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查尔斯·狄更斯
The pages of this little book were in type and about to be sent for correction to my sister—who had been for some months in very delicate health—when she suddenly became still more gravely ill. The hand which had traced the words of love and veneration dedicated to our father’s memory grew too feeble to hold a pen, and before the proofs of her little volume could be submitted to her for revision, my dear sister died.
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安娜·史威尔
小说主人公“黑骏马”是一匹漂亮的优种黑马,从小生活在贵族人家,受过良好的训练,性格温顺,而且聪明、机智,主人非常喜欢他。但是好景不长,主人家里有了变故,黑骏马不得不被卖掉。他一连被卖过多次,接触过各种人:有喝多了酒就拿马撒气的醉汉,有动辄抽鞭子的出租马车车夫,有不把动物当回事的野蛮人,也有把动物当成朋友的好人家,尝尽了人间的甜酸苦辣,最后它侥幸有了一个好的归宿。作品揭示了马的内心世界,也有作为马冷眼旁观人类社会的描写。
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斯宾塞·约翰逊
《谁动了我的奶酪?》(Who Moved My Cheese?),生动的阐述了“变是唯一的不变”这一生活真谛,作者斯宾塞·约翰逊博士是美国知名的思想先锋和畅销书作家,此外,他还是一位医生、心理问题专家,也是将深刻问题简单化的高手。在他清晰洞彻当代大众心理后,便在该书中制造了一面社会普遍需要的镜子———怎样处理和面对信息时代的变化和危机。
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Stephen King
故事在1947年,银行家安迪被指控枪杀了妻子及其情人,安迪同时被判两个无期徙刑,这意味着他将在肖申克监狱中渡过余生。
二十年来,安迪每天都在用那把小鹤嘴锄挖洞,然后用海报将洞口遮住。安迪出狱后,领走了部分监狱长存的黑钱,并告发了监狱长贪污受贿的真相。监狱长在自己存小账本的保险柜里见到的是安迪留下的一本圣经,里边挖空的部分是鹤嘴锄的样子,警方沿安迪逃跑线路追寻,最终只在泥潭里找到已经快解体的鹤嘴锄。
瑞德获释了,他在橡树下的火山岩下找到了一盒现金和一封信,两个老朋友终于在墨西哥阳光明媚的海滨重逢了。
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毛姆
菲利普天生跛足,自幼失去双亲,自卑的心理深深植根在他的生活中。他在伯父凯里牧师和伯母路易莎的抚
养下长大,伯父对其较为冷淡,但伯母悉心照料,给予他母亲般的温暖。菲利普自幼酷爱文学,在伯父的书房里找到寄托。伯父伯母希望菲利普到牛津学习神学,以后成为神父,把他送到一所宗教气氛浓厚的寄宿学校学习。在那里,虽然菲利普崭露了学习的天份,但生性腼腆的他并不能融入到学校生活中,也因为跛足受尽嘲笑。
随后,菲利普不顾伯父的反对,远赴德国海德堡求学,在那里结识了英国人海沃德和美国人威克斯,开始对神学产生质疑。在一个假期回到英国家中时,菲利普同威尔金森小姐互生情愫但并不真心相恋,在回到德国后便逐渐停止通信。
之后,菲利普到伦敦成为一名会计学徒,但他对枯燥的生活感到厌倦,很快就转而到巴黎学习艺术,在巴黎学了两年绘画。在巴黎,菲利普结交了一些朋友,其中有毫无天分、脾气怪异的普莱斯小姐。普莱斯小姐暗中喜欢菲利普,后来因为穷困无助和绝望而自杀。
菲利普最终意识到自己在艺术上资质平平,不会有所建树,而伯母的死讯传来,菲利普回到英国,并决定去伦敦学医。在伦敦,菲利普爱上了女招待米尔德,但米尔德并不喜欢菲利普,而且天性自私,拒绝了菲利普的追求,同他人发生关系并怀孕。在追求失败后,菲利普转向女作家诺拉的怀抱。之后米尔德被人抛弃,又找到了菲利普,菲利普同诺拉分手,努力接济米尔德生活。但米尔德随后恋上了菲利普的朋友哈利并再次离开。
当菲利普再次遇到米尔德时,发现她再次被抛弃,成为妓女。此时的菲利普已不再爱她,但因为怜悯而收留了她。米尔德试图引诱菲利普未果,一怒之下逃走。后来菲利普知晓她孩子病死,再次沦落风尘。
菲利普后来因投资南非矿山失败而破产,不得不在商店里打工。但最终因得到伯父死后留下的遗产而再次回到医学院,取得医生资质。后来菲利普同多次帮助过自己的医生阿瑟尔尼的女儿萨利相恋,并得知她怀孕的消息。菲利普果断放弃之前游历的计划,同萨利订婚。
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Jack Kerouac
《在路上》主人公萨尔为了追求个性,与迪安、玛丽卢等几个年轻男女沿途搭车或开车,几次横越美国大陆,最终到了墨西哥,一路上他们狂喝滥饮,高谈东方禅宗,走累了就挡道拦车,夜宿村落,从纽约游荡到旧金山,最后作鸟兽散。同时,书中体现了作者主张的即兴式自发性写作技巧--思绪的自然流动,反情节,大量使用俚语、俗语、不合语法规范的长句,并广泛涉及美国社会及文化习俗;另一方面,书中又展现了美国辽阔大地上的山川、平原、沙漠、城镇……
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维克多·雨果
