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同克洛维斯的编年史相同，野兽与超级野兽也是萨基最著名的作品之一。这是他去世之前所写的最后一部一系列关于第一次世界大战的书，其中的几个故事经常在诗集尤其是“打开窗口”转载。 Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories, written by Saki (the literary pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro) and first published in 1914. The title parodies that of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman. Along with The Chronicles of Clovis, Beasts and Super-Beasts is one of Saki's best-known works. It was his final collection of stories before his death in World War I, and several of its stories, in particular "The Open Window", are reprinted frequently in anthologies. The majority of the volume's stories deal in some fashion with animals, providing the source for its title. The character of Clovis Sangrail, featured in earlier works by Saki, appears in several stories. Most of the stories appeared previously in periodicals. Stylistically, Beasts and Super-Beasts displays the simple language, cynicism and wry humor that characterize Saki's earlier literary output.

小说最初未获准在美国发行，于1955年首次被欧洲巴黎奥林匹亚出版社出版。1958年终于出版了美国版，作品一路蹿升到《纽约时报》畅销书单的第一位。《洛丽塔》已被改编成电影。内容简介：从法国移民美国的中年男子，大学教师亨伯特爱上了自己房东的女儿，14岁的洛丽塔。亨伯特对洛丽塔无法自拔，为了亲近这名早熟、热情的小女孩，亨伯特娶女房东为妻，成为洛丽塔的继父。当夏洛特翻看亨伯特的日记得知他爱上了自己的女儿之后，愤怒的她冲出房门，却不幸在车祸中丧生。于是亨伯特把洛丽塔从夏令营当中接回来，二人开始了一段开车在公路上流浪的乱伦之恋。洛丽塔长大后，开始讨厌继父，她意识到“即使是最可悲的家庭生活也比这种乱伦状况好”。于是她开始跟年纪相当的男孩子交往，并借着一次旅行的机会脱离继父的掌握。当亨伯特再次收到洛丽塔的信时，她已经嫁作人妇，并且有孕在身。面对洛丽塔在金钱方面的请求，他决定满足她。他留给洛丽塔4000块钱，却没有办法把洛丽塔带走。在绝望之中，他枪杀了当初拐带洛丽塔的人奎迪。亨伯特最终病死在了监狱里，同年，洛丽塔死于难产。

这是一本既写给孩子又写给大人的书。本书通过对查理和约瑟夫爷爷和其他四个幸运儿一起参观旺卡先生的巧克力工厂时，所发生的一些离奇的故事的叙述，用生动的语言告诉了家长该如何教育孩子。本书故事情节离奇、引人入胜，是一本老少皆宜的童话读物。内容简介：小查理生长的一个小镇里有一个全世界最大的巧克力工厂，工厂由一个伟大的巧克力发明家、制造商威利・旺卡所拥有。工厂非常神秘，大门紧锁，全镇子的人从来没有看见有人从大门进去或出来过。有一天，威利・旺卡先生发出告示，将有五位幸运的孩子获得参观巧克力工厂的特权，同时还能得到足够吃一辈子的巧克力糖和其他糖果。全世界购买旺卡巧克力的孩子都有机会。前提是藏在包装纸里的五张金券，谁获得金券谁就是幸运儿。偶然的机会，查理得到了一张金券。参观工厂的过程是一次奇特的经历。每个参观者都感到了无限着迷、狂喜、好奇、惊讶和迷惑不解。即使做最荒诞的梦也想象不出这样的事情。飞瀑而下的巧克力瀑布，流漫着棕色糖浆的河，大片大片的口香糖草地，还有牛奶糖堆成的山。工厂里的工人全是来自蛮荒丛林的酷爱巧克力的矮人。查理和四位幸运儿在旺卡先生的巧克力工厂里参观的过程中，出现了许多有趣的事情：一个孩子掉进了巧克力河，一个孩子变成了蓝莓，一个孩子掉进了垃圾槽，一个孩子被电视传送成了一个手掌大小。而在最后，小查理还得到了一个最大的惊喜：他将拥有威利・旺卡先生赠送他的整个巧克力工厂。

    成长于英国南部田园风光中的玛格丽特由于是牧师的父亲辞了工作，一家人搬到了全然陌生的北方小镇米尔顿。不同于南方的温暖舒适，处于工业革命时期的米尔顿又阴冷又脏乱。路上不再是芳香花草，取而代之的是粗鲁的工人、棉絮飞舞的纺织车间。除了新环境的不适应，还有来自纺织厂的厂主——年轻的实业家约翰桑顿的盛气凌人及对工人的苛刻，这让玛格丽特对米尔顿的第一印象极其糟糕。 随着米尔顿生活的加深，玛格丽特渐渐认识到工人粗鲁暴脾气背后的温柔和疾苦，坚定的站在他们一边。和其立场相反的雇主桑顿则对玛格丽特一见钟情，但不善表达的他似乎在无形中把玛格丽特越推越远。二人如同南方与北方，截然相反但又紧密相连······ 玛格丽特·希尔是中产阶级教区牧师的女儿， 她一直享受着英国南部农村特权式的教养。但当她父亲搬家去Milton时，她被迫要适应那里的新生活。Milton 是一个位于北部的磨房镇，处于工业革命期间，它正在挣扎着求生。对于新环境，马嘉丽觉得很震惊。她对尘土，噪声和当地居民粗野的态度都很讨厌。 后来充满吸引力的磨房老板约翰·桑顿成为她父亲的学生，他深深被玛格丽特·希尔所吸引，但对这类粗俗和没受教育的阶层，她明显地表现出了她的不满及成见，她拒绝了他的求爱。随着时间过去，玛格丽特对磨房工人的态度，开始转变，她和他们一起工作，一起对抗贫穷和疾病。约翰·桑顿对玛格丽特的默默关怀，以及其对雇员态度的改变，使玛格丽特·希尔先前的成见有所改观。随着双方误会的逐渐解除，在桑顿陷入经济困境之时，玛格丽特对他施以援手，最终他们走到了一起。

As the son of an infamous gunfighter, Buck Duane has the natural instincts and lightening-quick reflexes of his father. After killing a man in self-defense, he becomes an outlaw living amongst gunfighters and bandits on the Texas-Mexico border.

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.

1:1 [hgb]  乌 斯 地 有 一 个 人 名 叫 约 伯 。 那 人 完 全 正 直 ， 敬 畏 神 ， 远 离 恶 事 。    [kjv]  There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.    [bbe]  There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.1:2 [hgb]  他 生 了 七 个 儿 子 ， 三 个 女 儿 。    [kjv]  And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.    [bbe]  And he had seven sons and three daughters.

Set in the vast Wyoming territory, this masterpiece helped establish the code of the West and its stereotypical characters: the genteel but brave, white-hatted cowboy, the pretty spinster from back East, and villains beyond redemption. The novel is also on record for incorporating the first known shootout in American literature.

《基地与帝国》（Foundation and Empire），是美国作家艾萨克·阿西莫夫出版于1952年的科幻小说中篇集，“基地三部曲”的第二部（后来发展成“基地系列”）。本书讲述了基地经过近200年的励精图治，称霸银河外缘之后，终于与银河帝国产生正面冲突，并遭受突变异种“骡”的打击的故事，共由两个中篇组成。