戀的陶醉、求婚的熱切、失戀的迷惘、生離死別的悲傷，以及情衰愛減后的冷漠等，各種情感均活現(xiàn)于作家的優(yōu)美文筆中。本書特色：1.精選詩文共18篇。2.每篇配以中譯文。3.有簡單生詞解釋，方便閱讀時無需查字典。4.每篇有題解，包括內(nèi)容背景、主旨、哲理、修辭等。5.設(shè)英語學(xué)習(xí)項，抽取原文實用的詞句，加以用法介紹及例句。6.愛情主題獨特，有詩有文，其中更包括圖像詩，更添趣味。7.以讀學(xué)兼重的鋪排形式分析英詩的書，只有本書。8.本書可算是外國著名文學(xué)的入門。

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讀名著學(xué)英語：世界寓言（Series 1）

“寓言”就是把某個道理寄托在一個虛構(gòu)的故事中，利用比喻發(fā)人深省，給人教誨。一些寓言中的道理更凝結(jié)成常用的成語或諺語。本書收錄的寓言，選自多位世界名家的作品，包括寓言鼻祖伊索、古羅馬寓言家菲德拉斯、俄國大文豪托爾斯泰等等。閱讀世界寓言，可以看到人生百態(tài)，認識外國文化，汲取做人道理，領(lǐng)略精辟的比喻，甚至學(xué)習(xí)有關(guān)的諺語。

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The Raven 烏鴉（英文版）

TheRavenisanarrativepoembyAmericanwriterEdgarAllanPoe.FirstpublishedinJanuary1845,thepoemisoftennotedforitsmusicality,stylizedlanguage,andsupernaturalatmosphere.Ittellsofatalkingraven'smysteriousvisittoadistraughtlover,tracingtheman'sslowfallintomadness.Thelover,oftenidentifiedasbeingastudent,islamentingthelossofhislove,Lenore.SittingonabustofPallas,theravenseemstofurtherdistresstheprotagonistwithitsconstantrepetitionoftheword"Nevermore".Thepoemmakesuseoffolk,mythological,religious,andclassicalreferences.Poeclaimedtohavewrittenthepoemlogicallyandmethodically,intendingtocreateapoemthatwouldappealtobothcriticalandpopulartastes,asheexplainedinhis1846follow-upessay,"ThePhilosophyofComposition".ThepoemwasinspiredinpartbyatalkingraveninthenovelBarnabyRudge:ATaleoftheRiotsof'EightybyCharlesDickens.PoeborrowsthecomplexrhythmandmeterofElizabethBarrett'spoem"LadyGeraldine'sCourtship",andmakesuseofinternalrhymeaswellasalliterationthroughout.

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