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A History of Science--Volume 2
Henry Smith Williams 试读
评分:8.7分he studies of the present book cover the progress of science from the close of the Roman period in the fifth century A.D. to about the middle of the eighteenth century. In tracing the course of events through so long a period, a difficulty becomes prominent which everywhere besets the historian in less degree—a difficulty due to the conflict between the strictly chronological and the topical method of treatment.
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens 试读
评分:8.7分The tale begins on Christmas Eve seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley. Scrooge is established within the first stave (chapter) as a greedy and stingy businessman who has no place in his life for kindness, compassion, charity, or benevolence. After being warned by Marley's ghost to change his ways, Scrooge is visited by three additional ghosts "each in its turn" who accompany him to various scenes with the hope of achieving his transformation. The first of the spirits, the Ghost of Christmas Past, takes Scrooge to the scenes of his boyhood and youth which stir the old miser's gentle and tender side by reminding him of a time when he was more innocent. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes Scrooge to several radically differing scenes (a joy-filled market of people buying the makings of Christmas dinner, the family feast of Scrooge's near-impoverished clerk Bob Cratchit, a miner's cottage, and a lighthouse among other sites) in order to evince from the miser a sense of responsibility for his fellow man. The third spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, harrows Scrooge with dire visions of the future if he does not learn and act upon what he has witnessed. Scrooge's own neglected and untended grave is revealed, prompting the miser to aver that he will change his ways in hopes of changing these "shadows of what may be." In the fifth and final stave, Scrooge awakens Christmas morning with joy and love in his heart, then spends the day with his nephew's family after anonymously sending a prize turkey to the Crachit home for Christmas dinner. Scrooge has become a different man overnight, and now treats his fellow men with kindness, generosity, and compassion, gaining a reputation as a man who embodies the spirit of Christmas. The story closes with the narrator confirming the validity, completeness, and permanence of Scrooge's transformation.
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续济公传
坑余生 试读
评分:8.7分‘续济公传’,清代坑余生所著。‘续济公传’虽名为续集,情节却完全可以独立于‘济公全传’之外而存在,其内容与人物形象,与‘全传’相比有较大的变化。续集叙述了济公率领弟子,劝导一批忠臣后裔和江湖义士,严惩卖国投降的奸臣和皇亲国戚,平定“大狄国”的内患,以保南宋江山“国泰民安”的种种故事。在这些故事中,济公的活动范围从市井社会拓展到整个朝野江湖,其所作为也从撮合男女美满姻缘、扶危济困、除怪降妖扩展到关系国家安危的军机大事,社会场景更为广阔,情节也特别丰富、曲折,引人入胜。济公的形象也从一个游戏人间行侠仗义的“颠憎”,逐渐演化成一个忠肝义胆、神机妙算、佛法无边的济世活佛。
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霍小玉传(无注释版)
蒋防 试读
评分:8.7分“霍小玉传”,唐代汉族传奇小说,略晚于“李娃传”、“莺莺传”,代表唐传奇发展的又一高峰。小说叙述的是陇西书生李益和长安名妓霍小玉凄楚动人的爱情悲剧。此书约作于元和四年(809)前后,作者蒋防,字子徵,义兴(今江苏宜兴)人,生卒年不详。
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谢小娥传(无注释版)
李公佐 试读
评分:8.7分《谢小娥传》约作于宪宗元和末。谢小娥是豫章(今江西南昌)少妇。她的父亲与丈夫都以经商往来江湖,为盗所杀。她梦见其父与夫用隐语告以凶手姓名,醒后广求智者解答,历年不得。 《南柯太守传》 《南柯太守传》 后流浪至上元县,遇李公佐,解其隐语,知凶手二人,名为兰、申春。谢小娥乃改扮男装,为人作佣工,寻访凶手。至浔阳郡,巧遇申兰,入其家为佣,深见信任。终于伺机杀死申兰,擒申春及其党数十人。复仇后,乃出家为尼。传中写谢小娥报仇,艰苦经营,数年如一,坚忍不拔,沉着勇敢,性格鲜明。此传当时亦广为流传,李复言《续玄怪录》中《尼妙寂》一则即据此写成。《新唐书》又采其事入《列女传》。明代凌□初《初刻拍案惊奇》中《李公佐巧解梦中语 谢小娥智擒船上盗》,亦取材于此。清代王夫之又演为《龙舟会》杂剧。
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恨海沉冤录(无注释版)
