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A Dream of John Ball explores human equality and the extinction of socioeconomic classes. It was first published as a serial in The Commonweal between November 13, 1886, and January 22, 1887. The paper took as its special charge proletarian education and organization, publishing political news, fiction, poems, and songs with working-class themes, This publication from Boomer Books is specially designed and typeset for comfortable reading.

Botchan, like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or The Catcher in the Rye, is a classic of its kind, a sly, funny, poignant tale about a young mans rebellion against the system. Since its original publication 100 years ago, it has enjoyed a timeless popularity among Japanese readers both young and old, making it, according to Donald Keene, probably the most widely read novel in modern Japan. The setting is Japan's deep south, where the author himself spent four years teaching English in a middle school. Into this conservative world, with its social proprieties and established pecking order, breezes Botchan, down from the big city, with scant respect for either his elders or his noisy young charges; and the result is a chain of collisions large and small. Most of the story seems to occur in summer, against the drone of cicadas and the sting of mosquitoes. And in every way this is a summer book--light, sunny, and fun to read. Here, in a lively new translation much better suited to the American reader, Botchan should continue to entertain even those who have never been near the sunlit island on which these calamitous episodes take place.

傻瓜伊万，人如其名。他傻气十足，面对祖辈的财产无动于衷，心甘情愿让给两位兄长，使全家人一直和睦相处。山中老妖心气眼红，命令手下三只小妖进行破坏。 两位兄长，一个逞强好胜，一个贪心不足，分别中了两只小妖的奸计，傻瓜伊万却因一股傻气征服了第三只小妖，又凭刚强坚毅的性格挫败另两只小妖。最后，他收留下了两位落魄的兄长。 山中老妖见手下办事不利，决定亲自出马。此时的三兄弟各自当上了国王。老妖怪抓住两位兄长国王的弱点，再次将他们击败。然而，当他对伊万的傻子王国进行破坏时，一次又一次失利，最终搬起石头砸了自己的脚。

作为安伯森贵族家庭的独子，在母亲依莎伯放任无度的娇纵下，乔治成为一个骄横跋扈、人见人厌的纨子弟。 父亲去世后，乔治发现母亲与自己未来的岳父--鳏夫摩根相爱，这一发现使他发狂。为了破坏这段在他看来无法忍受的恋情，他开始想方设法从中作梗。在乔治的逼迫下，摩根忍痛离开，依莎伯则被迫与乔治外出环球旅行。 几年后，依莎伯身体日见虚弱，返回美国后不久便抱憾离开了人世，与此同时，安伯森家族也迅速走向了衰败，重创之下，乔治开始对自己过往的所作所为产生了怀疑。 一场雪上添霜的车祸使乔治陷入绝望境地。这时，摩根与他的女儿却意外地出现在他病床前……

 "A Very Naughty Girl" is written in the moralistic style of the early nineteen hundreds. The Wynfords of Wyndford Castle are forced to welcome a sixteen year old Evelyn into their home. She is the niece of Squire Wynford and the heiress of the Wynford estate. 

1864年，作者在《教育与娱乐杂志》上发表《哈特拉斯船长历险记》，两部分（two parts: The English at the North Pol and The desert of ice），共59章节。