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1:1 [hgb]  当 乌 西 雅 ， 约 坦 ， 亚 哈 斯 ， 希 西 家 ， 作 犹 大 王 的 时 候 ， 亚 摩 斯 的 儿 子 以 赛 亚 得 默 示 ， 论 到 犹 大 和 耶 路 撒 冷 。      [kjv]  The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.     [bbe]  The vision of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, which he saw about Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 1:2 [hgb]  天 哪 ， 要 听 ， 地 阿 ， 侧 耳 而 听 。 因 为 耶 和 华 说 ， 我 养 育 儿 女 ， 将 他 们 养 大 ， 他 们 竟 悖 逆 我 。      [kjv]  Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.     [bbe]  Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.

《兔子归来》以1960年代这个特殊时期为背景,描写了与越南战争、种族冲突、女权运动、性革命、反文化运动等社会事件和现象相关的各个方面.作者通过把镜头聚焦在主人公兔子哈里身上以及对其家庭矛盾的细致入微的叙述,使读者清晰地感受到那个特殊年代的种种社会问题并由此导出的自我认同危机.同时,这本小说也是厄普代克作品中政治意味最为强烈的小说之一.从某种意义上说,这和作者本人的政治立场,尤其是作为一个中产阶级白人作家的立场是分不开的.

莫泊桑是法国文学史上短篇小说创作数量最大、成就最高的作家，其三百余篇短篇小说的巨大创作量在十九世纪文学中是绝无仅有的。他的短篇所描绘的生活面极为广泛，实际上构成了十九世纪下半期法国社会一幅全面的风俗画，更重要的是，他把现实主义短篇小说的艺术提高到了一个前所未有的水平，他在文学史上的重要地位主要就是由他短篇小说的成就所奠定的。

White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The story takes place in Yukon Territory, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 19th-century, and details a wild wolfdog's journey to domestication. White Fang is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild, which concerns a kidnapped, domesticated dog turning into a wild animal. Much of the novel is written from the view-point of his canine character, enabling London to explore how animals view their world and how they view humans. White Fang examines the violent world of wild animals and the equally violent world of humans. The book also explores complex themes including morality and redemption. White Fang has been adapted for the screen numerous times, including a live-action Disney film in 1991 starring Ethan Hawke.

Satirical novel published in 1759 that is the best-known work by Voltaire. It is a savage denunciation of metaphysical optimism--as espoused by the German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz--that reveals a world of horrors and folly. In this philosophical fantasy, naive Candide sees and suffers such misfortune that he ultimately rejects the philosophy of his tutor Doctor Pangloss, who claims that "all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds." Candide and his companions--Pangloss, his beloved Cunegonde, and his servant Cacambo--display an instinct for survival that provides them hope in an otherwise somber setting. When they all retire together to a simple life on a small farm, they discover that the secret of happiness is "to cultivate one's garden," a practical philosophy that excludes excessive idealism and nebulous metaphysics.　《老实人》是伏尔泰的代表作。主人公老实人纯朴善良，头脑简单，寄居在森特一登·脱龙克男爵府上，信奉导师邦葛罗斯关于“世界尽善尽美”的哲学。老实人因和男爵的小姐居内贡自由恋爱，被男爵逐出家门，从此开始流浪生涯。最初，老实人被抓丁，在保加利亚军队里服役，由于自由行动而遭毒打。不久，保加利亚王和那伐马王交战，老实人目睹了两军厮杀，奸淫掳掠，无恶不作的景象。战乱中侥幸逃生后，老实人到了荷兰境内，遇见导师邦葛罗斯。邦葛罗斯已染上性病，变得面目全非，但仍然坚持“一切皆美”的说教。师徒二人一起流落到西班牙，遇上大地震。两人都被里斯本的宗教裁判所无辜捉拿判处火刑，以阻止地震。他们奇迹般脱险后，老实人巧遇恋人居内贡，邦葛罗斯则不知去向。原来男爵一家在战乱中惨遭不幸，小姐被人贩卖到里斯本。老实人杀死了玩弄居内贡的犹太银行家和大法官，携居内贡逃往他处。不料案发，老实人不得已暂别居内贡，只带仆人加刚菩到巴拉圭避风。尔后又历尽风险到达黄金国。休养生息了一个多月之后，老实人和加刚菩满载金银财宝分头寻找居内贡。途中，老实人辗转巴黎，几乎被骗子神甫等盘剥一空，还亲眼看见人们互相残杀的场面和尔虞我诈的勾当，开始对“天下十全十美”的哲学产生怀疑。后来在悲观哲学家马丁的帮助下，老实人得知爱人居内贡在君士坦丁堡当奴隶，他历尽艰辛，终于和大难不死的邦葛罗斯及被生活折磨得奇丑无比的居内贡等人在君士坦丁堡重逢。老实人信守诺言，娶居内贡为妻，并购买了地产和同伴们一起生活。但是，日子过得百无聊赖，幸亏从一个土耳其庄稼汉那里受到启发：“工作可以免除三大不幸——烦恼、纵欲和饥寒。”这样，老实人省悟了，告诫同伴“种我们的田地要紧”。小说就此结束。

