The Egoistby George MeredithPRELUDEA Chapter of which the Last Page only is of any ImportanceComedy is a game played to throw reflections upon social life, andit deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized menand women, where we have no dust of the struggling outer world, nomire, no violent crashes, to make the correctness of therepresentation convincing. Credulity is not wooed through theimpressionable senses; nor have we recourse to the small circular...
The Turn of the Screwby Henry JamesThe story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless,but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on ChristmasEve in an old house, a strange tale should essentially be,I remember no comment uttered till somebody happened to say that itwas the only case he had met in which such a visitation had fallenon a child. The case, I may mention, was that of an apparitionin just such an old house as had gathered us for the occasion...
The Memoirs of Victor Hugoby Victor HugoCONTENTS.PREFACEAT RHEIMS, 1825-1838RECOUNTED BY EYE-WITNESSES:I. The Execution of Louis XVI.II. The Arrival of Napoleon I. in Paris in 1815.VISIONS OF THE REAL:I. The Hovel.II. Pillage.III. A Dream.IV. The Panel with the Coat of Arms.V. The Easter Daisy.THEATRE:I. Joanny.II. Mademoiselle Mars.III. Frédérick Lemaitre.IV. The Comiques.V. Mademoiselle Georges.VI. Tableaux Vivants....
The Lesser Bourgeoisieby Honore de BalzacTranslated by Katharine Prescott WormeleyDEDICATIONTo Constance-Victoire.Here, madame, is one of those books which come into the mind,whence no one knows, giving pleasure to the author before he canforesee what reception the public, our great present judge, willaccord to it. Feeling almost certain of your sympathy in mypleasure, I dedicate the book to you. Ought it not to belong toyou as the tithe formerly belonged to the Church in memory of God,...
作者艾成歌简介《四城》 题记引子许多年后,他的出发点,变成了他多年来一直在寻找的尽头。《四城》 黑珍珠夜总会杀人事件黑珍珠夜总会杀人事件(1)请你相信,我们的人生都是早就被安排好的。李如云从黑珍珠夜总会十八号包厢走出来的时候,在通往吧台的走廊里愣了一会,他忽然想起很多年前的一个姐妹,一个叫杨彩薇的女孩子。她们在离南泽百里之外的桃花镇共同度过一个美好的童年,但是杨彩薇全家在她十三岁那年举家迁到了南泽,之后再无音讯。而李如云自学校毕业之后也只身跑到南泽市来,在黑珍珠夜总会找了个女招待的工作,她怎么也不会想到,她会在这里遇见杨彩薇,而更叫她无法猜测的是,杨彩薇那样的女孩子怎么会出入这种风月场所。...
WHAT IS MAN?Ia. Man the Machine. b. Personal Merit[The Old Man and the Young Man had been conversing. The OldMan had asserted that the human being is merely a machine, andnothing more. The Young Man objected, and asked him to go intoparticulars and furnish his reasons for his position.]Old Man. What are the materials of which a steam-engine is made?Young Man. Iron, steel, brass, white-metal, and so on.O.M. Where are these found?...
1、树上的女人 眼下正是暮春,整个草原透出一股带着傲意的青,青得彻底,生气勃勃,与万里蓝天争着广阔。草尖上的露珠映着初升太阳的光芒,清澈如婴孩的眼眸。即使是一群粗鲁的汉子,也不禁被眼前的景色吸引,笑逐颜开…… 千里贡格尔草原渐渐展开它的怀抱时,整个马队都欢呼了起来。 一眼就可以看出,这是一家关内寻常可见的镖局,套旗,车标,一应名号中规中矩,唯一挑眼的,就是正中套红的镖车上贴着一张小小的朱红的符纸,细细看上去,画着一只振翅而起的凤凰,身姿虬健,比寻常的凤凰图案,多了几分霸气。 眼下正是暮春,整个草原透出一股带着傲意的青,青得彻底,生气勃勃,与万里蓝天争着广阔。草尖上的露珠映着初升太阳的光芒,清澈如婴孩的眼眸。即使是一群粗鲁的汉子,也不禁被眼前的景色吸引,笑逐颜开。...
中国北部的游牧民族,多数是“逐水草而居”,流动迁徙,居无定所的。因此,期望这些游牧民族在建筑文化上有长足的发展,几乎是不可能的。 然而,崛起于松花江上的女真族有所不同。它是一种城塞部落民族,一种有领土意识且居有定所的半游牧半农业民族。在中国历史上修过长城的少数民族,就是女真族。女真族跟北京城的渊源很深,公元1153年,完颜亮正式把金的都城从东北的会宁府迁到燕京,改名金中都,从此北京开始成为中国的政治中心之一。 这个城塞部落民族建立的国家,在城市建筑上是卓有建树的。金中都的宫殿极其豪华,承袭了北宋崇尚奢丽纤巧的风格。金世宗在中都东北郊浚湖垒山修建的大宁宫行宫区,吸引了元世祖忽必烈,使这位纵横欧亚的马上皇帝为之心动,在版图辽阔的统治区域内,选中了金中都作为大元的首都,从此,奠定了北京作为元明清三个统一的大帝国的政治中心的地位。设想,如果女真族不是一个善于学习而且...
曹策前 著 1、白总司令的橄榄枝1949年的公历新年刚过,农历春节即来。但是,位于长江中游的华中重镇———武汉,却无一丝一毫新年气氛,连空也仿佛凝固了一般。这天,天空浑浑沌沌,云层压得很低很低;从新疆和外蒙古袭来的寒流,使三镇气温骤降。阴冷潮湿的西北风把电杆上的电线刮得“呜呜”作响———暴风雪就要来临了! 然而,此时此刻更使国民党军政界忧心仲仲的却是,自去年11月7日开始的由中国人民解放军第二、第三两野战军联合发动的淮海战役,到本年元月10日,历时55天,共歼灭国民党军队55万余人,致使华东、中原及长江以北地区的国民党残兵败将、国民党政府官员和难民有如惊弓之鸟,纷纷向南溃逃……霎时间,把本已处于水深火热的大武汉,进一步推入到风雨飘摇的境地中……...