Murad the Unlucky and Other Talesby Maria EdgeworthContents:IntroductionMurad the UnluckyThe Limerick GlovesMadame de FleuryINTRODUCTIONMaria Edgeworth came of a lively family which had settled inIreland in the latter part of the sixteenth century. Her father atthe age of five-and-twenty inherited the family estates atEdgeworths-town in 1769. He had snatched an early marriage, whichdid not prove happy. He had a little son, whom he was educating...
How to Fail in Literatureby Andrew LangPREFACEThis Lecture was delivered at the South Kensington Museum, in aid ofthe College for Working Men and Women. As the Publishers, perhapserroneously, believe that some of the few authors who were notpresent may be glad to study the advice here proffered, the Lectureis now printed. It has been practically re-written, and, like thekiss which the Lady returned to Rodolphe, is revu, corrige, et...
A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotlandby Samuel JohnsonINCH KEITHI had desired to visit the Hebrides, or Western Islands ofScotland, so long, that I scarcely remember how the wish wasoriginally excited; and was in the Autumn of the year 1773 inducedto undertake the journey, by finding in Mr. Boswell a companion,whose acuteness would help my inquiry, and whose gaiety ofconversation and civility of manners are sufficient to counteractthe inconveniences of travel, in countries less hospitable
The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. StevensonWilliam Ernest Henley and Robert Louis StevensonHenley is best known for this quote from Invictus:"I am the master of my fate,I am the captain of my soul."INVICTUSOut of the night that covers me,Black as the pit from pole to pole,I think whatever gods may befor my unconquerable soul.In the fell clutch of circumstanceI have not winced nor cried aloud.Under the bludgeonings of chanceMy head is bloody, but unbowed....
序言:落在欲望城市的眼泪 我还是要感谢欧阳雪,我书中的第一个叙述者。一个酷夏的夜晚,我在三里屯的一个咖啡屋写一篇乐评(这是我最喜欢写的文字),欧阳雪像个幽灵一样出现在我眼前,她用手轻轻地推了一下我的肩膀,然后笑着问我是不是作家,我尴尬地笑了笑,然后告诉她我只是一个记者。于是她在我对面坐了下来,她说不管我是记者还是作家,她要把她的故事讲给我听。这个有趣的女孩不由得我做决定就开始自说自话了。起初我不是太在意,以为不过是酒吧里常见的无聊行经,但是慢慢的,我被欧阳雪的叙述打动了。至今依然记得欧阳雪当时抽着烟,很小心地抹眼角的泪,表情是颓废的,声音是沙哑的。说完了自己的故事后,欧阳雪就离开了咖啡屋。分手之前,她问我,能否记住她这样一个陌生人的故事,我点点头,心有点隐隐作痛。...
THE CALASHThe town of B had become very lively since a cavalry regiment hadtaken up its quarters in it. Up to that date it had been mortallywearisome there. When you happened to pass through the town andglanced at its little mud houses with their incredibly gloomy aspect,the pen refuses to express what you felt. You suffered a terribleuneasiness as if you had just lost all your money at play, or hadcommitted some terrible blunder in company. The plaster covering the...
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENTHE LITTLE MERMAIDby Hans Christian AndersenFAR out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as theprettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, verydeep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many churchsteeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the groundbeneath to the surface of the water above. There dwell the Sea King...
Classic Mystery and Detective Stories - Old Time EnglishEdited by Julian HawthorneTable of ContentsCHARLES DICKENS (1812-70)The Haunted HouseNo. I Branch Line: The Signal ManBULWER-LYTTON (1803-73)The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the BrainThe IncantationTHOMAS DE QUINCEY (1785-1859)The AvengerCHARLES ROBERT MATURIN (1782-1824)Melmoth the WandererLAURENCE STERNE (1713-68)...
《时光的女儿》作者:木子花飘香上篇 (少女时代) 1出生想写一个真实的故事,身边的故事,早就想写,可是感觉无从下手,自己的能力有限,今天突然在心底萌生出必须写的渴望,于是动笔将一个真实的故事说与世人,也许故事并不感人,也许我的语言能力不尽人意,但是我还是要把这个故事向外传递,让一种微弱的声音也发出呐喊,让弱势群体也享受到平等的待遇……(这个故事被电视台关注,很想做一期节目,主人公还不想把事情弄得纷纷扬扬,想等一段时间再说,趁着这段空隙,我捷足先登,可否?)引子首先给主人公娶个名字,叫什么好呢?给主人公起一个让大家一看到就能记住的名字。就叫《婷》吧!因为女主人在年轻的时候实在漂亮,简直用亭亭玉立来形容一点都不过分,而且回头率绝对百分百,是那种男人女人都喜欢的女孩……...
这是一本休闲书,试图用轻描淡写的手法点出生命的意义。与帕斯卡尔(Pascal)所持的观点相反,书中强调,重要的问题不一定与无聊琐事无关。微不足道的小事有时可以发人深思,滑稽可笑的事也会变得严肃庄重,深度总是源于肤浅的表面。当然,鸡毛蒜皮的小事不见得一出现就富含哲理。然而什么事情都不可能一成不变,有些平淡无奇的事情,还有一些日常行为、我们每时每刻都在完成的工作,都可能演变成令人吃惊的事态,并且从中能透析出哲理的起点!要是我们肯承认哲理并非是一种纯理论,如果我们认识到哲理都是从看待生活的独特态度,从哲学家们的感情、感知、印象、能力、观念中所出现的奇遇等各方面汲取养分的,那么我们也就可以对生活经验臆想一番,结果就会发现这样做能产生许多激动人心的场面。...