The first great fantasy novel ever written. William Morris has been described as "obviously a Nineteenth Century Tolkien..." but he has a quality that is equally obviously and uniquely his own. In Limpid, singing prose, daintily archaic, he tells a fabulous story of the travels of a down-to-earth hero in an enchanted time: of a land beyond reality but of humans governed by very real laws. Every picture is delicately precise; every view dewy fresh. The world of William Morris is truly a jeweled world. Cover art by Gervasio Gallardo.

2005年，Scott发表了作品《丑人儿》(Uglies)。作品虚构了一个表面繁华美丽的New Pretty Town，这里的人们全都优雅美丽，生活富足快乐，过着无忧无虑的生活。所有的青少年只需在年满16岁时接受一次全身整容手术，即可拥有明星般的外貌和美好的生活。在这一看似充满诱惑力的“成人仪式”背后，潜藏着的却是权力机构不可告人的阴谋。然而，并不是所有人都心甘情愿地接受这样的改造。有一群反抗者，他们抗拒手术，生活在The Smoke区，被称作Uglies (丑人儿)。本书发表后，荣获了“美国图书馆协会大奖”，被翻译成八种语言，让Scott的写作事业达到了顶峰。其后，Scott陆续发表了《美人儿》(Pretties)和《特别儿》(Specials)，与《丑人儿》构成三部曲。2007年，Scott发表了外传《附加儿》(Extras)。

With "Can You Forgive Her?" Trollope begins his masterful series of Parliamentary novels, but here he is concerned with the politics of love and the demands of society. Alice Vavasor, lovely, intelligent and just a bit prudish, is torn between two men -- the upright if plodding John Gray, and the evasive yet alluring George Vavasor. She has accepted and rejected their proposals of marriage, uncertain of her own worthiness and the worth of her love. Alice's dilemma makes for a sharp exploration of free choice, a woman's role in a constricted society, and self-examination to the point of emotional stalemate. Add to this the predicament, on a grander scale, of Lady Glencora Palliser, Alice's cousin. The energetic, vivacious and utterly charming Glencora is married to Plantagent Palliser, heir to a ducal throne, who is a man who finds passion in Parliamentary proceedings, not people. Glencora is still pining for the beautiful ne'er-do-well, Burgo Fitzgerald, whom she was forced to leave behind in order to marry as she had been groomed to. Glencora feels that her young marriage is a sham. She feels she cannot live a life without ardent love, that the future for her is bleak without a burning, almost tragic, passion. Here, Trollope examines a marriage in its first tentative stages (in the Palliser novels he gives us the most discerning and moving portrait of a marriage in literature), with all of the self-sacrifice, compromise and reluctant devotion that marriage entails. The novel's third subplot, involving Alice's aunt's choice between somewhat unsuitable suitors, provides a comic, yet still subtly touching, foil to the two main stories. Throughout, Trollope brilliantly evokes the power of society on its players, their private tumult, their public displays of decorum or disgrace. One scene in particular, at a fabulous ball, is among the most thrilling in literature, because Trollope manages to convey, amid the throngs of idle partygoers, the despair, the conflicted psychological motivations, the terror and anguish of two star-crossed lovers, Glencora and Burgo, whose passions are so different: hers a naive yet heartfelt romance, his a self-centered quest for an end to financial woe whatever the emotional cost and public scandal. Neither party is self-aware enough to change here, but one eventually learns to, and finds hope by overcoming the hestitation of commitment brought on by misdirected ardor. The only way to grow is through sacrifice, and fearless self-knowledge. The only way truly to live is through doing the next right thing, publicly and privately. Trollope takes us through the agonizing conflicts of his characters, drawn with a depth and nuance matched by few in literature. This is a towering achievement.