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 Nadina, the Russian dancer who had taken Paris by storm, swayed to the sound of the applause, bowed and bowed again. Her narrow black eyes narrowed themselves still more, the long line of her scarlet mouth curved faintly upwards. Enthusiastic Frenchmen continued to beat the ground appreciatively as the curtain fell with a swish, hiding the reds and blues and magentas of the bizarre décors. In a swirl of blue and orange draperies the dancer left the stage. A bearded gentleman received her enthusiastically in his arms. It was the Manager.

小说以第一人称写作，身为记者的作者随着调查和采访的深入，讲述了宏伟壮丽的巴黎歌剧院里闹鬼的事。歌剧院经理德比埃纳先生和波里尼先生辞去经理之职后，如释重负；他们的继任者蒙沙尔曼先生和里夏尔先生上任伊始，有个亲眼见过歌剧院幽灵的置景工猝然吊死在舞台下面的台仓里，把德比埃纳先生和波里尼先生的告别辞行晚会给搅了；新任经理又受到歌剧院幽灵先后两次敲诈，四万法郎神秘地不翼而飞；著名女歌星卡洛塔竟然在演唱拿手曲目时走调，癞蛤蟆般的鼓噪甚至惊得剧场大厅里的枝形吊灯都掉下来，当场砸死已被里夏尔先生指定去接替幽灵的领座员吉里太太职务的看门妇，卡洛塔含羞结束了自己的艺术生涯；取而代之的歌坛新星克里斯蒂娜，师从所谓的“音乐天使”，亦即歌剧院幽灵，在《浮士德》中，她用自己的全部心灵去演唱玛格丽特一角，演至最后一幕，她用超凡脱俗的歌声呼唤天使，她的身体仿佛腾空而起，拉着全场为之震颤的观众一起展翅高飞，每个观众都以为自己插上了翅膀，这时舞台上突然陷入一片黑暗，观众几乎来不及发出惊叫，灯光又重新照亮舞台，但克里斯蒂娜却在众目睽睽之下消失了，被劫持了；克里斯蒂娜失踪后，她的心上人夏尼子爵也不知去向，子爵的兄长菲利普伯爵又意外身亡；围绕着夏尼子爵和温柔迷人的红歌星之间的爱情故事，骇人听闻的罪恶勾当接踵而至……这一切的一切，随着作者的调查和讲述，谜底终于揭开，原来均系“歌剧院幽灵”，一个有血有肉的丑八怪埃利克所为。埃利克天生一张连亲生母亲见了都害怕的脸，从未得到过女性的爱，历经生活的种种磨难后，因羞于见人，藏身于巴黎歌剧院的地下室里，他使出一切鬼魅伎俩想要获得漂亮动人的克里斯蒂娜的爱，仅仅是为了能过上像常人一样的生活。至此，作者对埃利克的不幸寄予的无限同情已跃然纸上，使这出爱情悲剧具有强烈的艺术感染力，至今仍脍炙人口。

作者罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森写于1889年，这部小说是讲述一个复仇的经典故事。

"And so," the story writers used to say, "they lived happily ever after." Um-m-m -- maybe. After the glamour had worn off, and the glass slippers were worn out, did the Prince never find Cinderella's manner redolent of the kitchen hearth; and was it never necessary that he remind her to be more careful of her fingernails and grammar? After Puss in Boots had won wealth and a wife for his young master did not that gentleman often fume with chagrin because the neighbors, perhaps, refused to call on the lady of the former poor miller's son? It is a great risk to take with one's book-children. These stories make no such promises. They stop just short of the phrase of the old story writers, and end truthfully, thus: And so they lived. * This volume includes "The Frog and the Puddle," "The Man Who Came Back," "What She Wore," "A Bush League Hero," "The Kitchen Side of the Door," "One of the Old Girls," "Maymeys from Cuba," "The Leading Lady," "That Home-Town Feeling," "The Homely Heroine," "Sun Dried," and "Where the Car Turns at 18th."

美国E·B·怀特作品，是一部描写关于友情的童话。用童话的叙事风格表现出一分对生命本身的赞美与眷恋，给了我们关于生命的深沉的思索。内容简介：在朱克曼家的谷仓里，快乐地生活着一群动物。小猪威尔伯和蜘蛛夏洛建立了真挚的友谊。然而一个坏消息打破了谷仓里的平静：威尔伯在圣诞节将会被人杀死，做成熏肉火腿！作为一只猪，悲痛欲绝的威尔伯似乎只能接受任人宰割的命运了。然而看似渺小的小蜘蛛夏洛却说：“我救你。”于是，夏洛在猪栏上织出了被人类视为奇迹的网上文字，这些赞美威尔伯的文字彻底改变了威尔伯的命运，终于让威尔伯在集市的大赛上赢得特别奖，和一个安享天年的未来。但在这时，蜘蛛夏洛的生命也走到了尽头……之后威尔伯带着悲伤和感恩抚养了夏洛的孩子！

What can Uncle Quentin be up to - all alone - on Kirrin Island. He won't let anyone visit - not even George and the rest of the Famous Five. But Quentin isn't really all alone on the island - somebody is watching his every move!

故事从一座孤零零的村舍的敲门声说起。屋内灯光明亮、气氛欢快，人们伴随着音乐翩翩起舞，玩得很开心。屋外大雨滂沱，顺着山间小路走来的陌生人凝视着灯火通明的窗户。他是该继续赶路，还是停下来歇歇、坐在温暖的炉火边吃点东西呢？一个又一个陌生人的来到，会给牧羊人的生活带来什么改变呢？

又译《指环王》，是英国作家、牛津大学教授约翰·罗纳德·瑞尔·托尔金创作的长篇奇幻小说。该书是《霍比特人》的续作，被公认为近代奇幻文学的鼻祖。经过十二年的创作和四年的修改，《魔戒》于1954年至1955年出版。已被翻译成六十多种语言，并衍生出插画、音乐、电影、电视剧、广播剧和电脑游戏等产品。内容简介：比尔博·巴金斯是100多岁的霍比特人，住在故乡夏尔，生性喜欢冒险，在年轻时的一次探险经历中，他从怪物咕噜手中得到了至尊魔戒，这枚戒指是黑暗魔君索伦打造的至尊魔戒，拥有奴役世界的邪恶力量，能够统领其他几枚力量之戒，在3000年前的人类联盟和半兽人大军的战役中，联盟取得了胜利，并得到了至尊魔戒，数千年的辗转后，魔戒落到咕噜手中，被比尔博碰巧得到。因为和魔戒的朝夕相处，比尔博的心性也受到了影响，在他111岁的生日宴会上，他决定把一切都留给侄子佛罗多，继续冒险。