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From the thirteenth century onwards, the name, under the various disguises of Stevinstoun, Stevensoun, Stevensonne, Stenesone, and Stewinsoune, spread across Scotland from the mouth of the Firth of Forth to the mouth of the Firth of Clyde.

"Jack London is at his best - that peculiar best which is inimitable... Nothing is more important to note, however, than the soundness of the psychology of all these stories. They are made out of the deep fibre of humanity. By command over such material does Jack London hold his place in our literature. By command over the knack of clearly flowing, acid-biting English that often takes rich color."

又译《孤星血泪》，主人公皮普从小父母双亡，依靠性格暴戾的姐姐抚养长大，和亦师亦友的姐夫乔学习铁匠工作，安于过着下等人的生活。偶然的机会被选进镇上萨提斯庄园，受雇于有钱的贵妇郝维辛，遇见了年轻高傲的艾斯黛拉。在内心阴霾的郝维辛小姐的层层暗示引导下，皮普爱上了艾斯黛拉，思想发生了转变，开始想要为了成为上等人而努力。恰巧年少时期搭救的一名逃犯为了报恩暗中资助皮普，使他有机会学习上等教育，进入上流社会。可惜命运弄人，就在皮普认为有资格与艾斯黛拉平等恋爱的时候，一系列的转折让皮普的“远大前程”瞬间幻灭，并最终让皮普回归到现实。展现了皮普跌宕起伏的成长经历和狄更斯一生经历的深刻认知。

SUMMARY:A cocktail party ends in murder, but who did it? Why? And for that matter, how? No real cause of death has been established. It's a real baffler and it's prompting Hercule Poirot to ask another question...who's next? 人们常说十三个人参加的晚餐会有厄运。你相信吗？当波洛受邀加入查尔斯爵士这次不吉利的晚餐后。诅咒灵验了。牧师巴宾顿先生突然死在了众宾客面前。但死神并未因此停住脚步，凶手亲自在大侦探波洛的眼前拉开了这场谋杀的序幕。杀人的剧作不断地上演，相同的演员，相似的布景，相近的情节。死亡的威胁甚至降临在波洛自己的身上。 谁将是下一个受害者？

小说主人公“黑骏马”是一匹漂亮的优种黑马，从小生活在贵族人家，受过良好的训练，性格温顺，而且聪明、机智，主人非常喜欢他。但是好景不长，主人家里有了变故，黑骏马不得不被卖掉。他一连被卖过多次，接触过各种人：有喝多了酒就拿马撒气的醉汉，有动辄抽鞭子的出租马车车夫，有不把动物当回事的野蛮人，也有把动物当成朋友的好人家，尝尽了人间的甜酸苦辣，最后它侥幸有了一个好的归宿。作品揭示了马的内心世界，也有作为马冷眼旁观人类社会的描写。

This book is dedicated to three exceptional men—and to their wives, who have worked so very hard to sculpt them from such rough clay. From the ground up: To Leason and Marlene Pomeroy, to Mike and Edie Martin, and to Jose and Rachel Perez. After The Project, I will not be able to get up in the morning, spend a moment at home during the day, or go to bed at night without thinking of you. I guess I’ll just have to live with that. The civilized human spirit ... cannot get rid of a feeling of the uncanny. —Doctor Faustus, THOMAS MANN

With all of his works still in print, Dickens is without a doubt one of the most popular authors of all times. Flourishing in the Victorian era, this English novelist is renowned for his unforgettable characters and vivid story lines.

这部书里自由地讲述了希腊、罗马、北欧、东方的古典故事，简洁优雅，引人入胜。 他信奉着“趣味纯洁，寓意高尚”的原则，让我们远离恐怖与色情，把我们领到一个尘世之外的世界：那里有不可捉摸的美丽、希望与幻想…… 神话中的人可以点石成金，神话中的男男女女可以自由自在地生存……打开布尔芬奇的这部书，你可以回身到“童话世界”里去。

The Scarlet Plague is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel written by Jack London and originally published in London Magazine in 1912. The story takes place in 2072, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic, the Red Death, has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few survivors of the pre-plague era left alive in the San Francisco area, and as he realizes his time grows short, he tries to impart the value of knowledge and wisdom to his grandsons.