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The Blue Castle (1926) is regarded by most critics and literary historians as L. M. Montgomery's best-written work.

First editionMain article: The Magician's Nephew Completed in February 1954[10] and published by Bodley Head in London on 2 May 1955, the prequel The Magician's Nephew brings the reader back to the very beginning of Narnia where we learn how Aslan created the world and how evil first entered it. Digory Kirke and his friend Polly Plummer stumble into different worlds by experimenting with magic rings made by Digory's uncle, encounter Jadis (The White Witch) in the dying world of Charn, and witness the creation of Narnia. Many long-standing questions about Narnia are answered in the adventure that follows.

外科医生格列佛先后四次出海分别到小人国、大人国、飞岛国、慧骃国等虚构国度的离奇旅行和种种遭遇,集中反映了18世纪前半期英国社会的各种矛盾,揭露了英国社会的黑暗现实，讽刺批判了英国的内政、外交政策。主人公格列佛每到一个幻想国度，都受到不同待遇，耳闻目睹，无奇不有。对每一种情景，作者都描写得栩栩栩如生，使读者如闻其声，身临其境。这部作品想象丰富、构思奇特、语言精彩，尽管隔着一层翻译，仍有许多值得我国青少年朋友学习和借鉴之处。

性格鲁莽倔强的亨查德年轻时曾经在酒后犯了大错，将妻女卖给了一个水手。若干年后他当了卡斯特桥市长，他的妻女突然出现，一家人团圆，此后他还找到了一个能干的苏格兰人做助手。然而他性格上的弱点再一次击垮了他。他一步步落魄，直至众叛亲离，凄凉死去。 作者借故事的各种阴差阳错和戏剧性冲突，抒发了“性格即命运”和“幸福不过是一段偶然的插曲”的感叹！ 这是写社会转型时期男人奋斗、立业、成家的书。古老市镇中心传统的集会场所，变成了熙攘喧闹的粮畜交易市场，卖出买进的价格、盈亏利益的计算是人们关注的焦点；男女主要人物之间虽然也有复杂的感情包括恋情、友情、亲情婚姻纠葛，但是几乎没有哈代小说中常见的男欢女爱、温情脉脉的浪漫情调；而哈代在描绘剖析纠葛于这些复杂关系中的其他人物时所达到的裸露、尖刻，则充分显示了这位写实大家讥刺、讽喻的才能。亨察德的失败与陨落和法夫瑞的成功与升腾，不仅仅是人物一性格较量的结果，而且是审时度势，讲究理性、科学和实际的商品经济时代精神对墨守成规，感情用事以及带有骑士精神色彩的古老传统精神和家长制生活生产方式的取代。哈代看透这一不以人的好恶和意志为转移的客观演变，为以亨察德所代表的人及时代奏出了一曲挽歌。有所谓这是一部具有《俄狄普斯王》或《李尔王》式的悲剧性的作品，这似乎应该是指它所达到的艺术效果而言。正像古希腊哲人亚里士多德对悲剧效果的界定那样，它引发人的怜悯与忧惧之情——引人怜悯，是由于一个并非“性恶”的人遭受了本不应遭受的厄运；引人忧惧，是由于这个遭受厄运的人和我们相似。细读亨察德的故事，我们也会发现，哈代的这位主人公的艺术形象具有多么深厚的来自古希腊的文化渊源。 在哈代的十四部长篇小说中，《卡斯特桥市长》既体现了哈代创作一贯的风格，又独创了别具一格的艺术特色，由此也显现了一位大艺术家与平庸的多产作家本质的不同。至于这部小说的内容，不论是在历史的和现实的社会认知方面，它至今都有鲜活的意义。

The History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. A monumental work unsurpassed for its brilliant description, accuracy, and penetrating insights, Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War is a spectacular eyewitness report of the war between Greece’s two most powerful city-states, Athens and Sparta, as it unfolded during the fifth century B.C. The first recorded political and moral analysis of a nation’s war policies, the History is a tragic story of virtue, ambition, and failed deterrence. All aspects of the conflict—from the battlefield strategies and the political landscape to the peoples’ thoughts and feelings as the long war dragged on—are presented in startlingly vivid detail. From the treachery of Alcibiades and the disastrous invasion of Sicily to the plague that devastated Athens and Pericles’ famous funeral oration, Thucydides has written more than a mere account of war. His History is nothing less than a classic Greek drama about the rise and fall of Athens. More than two thousand years have passed since the History was written, but its impact on modern politics, military strategy, and foreign relations has been timeless. Donald Lateiner teaches Greek, Latin, Ancient History and Comparative Folklore in the Humanities-Classics department at ohio Wesleyan University. His scholarship focuses on Homer and Herodotus, and he has published a book on each. He also researches nonverbal behaviors in ancient literature.

美国畅销小说，作者尼尔·盖曼。这是一部既写给孩子、又是写给大人看的风格诡异的幻想小说。小说面世后大受好评，曾获2002年布莱姆·斯托克奖、2003年雨果奖最佳中篇小说、2003年星云奖最佳中篇小说、2003美国图书协会最佳青少年读物等荣誉。内容简介：一扇紧锁的门被打开了，这是一扇通往另一个世界的鬼魅之门。女孩卡萝兰一走进去，就发现了潜伏在门后面的秘密：在这个房子里，她有另外一个“妈妈”，这个亲切的“妈妈”有一双黑纽扣眼睛，她要把她永远地留下来，在镜子后边，她还看到了三个迷失的灵魂，那都是被困在这里许多年的孩子了。为了逃出魔爪，为了拯救自己，她必须运用自己的智慧，逃回到门那边真正的妈妈身边。

国王虽然永远不会是独自一人但他总是感到孤独，每时每刻总会有人注视他，有时是他的保镖，有时是街上成千的民众。他永远不会独自一人；每个人都认识他的面孔，他做事必须检点，因为他的所作所为是无法保密的。他说话得谨慎，因为他说话总有人在听。因为他每时每刻都是国王。他的压力很大也很孤独，甚至是从小开始，从未和其他的孩子一起玩过，他也没有朋友。他住在英国最漂亮的房子里（白金汉宫），却总感到寂寞、悲伤。在他年轻的时候想要的东西都能得到。“但我并不快乐，因为他的内心里是空虚的。”直到国王遇见了沃利斯一切都变了。他为了她放弃了一切，甚至放弃了自己的王位！

1:1 [hgb]  当 三 十 年 四 月 初 五 日 ， 以 西 结 （ 原 文 作 我 ） 在 迦 巴 鲁 河 边 被 掳 的 人 中 ， 天 就 开 了 ， 得 见 神 的 异 象 。    [kjv]  Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.    [bbe]  Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was by the river Chebar among those who had been made prisoners, that the heavens were made open and I saw visions of God.1:2 [hgb]  正 是 约 雅 斤 王 被 掳 去 第 五 年 四 月 初 五 日 ，    [kjv]  In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,    [bbe]  On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin had been made a prisoner