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• 作者: Emily Bronte
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• 大小: 1.2 MB
• 作者: Jane Austen
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INTRODUCTION

One of the world's most popular novels, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice has delighted readers since its publication with the story of the witty Elizabeth Bennet and her relationship with the aristocrat Fitzwilliam Darcy. Similiar to Austen's other works, Pride and Prejudice is a humorous portrayal of the social atmosphere of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England, and it is principally concerned with courtship rituals of the English gentry. The novel is much more than a comedic love story, however; through Austen's subtle and ironic style, it addresses economic, political, feminist, sociological, and philosophical themes, inspiring a great deal of diverse critical commentary on the meaning of the work.

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• 作者: Nathaniel Hawthorne
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[故事梗概]
海丝特·白兰是个年青漂亮的女子，出生于英格兰的一个古老的世家。她有深黑的眼睛，浓密而乌亮的头发，端正而美丽的五官，身材细长，给人以深刻的印象。她 嫁给一个年老的学者罗格·齐灵窝斯。当时正值英国向美国移民时期。她的丈夫决定定居到美国波士顿。他先把妻子送去，自己留在英格兰处理未了的事务。可是， 罗格过了两年才去美国。这时白兰却和一个年青的牧师犯了通奸罪，并生下了一个女孩。按当时清教徒的法律，犯了通奸罪，必须在胸前佩带红A字，处以示众的惩 罚。

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• 作者: Lewis Carroll
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Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and where is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pictures or conversations? So she was considering in her own mind, (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid,) whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain was worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her...... Read more...

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• 作者: Margaret Mitchell
  
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Introduction:

Published in 1936, Gone with the Wind became an immediate best-seller, bringing first-time novelist Margaret Mitchell an overwhelming amount of critical and popular attention. Awarded the 1937 Pulitzer Prize, the novel was adapted as a film in 1939—an achievement that won ten Academy Awards. A historical romance set in northern Georgia during the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction years, Gone with the Wind traces the life of Scarlett O'Hara and her relationships with Rhett Butler, and Ashley and Melanie Wilkes. The novel addresses such themes as survival, romantic love, and the societal structuring of gender and class......

《飘》 作者: 玛格丽特·密契儿，美国女作家。

故事梗概：

1861年南北战争爆发的前夕，塔拉庄园的千金小姐郝思嘉爱上了另一庄园主的儿子艾希利，但艾希利却选择了郝思嘉的表妹－－温柔善良的韩媚兰为终身伴侣。 郝思嘉出于妒恨，抢先嫁给了韩媚兰的弟弟查尔斯。不久，美国南北战争爆发了。艾希利和查尔斯作为征兵上了前线。查尔斯很快就在战争中死去了。郝思嘉成了寡 妇， 但她内心却一直热恋着艾希利。

一天，在一次举行义卖的舞会上，郝思嘉和风度翩翩的商人白瑞德相识。白瑞德开始追求郝思嘉，但遭到她的拒绝。郝思嘉一心只想着去追求艾希利，结果也遭到拒绝。

在战争中，美国南方军遭到失败，亚特兰大城里挤满了伤兵。 郝思嘉和表妹韩媚兰自愿加入护士行列照顾伤兵。目睹战乱带来的惨状，任性的郝思嘉成熟了不少。这时，从前线传来消息，北方军 快打过来了，不少人家惊惶地开始逃离家园。不巧韩媚兰要生孩子了，郝思嘉只好留下来照顾她。.....

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• The Cather in the Rye: 麦田里的守望者
  
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• 作者: J.D. Salinger
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Introduction:(from wikipedia)

he Catcher in the Rye is a novel by J. D. Salinger. First published in the United States in 1951, the novel remains controversial to this day for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and teenage angst; it was the thirteenth most frequently challenged book of the 1990s according to the American Library Association.^[1]

The novel has become a common part of high school and college curricula throughout the Anglophone world; it has also been translated into almost all of the world's major languages. ^[2] Around 250,000 copies are sold each year, with total sales of more than 10 million.^[3]

Synopsis.....

文章的主人公是一个中学生，名字叫霍藤(Holden)，在一个名叫Pencey的中学上学。这是一篇自述体小说。作者以一个中学生的视角，写了一个中学 生校内外多层面的生活经历、所见所闻，并由此折射出一幅美国社会的众生相。第三章第一句话就与众不同： I’m the most terrific liar.(我特别会骗人，我是一个几乎没有一句真话的人，我靠撒谎过日子，……。)你不认为这一句话就能 让你感到这本书的内容会与众不同吗？

往下看，你会发现文章字里行间渗透着自嘲自讽，流露着对社会的冷嘲热讽、鞭挞批判。它的这一风格使你想起王朔、梁左的粗俗、夸张、辛辣、诙谐、吹嘘和调侃。......

context of the book:

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/catcher/context.html

Plot overview:

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/catcher/summary.html

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• From this week on, Helen's ESL Cafe will start introducing world classic literature works weekly. This is only an overview of those works, please refer to the books for more comprehensive reading.
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• 大小: 1.3 MB
• 作者: Charlotte Bronte
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Fom this week on, Helen English Cafe will start introducing world classic literature works weekly. This is only an overview of those works, please refer to the book for more comprehensive reading.

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