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The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound.

More than thirty years ago two atoms of the eternal Energy sped forth from the heart of it which we call God, and incarnated themselves in the human shapes that were destined to hold them for a while, as vases hold perfumes, or goblets wine, or as sparks of everlasting radium inhabit the bowels of the rock. Perhaps these two atoms, or essences, or monads indestructible, did but repeat an adventure, or many, many adventures. Perhaps again and again they had proceeded from that Home august and imperishable on certain mornings of the days of Time, to return thither at noon or nightfall, laden with the fruits of gained experience. So at least one of them seemed to tell the other before all was done and that other came to believe. If so, over what fields did they roam throughout the aeons, they who having no end, could have no beginning? Not those of this world only, we may be sure. It is so small and there are so many others, millions upon millions of them, and such an infinite variety of knowledge is needed to shape the soul of man, even though it remain as yet imperfect and but a shadow of what it shall be.

I fell in love with the stories of James Schmitz when I was a teenager, especially the characters of Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee. Now, many years later, I can appreciate Schmitz' going against the grain of his time and writing about strong female characters who aren't sexualized or trivialized as arm-candy. There's also Heslet Quillan, a charming rogue who appreciates competent women as well. I had read Legacy many years ago, and it's always a pleasure to revisit it. Though I do own it in paperback, I bought the Kindle edition as well. The book was translated well to the Kindle, including front and back cover graphics, but the scanning included the page numbers which interrupted the flow of the text. (I expect to see page numbers in a paper book, but they're visually separated from the text.) I have frequently given Schmitz books as gifts to younger readers - there's never anything that would be inappropriate for even a young teen, and even in Schmitz' "juvenile" books (most famously, The Witches of Karres), he never talks down to his audience and just tells a cracking-good story with intriguing characters. Highly recommended.

Some of London's strongest and most evocative writing describes the outward and inward life of an alcoholic

Scenes of Clerical Life, the first novel by George Eliot.The stories, noted for their dialogue and characterization, drew upon Eliot’s early experiences with religion in a provincial setting.

《懒人闲思录》出自英国幽默名家杰罗姆之手，这位“懒人”思想家善于从“懒人”的视角静观众生世相。平淡的生活细节一进入他的文章，就会妙趣盎然，栩栩如生。在这些文章中杰罗姆运用幽默冷峻的笔触展现了19世纪英格兰的社会风貌。

This volume contains several of Stevenson's early short fiction works from the period when he moved from writing essays to stories.

13岁的布里奥妮·塔利斯拥有十分丰富的想象力，颇有作家天分；管家的锤子罗比在塔利斯先生的奖助下已经与布里奥妮的姐姐塞西莉娅一道从剑桥大学毕业，而且他俩情/投意合。一个炎热夏日，塞西莉娅当着罗比的面，脱去衣服，跳进池塘戏水。这一切都被布里奥妮尽收眼底，恰逢当晚，来塔利斯家小住的布里奥妮的表姐遭人强暴；布里奥妮武断地认定罗比即是罪犯，并出庭做证指控罗比，罗比因此被捕入狱。但坚信他无罪的塞西莉娅不惜与家人断绝关系，执着地与他相爱。五年后，罗比出狱，当时正是二次世界大战期间，他参加到保卫祖国的战斗中，塞西莉娅随后应征入伍，布里奥妮也成为一名军队医务人员。经历世事之后的布里奥妮终于愧疚，主动走向罗比与塞西莉娅，为自己当年的所作所为道歉，但是无情的战争先后夺去了罗比和塞西娅的生命，留下布里奥妮活在深深的自责中而无法赎罪。 麦克恩是英国文坛当前最具影响力的作家之一。自他的第一本短篇小说集《最初的爱情和最后的仪式》获得1975年的毛姆奖以来，他四次获得布克奖提名，并终于在1998年以《阿姆斯行丹》折桂。其新作《赎罪》同样获得 2002年布克奖提我虽然最终未能如愿获奖，但评论界却给予了较之《阿姆斯特丹》更多更动听的溢美之词，认为比《阿》更丰满，更好读，既有讨好读者的动人情节、喜剧因素，又不乏色调，实在是让人爱不释手。