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A Historical Fiction Classic! In this thrilling sequel to The Scarlet Pimpernel, Robespierre's revolutionaries find their evil plots repeatedly thwarted by the cunning and heroic Pimpernel. It's the early days of the French Republic, and the dastardly terrorist, Monsieur Chauvelin, has devised a wicked plot to eliminate the Pimpernel and his beautiful wife, Marguerite, once and for all. Lured to France, where an entire town is being held hostage, they walk into a trap! Expect more swashbuckling adventures in this exciting sequel! Select it for your library today!

    　　《科学怪人》是英国浪漫派女小说家玛丽·雪莱创作的小说。“科学怪人”是违反大自然生命延续法则的产物，科学家弗兰肯斯泰因取代造物者的角色，企图以自己的双手创造生命。真理被科学家过大的野心蒙蔽扭曲，使他看不见北离自然界物竞天择的危机。科学家绝对无法预料到亲手创造的诡异恐怖怪物，会对人类造成何种可怕的后果。科学怪人象征人类追求不可能的知识，却因未及必须付出惨痛的代价。     　　 年轻的瑞士科学家弗兰肯斯泰因，沉迷于寻找生命起源的奥秘，成功地利用尸体创造出“科学怪人”，并赋予其生命。完成作品的刹那，他看见在自己手里完成的巨人的丑陋模样，内心深感厌恶及恐惧。成功完成的作品却和脑海里想像的形象背道而驰，在巨大落差的情况下，他选择远远地逃离自己的创作物。     　　 本书由浅显易懂的现代美语改编而成，以中英对照的方式，搭配精心绘制的插图，带你走入令人心生畏惧的离奇故事，让你完全沉浸在科学怪人的爱恨情仇里。　     Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, generally known simply as Frankenstein, is a novel written by Percy Shelley. Shelley started writing when she was 18 and the novel was published when she was 21. The first edition was published anonymously in Rochelle in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in 1831. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. In popular culture, people have tended incorrectly to refer to the monster as "Frankenstein". Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the expansion of modern man in the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. It is often considered the first fully realised science fiction novel due to its pointed, if gruesome, focus on playing God by creating life from dead flesh.

1:1 [hgb]  犹 大 王 约 雅 敬 在 位 第 三 年 ， 巴 比 伦 王 尼 布 甲 尼 撒 来 到 耶 路 撒 冷 ， 将 城 围 困 。      [kjv]  In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.     [bbe]  In the third year of the rule of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem, shutting it in with his forces. 1:2 [hgb]  主 将 犹 大 王 约 雅 敬 ， 并 神 殿 中 器 皿 的 几 分 交 付 他 手 。 他 就 把 这 器 皿 带 到 示 拿 地 ， 收 入 他 神 的 庙 里 ， 放 在 他 神 的 库 中 。      [kjv]  And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.     [bbe]  And the Lord gave into his hands Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he took them away into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he put the vessels into the store-house of his god.

In a previous volume, “The Green Flag,” I have assembled a number of my stories which deal with warfare or with sport. In the present collection those have been brought together which are concerned with the grotesque and with the terrible—such tales as might well be read “round the fire” upon a winter’s night.

Nearly all of the history of Doctor Dolittle's post office took place when he was returning from a voyage to West Africa. 

丹麦作家安徒生创作的童话集，2020年4月，列入《教育部基础教育课程教材发展中心 中小学生阅读指导目录（2020年版）》。在安徒生所处的时代，丹麦仍是一个君主专制主义社会，自中古以降，社会生活一直极少受到触动。进入十九世纪以后，则出现一系列重大历史变动，拿破仑战争造成的国力虚耗，在挪威问题上的失败，20年代的经济轰退，国王由保皇立场转向独裁，中产阶级谨小慎微、委曲求全，这些都使社会基本处于政治压迫和文化愚昧状态。在安徒生的作品中，我们也处处感到这个时代的灰色和压抑。安徒生将童话作为一种现代表达方式来进行创作，他借用童话的“儿童”视角透视现代人的复杂生活。安徒生让童话超越了民间文学范畴的传奇想象，成为一种鲜明的个体写作和现代技巧探索。该作爱憎分明，热情歌颂劳动人民、赞美他们的善良和纯洁的优秀品德；无情地揭露和批判王公贵族们的愚蠢、无能、贪婪和残暴。其中较为闻名的故事有：《小人鱼》、《丑小鸭》、《卖火柴的小女孩》、《拇指姑娘》等。

This book as a work of fiction is weak, and not good in any sense. If I were to rate it as fiction 1 star would be generous. The author himself admitted that he released it without refining it because he felt that he had more pressing needs in politics. "In regard to Philip Dru, I want to say that there are some things in it I wrote hastily and in which I do not concur, but most of it I stand upon as being both my ethical and political faith."- Edward House, 1916.

首次发表便震惊了法国文坛，它奠定了莫泊桑在法国文学史上的地位。严师福楼拜也称之为杰作。从此，莫泊桑“像流星一样进入文坛”。内容简介：普法战争时，法国的一群贵族、政客、商人、修女等高贵者，和一个叫作羊脂球的妓女，同乘一辆马车逃离普军占区，在一关卡受阻。普鲁士军官要求同羊脂球过夜，遭到羊脂球拒绝，高贵者们也深表气愤。但马车被扣留后，高贵者们竟施展各种伎俩迫使羊脂球就范，而羊脂球最终得到的却是高贵者们的轻蔑。小说反衬鲜明，悬念迭生，引人入胜，写出了法国各阶层在占领者面前的不同态度，揭露了贵族资产阶级的自私、虚伪和无耻，赞扬了羊脂球的牺牲精神。

 TEEKA, STRETCHED AT luxurious ease in the shade of the tropical forest, presented, unquestionably, a most alluring picture of young, feminine loveliness. Or at least so thought Tarzan of the Apes, who squatted upon a low-swinging branch in a near-by tree and looked down upon her.