丑聋人卡西莫多被巴黎圣母院的神父克洛德收养,做撞钟人,外貌正经的克洛德神父自从遇见美丽的吉普赛少女爱斯美拉达后,被其美色所诱而神魂颠倒,指使卡西莫多强行掳走爱斯美拉达,途中被福比斯骑兵上尉队长所救,艾斯美拉达因而爱上了福比斯。但福比斯生性风流,被怀恨在心的克洛德刺杀,但没有死。并嫁祸于艾斯美拉达,令她被判死刑,行刑时,卡西莫多将爱斯美拉达救走并藏身于圣母院中,乞丐群众为救爱斯美拉达而冲入教堂,误与卡西莫多大战,艾斯美拉达被由克洛德带领的军队绞杀在广场上,卡西莫多愤然将克洛德从教堂顶楼摔落地下,最后卡西莫多抚着艾斯美拉达的尸体殉情。(故事中还有落魄诗人甘果瓦 和丢失了孩子的可怜母亲“香花歌乐女”的衬托剧情。)
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Robert Kiyosaki
“努力学习,得到好成绩,你就能找到高薪并且伴有很多其他好处的职位。”我父母过去常这么对我说。他们的生活目标就是供我和姐姐上大学,觉得这样我们就有 了在生活中获得成功的最好机会。1976年,当我从佛罗里达州立大学会计专业以全班第~的成绩光荣地获得学位证书时,我的父母实现了他们的目标,并把这作 为他们一生中最引以为自豪的成就。根据“大师计划”,我很快便被“八大”会计公司中的一家雇佣,于是我在很早就觉察到了我今后漫长的职业生涯直至退休将是 一条不会有太多变化的平稳道路。
"Study hard and get good grades and you will find a high-paying job with great benefits," my parents used to say. Their goal in life was to provide a college education for my older sister and me, so that we would have the greatest chance for success in life. When T finally earned my diploma in 1976-graduating with honors, and near the top of my class, in accounting from Florida State University-my parents had realized their goal. It was the crowning achievement of their lives. In accordance with the "Master Plan," I was hired by a "Big 8" accounting firm, and I looked forward to a long career and retirement at an early age.
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米奇·艾尔邦
Tuesdays with Morrie is a 1997 non-fiction novel by American writer Mitch Albom. The story was later adapted by Thomas Rickman into a TV movie of the same name directed by Mick Jackson, which aired on 5 December 1999 and starred Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria. The book topped the New York Times Non-Fiction Bestsellers of 2000.
This novel tells the true story of retired sociology professor Morrie Schwartz and his relationship with his students. On his graduation, Mitch Albom, the narrator, tells his favorite professor, Morrie Schwartz, that he will keep in touch. However, Mitch hears nothing of his old professor until one night on T.V. when he sees Morrie being interviewed. It turns out that Morrie has developed ALS, a terminal disease, and is in a wheelchair. Mitch begins to visit his professor and soon realizes that, though he has grown remarkably, he still has a lot to learn from Morrie. Both the film and the book chronicle the lessons about life that Mitch learns from his professor.
After five years in hardcover, Tuesdays with Morrie was released as a trade paperback in October 2002. It was re-released as a mass-market paperback by Anchor Books in January 2006. According to this edition, 11 million copies of Tuesdays with Morrie are in print worldwide.
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