Tea-table Talkby Jerome K. JeromeCHAPTER I"They are very pretty, some of them," said the Woman of the World; "not the sort of letters I should have written myself.""I should like to see a love-letter of yours," interrupted the Minor Poet."It is very kind of you to say so," replied the Woman of the World. "It never occurred to me that you would care for one.""It is what I have always maintained," retorted the Minor Poet; "you have never really understood me."...
Ballads of Peace in Warby Michael EarlsHIS LIGHTGray mist on the sea,And the night coming down,She stays with sorrowIn a far town.He goes the sea-waysBy channel lights dim,Her love, a true light,Watches for him.They would be weddedOn a fair yesterday,But the quick regimentSaw him away.Gray mist in her eyesAnd the night coming down:He feels a prayerFrom a far town.He goes the sea-ways,The land lights are dim;She and an altar light...
我在日落时看到他的留言颜峻· 诗人 乐评人读到他写安徒生的那个时刻,我多少觉得有点感动了。简单地说,和张东旭一样大的时候我也在看安徒生,并且固执地认为这是只属于我的一个秘密——它不是童话,而是关于爱和死亡、幻想和诗歌的世界,成年人无法理解,而少年则来不及明白。 可是没想到,最近一次提到安徒生的时候,竟然是在给朋友的悼词中引用《夜莺》。故事发生着,记忆来了又去,但夜莺总是在某个地方歌唱。死亡也不能让人们停止幻想,但它可能会让人更安静,更孤独——这也是空想家和诗人的境界,全世界都在被生活的皮鞭抽得嗷嗷叫的时候,自有人独坐街头,抽烟,看云,发短信。4年前,张东旭刚刚出书的时候,穿过半个北京,穿过破败的胡同和沸腾的西单,你可以在工地附近的墙上看见他的画,它并不能让人产生超越生命的幻觉,但站在平庸的夕光和汽车尾气之间,你面前的画分明是另一个世界的信号。如今整个北京仍然像一...
(十五)品读《书剑恩仇录》-孔庆东 主讲人简介: 内容简介: 全文: (金庸原名查良镛,1924年出生于浙江海宁的名们望族。祖上有“一门七进士,叔侄五翰林”的荣耀。可是金庸的家乡跟乾隆皇帝又有什么联系?《书剑恩仇录》的诞生究竟隐藏着怎样的故事背景呢?) 下面我门来分析这个传说。在我们中国清朝以来,一直有这样一个说法,说乾隆皇帝本来是汉族人,乾隆皇帝被认为是清朝成就最高的一个皇帝。康乾盛世,阎崇年老师给大家讲过满清十二个皇帝,传说说这个乾隆本来是海宁的汉族人陈家之后。陈家生了这么一个孩子,被皇后采用调包计给调走了。我们在其他文学作品中,在京戏里面也常见这样的故事,皇后或者某个贵妃玩儿一个调包计,把人家孩子说成是自己的孩子。这样自己地位就稳固了。这反映了我们中国封建社会宫廷斗争的复杂性,可是这个乾隆被调包的传说,它和其他的传说有不同的地方,这个传说很值...
The Golden Thresholdby Sarojini NaiduWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ARTHUR SYMONSDEDICATED TO EDMUND GOSSE WHO FIRST SHOWED ME THE WAY TO THEGOLDEN THRESHOLDLondon, 1896 Hyderabad, 1905CONTENTSFOLK SONGSPalanquin-BearersWandering SingersIndian WeaversCoromandel FishersThe Snake-CharmerCorn-GrindersVillage-SongIn Praise of HennaHarvest HymnIndian Love-SongCradle-Song...
The Moon Poolby A. MerrittForewordThe publication of the following narrative of Dr. WalterT. Goodwin has been authorized by the Executive Councilof the International Association of Science.First:To end officially what is beginning to be called theThrockmartin Mystery and to kill the innuendo and scan-dalous suspicions which have threatened to stain the repu-tations of Dr. David Throckmartin, his youthful wife, and...
The Trail of the White Muleby B. M. BowerCHAPTER ONECasey Ryan, hunched behind the wheel of a large, dark bluetouring car with a kinked front fender and the glass gone fromthe left headlight, slid out from the halted traffic, shiedsharply away from a hysterically clanging street car, crossed thepath of a huge red truck coming in from his right, missed it withtwo inches to spare and was halfway down the block before thetraffic officer overtook him.The traffic officer was Irish too, and bigger t