向恺然 试读
评分:8.7分平江不肖生(1889-1957),名向恺然、向逵,笔名又署不肖生,湖南平江人。现代著名武侠小说家,为20年代侠坛首座,领导南方武侠潮流。1922年开始专心从事武侠创作,武侠处女作《江湖奇侠传》和《近代侠义英雄传》,奠定了他在现代武侠中的地位。他一生著有武侠小说十二部,内容多为江湖武侠传奇或民间传说怪异故事。他的武侠小说基本上挣脱了传统模式的链索,因此被誉为“民国武侠小说开山祖”。《恨海沉冤录》收录其短篇小说八篇:《无名之英雄》、《孙禄堂》、《快婿断指》、《无锡老二》、《鬎福生》、《黑猫与奇案》、《岳麓书院之狐异》、《恨海沉冤录》。
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民国演义(无注释版)
蔡少藩,许廑父 试读
评分:8.7分《民国演义》是《中国历史通俗演义》中的民国部分。《中国历史通俗演义》上迄秦汉,下至民国,两千年的中国历史栩栩如生地展现在我们面前。它是迄今为止唯一一部全面叙述中国历史的通俗演义。
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宋词三百首(无注释版)
朱孝臧 试读
评分:8.7分词,作为一种配乐而歌唱的抒情诗体,她的产生可以追溯到隋唐的“新声”(燕乐)或更早的汉魏乐府,直到晚唐五代才逐渐摆脱按曲拍谱词的束缚,发展成一种独立的新诗体。在唐朝得到一定发展,在宋朝则得到了极大的繁荣。她由依附于音乐的唱词上升为声情并茂的独立文体,由娱宾遣兴的文字游戏,提高表现时代命运的重要篇章,由单纯的小令,繁衍为八百余调,二千三百余体的形式,因此呈现出百花竞妍的局面,与唐诗相映成辉。
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中国人的精神(精品公版)
辜鸿铭 试读
评分:8.6分公源计划之名家辜鸿铭,博闻天下,扬我中华,辜鸿铭当是响当当的一个。《中国人的精神》是辜鸿铭最有影响力的著作,书中他以极大的热情将中国传统文化介绍给西方世界,在中西文化史上写下了浓墨重彩的一笔。
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The Enchanted Island of Yew
Lyman Frank Baum 试读
评分:8.6分Yew is a land with knights and castles and fairies located in the middle of the sea. In the east of Yew lies the land of Dawna; in the west, "tinted rose and purple by the setting sun," is Auriel. In the south lies the kingdom of Plenta, "where fruits and flowers abounded;" and in the north is Heg and in the center lies Spor a bandit land, ruled by the mysterious King Terribus, and populated by "giants with huge clubs, and dwarfs who threw flaming darts, and the stern Gray Men of Spor, who were the most frightful of all." L. Frank Baum was an author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote 55 novels in total, plus four "lost" novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and more.
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Backlog Studies
Charles Dudley Warner 试读
评分:8.6分Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was an American essayist and novelist. He worked with a surveying party in Missouri studied law at the University of Pennsylvania practiced in Chicago was assistant editor (1860) and editor (1861-1867) of The Hartford Press, and after The Press was merged into The Hartford Courant, was co-editor with Joseph R Hawley in 1884 he joined the editorial staff of Harper's Magazine, for which he conducted The Editors Drawer until 1892, when he took charge of The Editor's Study. He travelled widely, lectured frequently, and was actively interested in prison reform, city park supervision, and other movements for the public good. He was the first president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He first attracted attention by the reflective sketches entitled My Summer in a Garden (1870). Amongst his other works are Saunterings (1872), Backlog Studies (1873), Being a Boy (1878), In the Wilderness (1878), Captain John Smith (1881), Washington Irving (1881), A Little Journey in the World (1889), As We Were Saying (1891) and That Fortune (1899).
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte 试读
评分:8.6分Orphaned at an early age, Jane Eyre, leads a lonely life until she finds a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall. There she meets the mysterious Mr. Rochester and sees a ghostly woman who roams the halls at night. What is the sinister secret that threatens Jane and her new found happiness? Step into Classics(TM) adaptations feature easy-to-read texts, big type, and short chapters that are ideal for reluctant readers and kids not yet ready to tackle original classics.