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Considered by many to be America's finest author, Jack London, had little formal schooling. Initially, he attended school only through the 8th grade, although he was an avid reader, educating himself at public libraries, especially the Oakland Public Library under the tutelage of Ina Coolbrith, who later became the first poet laureate of California. In later years (mid-1890s), Jack returned to high school in Oakland and graduated. He eventually gained admittance to U.C. Berkeley, but stayed only for six months, finding it to be "not alive enough" and a "passionless pursuit of passionless intelligence". Once Jack had resolved himself to succeed as an author, his diligent habits and innate skills catapulted him far beyond most of his literary peers in both perspective and content. By following a strict writing regimen of 1,000 words a day, he was able to produce a huge quantity of high quality work over a period of eighteen years. Jack had become the best-selling, highest paid and most popular American author of his time.

"A Little Princess," by the author of the beloved "Secret Garden," Frances Hodgson Burnett. "What would have happened if she had not hidden it just then, and if she had chanced to look up at the skylight at the wrong moment, I do not know-perhaps the end of this chapter might have been quite different."

根据巫女艾格妮丝·风子的《精良准确预言书》，世界将在周六迎来终结。准确来说，应该是下周六，晚饭前那会儿。于是，各方势力纷纷加入混战，异象不断出现，世界陷入骚乱。有人四处奔走，有人却在浑水摸鱼，比如本书的两位主角：热爱飙车与摇滚乐的恶魔克鲁利，和开古董书店、爱发牢骚的天使亚茨拉菲尔——两人各自接到命令参与这场混战，但哥俩都在人间待了上千年，觉得这个世界还是挺不错的，毁了似乎有点儿可惜。一片混乱中，似乎没有人注意到，那个将主宰世界命运的关键角色，其实另有其人……

Left out of A Tramp Abroad, because it was feared that some of the particulars had been exaggerated, and that others were not true.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) is the first novel by Charles Dickens. After the publication, the widow of the illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any specific input, writing that "Mr Seymour never originated or suggested an incident, a phrase, or a word, to be found in the book." Dickens was asked to contribute to the project as an up and coming writer following the success of Sketches by Boz, published in 1836 (most of Dickens' novels were issued in shilling instalments before being published in the complete volume). Dickens increasingly took over the unsuccessful monthly publication after Seymour had committed suicide. With the introduction of Sam Weller in chapter 10, the book became the first real publishing phenomenon, with bootleg copies, theatrical performances, Sam Weller joke books, and other merchandise.

Scaramouche is a historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921. It was subsequently adapted into a play by Barbara Field and into feature films, first in 1923 starring Ramón Novarro, Scaramouche (1923), and a remake in 1952 with Stewart Granger. It is a romantic adventure and tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution. In the course of his adventures he becomes an actor portraying "Scaramouche" (also called Scaramuccia, a roguish buffoon character in the commedia dell'arte). He also becomes a revolutionary, politician, and fencing-master, confounding his enemies with his powerful orations and swordsmanship. He is forced by circumstances to change sides several times. The book also depicts his transformation from cynic to idealist. The later film version includes one of the longest, and many[who?] believe, best swashbuckling sword-fighting scenes ever filmed.[citation needed] The three-part novel opens with the memorable line, "He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." This line was to become Sabatini's epitaph, on his gravestone in Adelboden, Switzerland. In 1922 after a trip to USA, Composer Darius Milhaud wrote Scaramouche for saxophone and orchestra.

是19世纪中叶法国现实主义作家福楼拜的经典名著,小说描写的是一位小资产阶级妇女因为不满足平庸的生活而逐渐堕落的过程。主人公爱玛为了追求浪漫和优雅的生活而自甘堕落与人通奸，最终因为负债累累无力偿还而身败名裂，服毒自杀。这里写的是一个无论在生活里还是在文学作品中都很常见的桃色事件，但是作者的笔触感知到的是旁人尚未涉及的敏感区域。爱玛的死不仅仅是她自身的悲剧，更是那个时代的悲剧。作者用很细腻的笔触描写了主人公情感堕落的过程，作者很努力地找寻着造成这种悲剧的社会根源。

第七十五届饥饿游戏结束，凯特尼斯的家乡，十二区被无情摧毁。打猎伙伴盖尔逃离了虎口，成为了一名勇敢的战士，“恋人”皮塔被凯匹特抓走。传说中的十三区真的存在，那里出现了反抗和新的领导者，革命的序幕正在缓缓拉开。凯特尼斯卷入了起义暴动的旋涡，她被迫成为没有退路的棋子，被迫为许多人的命运负责，她要肩负起唤醒民众和改变帕姆国未来命运的重任，为了正义、自由和皮塔，她必须抛却愤怒和不信任，她必须要成为反搞者的嘲笑鸟，不管要付出多大的代价。残酷的饥饿游戏并没有停止，仍在吞噬着青春和美好。