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The Prussian Officer and Other Stories is a collection of early short stories by D. H. Lawrence which Duckworth, his London publisher, brought out on 26 November 1914. An American edition was produced by B W Huebsch in 1916.

The faithful Francesco whose English had mostly been acquired from sea-faring men and was not the choicest vocabulary nodded and true Tuscan that he was placed his finger upon his closed lips indicative of silence.

I sat fishing. I had not caught anything of course-I rarely do nor am I fond of fishing in the very smallest degree but I fished assiduously all the same because circumstances demanded it

The first time I ever went to Tarzana, California, I walked down Ventura Boulevard, noticing that all of the buildings were really ugly. Then I arrive at my destination: a small house, set back from the street, with a beautiful tree shading the entire front yard. Inside, the air was cool and everything was polished wood, especially the incredible, gigantic desk. That's where he worked. It was awesome. Edgar Rice Burroughs had a huge California ranch, and the land eventually became a town, named for Burroughs's most famous character. Burroughs created one of the few heroes everyone knows, and at that desk, he took Tarzan to exotic lands, had him face bizarre creatures and endless, exotic challenges. Those adventures spirit the reader away to a timeless time of action and heroism. And sitting in that office, I was a permanent convert. For me, and for countless others, the legend will never cease. And that's as it should be.

安妮，21岁，是一名纽约大学的学生，商学兼人类学高等荣誉学士。毕业后，安妮在母亲的压力下被迫穿上正装去上东区寻找工作，可是安妮爱好的还是人类学，为此中途放弃了面试。安妮在一次偶然的机会，结识了上东区的X太太，决心改变自己现在的生活的安妮成为了他们家的保姆——一份照顾其四岁儿子grayer的工作。 照顾孩子期间，安妮结识了住在X太太楼上的富家子弟哈弗·豪迪。而且两人渐渐地发现彼此爱上了对方。安妮最后离开了x太太的家，并在临走之前说出了自己的心里话，并且让x太太意识到，grayer才是她生命中最重要的东西。

Young, pretty and innocent Fanny Hill has lost her parents and must find her way in life amidst the perils of turbulent 18th century London. She is fortunate enough to find rapidly a place as chambermaid of the effusive Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Brown lives in a large house teeming with female "relatives" in négligée and with very relaxed manners. She also insists that Fanny meets alone various gentlemen who show an ardent interest in Fanny.

本书以750万本的成绩打破美国小说销售的记录。小说集合了侦探，惊悚和阴谋论等多种风格，并激起了大众对某些宗教理论的普遍兴趣。内容简介：正在巴黎出差的哈佛大学教授罗伯特·兰登午夜接到匿名电话，得知卢浮宫博物馆馆长雅克·索尼埃被害，于是应召来到博物馆，对一系列与达·芬奇的艺术作品有关联的神秘符号进行分析和调查。在与索尼埃的孙女、密码破译天才索菲·奈芙联手对诸多奇形怪状的符号及密码进行整理的过程中，他发现一连串的线索就隐藏在达·芬奇的艺术作品当中。他发现了能解开历史上难解之谜的一把钥匙，并与奈芙跟一位神秘的幕后操纵者展开了斗智斗勇的角逐，而他自己也因此成为一名被追逐者。除非他们能解开这个错综复杂的谜，否则，郇山隐修会苦心掩盖的惊天大秘密以及令人震惊的古老真相，终将永远消失。

斯克罗吉积攒了很多钱，然而他却不舍得为职员的炉火加一块儿煤，他的侄子好意的邀请他参加圣诞夜的晚会，他却认为侄子是为了占他的便宜而推辞，社会活动者请他为穷人施舍一点圣诞的饭菜，也被他无情地断然拒绝。他晚上回到了家，夜幕里他看见了三个幽灵，这真的是幽灵？还是他的幻像？然而，幽灵的出现却使他发生了天翻地覆的变化。

英国戏剧家威廉·莎士比亚创作的剧本，创作于1590年至1600年。