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it is the king's men who fail to protect the princess and rather the miner boy who dashes onto the king's white charger and saves the day. In fact, MacDonald takes pains to remind his audience that princesses are not naturally good or perfect.

《蓝色列车之谜》(The Mystery of the Blue Train)，又译作：蓝色列车，蓝色特快上的秘密。 适时阿加莎·克里斯蒂正遭离异之痛，于悲痛麻木中创作此书，可惜此书口碑不佳。 被称为阿婆的四大名著之一。 当豪华的“蓝色列车”到达尼斯的时候，卧车管理员试图叫醒熟睡的鲁丝·凯特林。但她再也无法醒来了——因为她已经被谋杀，并且遭到了毁容，几乎难以辨认。 更有甚者，她珍贵的火心宝石不见了。主要的嫌疑对象是鲁丝的丈夫德里克。他与鲁丝已经分居多时，行同陌路。 然而波洛却不相信，于是他上演了一场奇怪的再乘蓝色列车之旅，并且还有凶手同行……

When John Hunter West, an Edinburgh solicitor, falls on hard times, a relation offers him and his two children a home on his Branksome Estate, set on the bleak and remote western coast of Scotland. But the family's new life is disturbed by the arrival of the enigmatic Major-General Heatherstone who takes up the tenancy of the nearby Cloomber Hall. It is the beginning of a remarkable and disturbing mystery, which leads to an unexplained tragedy out on the desolate moors.

美国作家海明威于1951年在古巴写的一篇中篇小说，奠定了海明威在世界文学中的突出地位，这篇小说相继获得了1953年美国普利策奖和1954年诺贝尔文学奖。内容简介：老渔夫圣地亚哥在海上制服大马林鱼后，在返航途中又同鲨鱼进行惊险的搏斗。作品中的形象具有很强的象征意蕴，他用大马林鱼象征人生的理想和人类作为生命本身所不可避免的所具有的欲望，用鲨鱼象征无法摆脱的悲剧命运，用大海象征变化无常的人类社会，而狮子则是勇武健壮、仇视邪恶、能创造奇迹的象征，圣地亚哥则是人类中的勇士与强大势力搏斗的“硬汉子”代表，他那捕鱼的不幸遭遇象征人类总是与厄运不断抗争却无论如何都无法试图去改变命运。

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. The story is a precursor to the "disguised superhero" tales such as Zorro or Batman. The play was produced and adapted by Julia Neilson and Fred Terry. It first opened on 15 October 1903 at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal; it was not a success. Terry, however, had confidence in the play and, with a rewritten last act, took it to London where it opened at the New Theatre on 5 January 1905. The premier of the London production was enthusiastically received by the audience, but critics considered the play 'old-fashioned.' In spite of negative reviews, the play became a popular success, running 122 performances and enjoying numerous revivals. The Scarlet Pimpernel became a favourite of London audiences, playing more than 2,000 performances and becoming one of the most popular shows staged in England to that date.[citation needed] The novel was published soon after the play's opening and was an immediate success. Orczy gained a following of readers in Britain and throughout the world. The popularity of the novel encouraged her to write a number of sequels for her "reckless daredevil" over the next 35 years. The play was performed to great acclaim in France, Italy, Germany and Spain, while the novel was translated into 16 languages. Subsequently, the story has been adapted for television, film, a musical and other media. The international success of The Scarlet Pimpernel allowed Orczy and her husband to live out their lives in luxury. Over the years, they lived on an estate in Kent, a bustling London home and an opulent villa in Monte Carlo. Orczy wrote in her autobiography, Links in the Chain of Life: I have so often been asked the question: "But how did you come to think of The Scarlet Pimpernel?" And my answer has always been: "It was God's will that I should." And to you moderns, who perhaps do not believe as I do, I will say, "In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny."

主要讲述“鹦鹉螺号”（Nautilus，或音译为“诺第留斯号”）的故事。1866年，当时海上发现了一只被断定为独角鲸的大怪物，阿龙纳斯受邀参加追捕，在追捕过程中不幸落水，泅到怪物的脊背上。发现这怪物并非什么独角鲸，而是一艘构造奇妙的潜水艇。潜水艇是船长尼摩在大洋中的一座荒岛上秘密建造的，船身坚固，利用海洋中大量的氯化钠分解出来的钠发电。尼摩船长邀请阿龙纳斯作海底旅行。他们从太平洋出发，经过珊瑚岛、印度洋、红海、进入地中海、大西洋，看到许多罕见的海生动植物和水中的奇异景象，又经历了搁浅、土人围攻、同鲨鱼搏斗、冰山封路、章鱼袭击等许多险情。最后，当潜水艇到达挪威海岸时，阿龙纳斯不辞而别，回到了他的家乡。

To the Memory of the Child Nada Burnham, who "bound all to her" and, while her father cut his way through the hordes of the Ingobo Regiment, perished of the hardships of war at Buluwayo on 19th May, 1896, I dedicate these tales--and more particularly the last, that of a Faith which triumphed over savagery and death. H. Rider Haggard. Ditchingham.

这部长篇小说是英国十九世纪著名作家罗伯特?路易斯?史蒂文森的经典作品，它借一个十七岁少年的口吻讲述了一段历险、流亡、成长的经历。苏格兰孤儿戴维为了家族的遗产去找叔父，却被叔父诱拐到船上运往美洲当奴隶。而船在海上触礁沉没，他孤身一起谋杀事件，被官兵当作凶犯而遭到追捕。在逃亡路上，他巧遇同船的流亡者艾伦，两人结伴而行，在苏格兰高地的荒山野地里度过了一段惊险的逃亡生活，最后回到他当初被诱拐的地方，在朋友帮助下用智谋从叔叔手中夺回应得的财产。 苏格兰大起义的历史背景，浓郁的苏格兰风情，也因了这个故事而格外吸引人。这部作品自1886年问世以来，在一个多世纪中不断被世界各国出版、重印，英国评论界普遍认为它是史蒂文森“最好的小说”之一。

The Kai Lung books have a nice dry humour, a beautifully way of turning a phrase and a concoluted way of using the english language. It is a China that never was but really ought to have been.