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首次发表便震惊了法国文坛，它奠定了莫泊桑在法国文学史上的地位。严师福楼拜也称之为杰作。从此，莫泊桑“像流星一样进入文坛”。内容简介：普法战争时，法国的一群贵族、政客、商人、修女等高贵者，和一个叫作羊脂球的妓女，同乘一辆马车逃离普军占区，在一关卡受阻。普鲁士军官要求同羊脂球过夜，遭到羊脂球拒绝，高贵者们也深表气愤。但马车被扣留后，高贵者们竟施展各种伎俩迫使羊脂球就范，而羊脂球最终得到的却是高贵者们的轻蔑。小说反衬鲜明，悬念迭生，引人入胜，写出了法国各阶层在占领者面前的不同态度，揭露了贵族资产阶级的自私、虚伪和无耻，赞扬了羊脂球的牺牲精神。

“Captain Paul” is loosely based on the exploits of John Paul Jones Alexandre Dumas was a famous French writer. He is best remembered for his exciting romantic sagas, including “The Three Musketeers” and “The Count of Monte Cristo”.

Our old friend, John Carter, Warlord of Mars, and his beautiful wife, Dejah Thoris, appear again, but the story mainly concerns the adventures of Tara, Princess of Helium, daughter of the Warlord, among strange races in remote regions of the Red Planet. Among other astounding things we are shown the land of headless men, creatures with the power of detaching their heads from their bodies and replacing them at will. The title of the story comes from a grim and deadly war game, similar to chess, played on Mars with men and naked swords.

谁是这次旅行的主人公呢？有乔治，哈里斯和“杰”，（当然还有“元帅”，它是一只狗）。不论在什么地方，什么时候都能遇到这样的三个年轻人。他们掉进水里，把东西弄丢，吵架，又笑着和好，互相讲故事……他们个个有远大的抱负，热情也很高，可就是到了早上谁也起不来。他们都想当伟大的探险家，可事实上，只要一下雨，他们还是愿意呆在暖和的火炉边，坐在舒适的椅子里。那我们的主人公在河上的经历到底怎么样啊？他们学会在簧火上煎鸡蛋了吗？学会不用启罐器就把罐头打开了吗？这就是他们的故事，三个怪客和一只狗在河上泛舟的故事。

Riders of the Purple Sage is Zane Grey's best-known novel. Originally published in 1912, it was one of the earliest works of Western fiction and played a significant role in popularizing that genre.

R.M.S. Mongolia, 12th May, 1904 Mayhap, Ella, here too distance lends its enchantment, and these gallant brethren would have quarrelled over Rosamund, or even had their long swords at each other’s throat. Mayhap that Princess and heroine might have failed in the hour of her trial and never earned her saintly crown. Mayhap the good horse “Smoke” would have fallen on the Narrow Way, leaving false Lozelle a victor, and Masouda, the royal-hearted, would have offered up a strangely different sacrifice upon the altars of her passionate desire.

Through the Magic Door is a book written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published serialized in Cassell's Magazine between december 1906 and november 1907. 

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. First published on 28 February 1749, Tom Jones is among the earliest English prose works describable as a novel.[1] The novel is divided into 18 smaller books.《弃儿汤姆·琼斯的历史》是菲尔丁的代表作品。就作品反映现实的广度和深度来说，这部作品可以称为英国18世纪社会的散文史诗。全书共分18卷，人物有四十多个，中心情节是描述弃儿汤姆·琼斯的生活遭遇。汤姆·琼斯是私生子，出世不久即被抛弃。后为绅士甄可敬所收养。甄可敬让汤姆·琼斯与庄园主女儿苏菲亚产生了爱情，布力非对此非常嫉妒，极力在舅父甄可敬面前中伤汤姆·琼斯。于是汤姆·琼斯被逐，四处流浪。到了伦敦，他因打伤了一个流氓而下了监狱。苏菲亚的父亲强迫苏菲亚嫁给布力非，苏菲亚违抗父命，也逃到伦敦，找到汤姆·琼斯。最后，汤姆·琼斯的身份得到揭示，原来是甄可敬的亲妹妹的私生子，和布力非是异父同母的兄弟。全书以布力非迫害汤姆·琼斯的阴谋败露，汤姆·琼斯与苏菲亚结婚而结束。

I, Claudius (1934) is a novel by English writer Robert Graves, written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius. As such, it includes history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula's assassination in AD 41. The 'autobiography' of Claudius continues (from Claudius's accession after Caligula's death, to his own death in 54) in Claudius the God (1935). The sequel also includes a section written as an autobiography of Herod Agrippa, contemporary of Claudius and future King of the Jews. The two books were adapted by the BBC into an award-winning television serial, I, Claudius. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked I, Claudius fourteenth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2005, the novel was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the one hundred best English-language novels from 1923 to present.