奥维达（1839～1908），英国维多利亚时代的著名女作家，生于英格兰，在巴黎长大，成年后移居伦敦。在英国，她开始写小说，并获得巨大成功。1871年，奥维达从英国来到佛兰德斯的安特卫普参观，为佛兰德斯画家鲁本斯所震撼，于是在第二年写出了在西方世界脍炙人口的经典故事——《佛兰德斯的狗》。 奥维达非常喜欢动物，总是积极地保护动物权益，她救助过很多动物，曾经喂养过30条狗。假如没有这些经历，她就不会把《佛兰德斯的狗》中的帕奇写得那么真实感人，令无数读者感动落泪。

本书收录了奥维达三篇作品，都是关于有绘画天赋的天才少年的故事。 《佛兰德斯的狗》尼洛和姥爷过着穷苦的生活，大狗帕奇尽自己所能帮助他们，为他们拉车进城卖牛奶。尼洛虽然贫穷，却拥有惊人的艺术天才，他心中有一个梦想，为着梦想他不懈努力着。然而厄运却接连不断：因为穷富之别，尼洛被迫远离小伙伴阿洛伊斯；村里发生了大火，他被全村人怀疑为纵火犯；姥爷在贫困交加的风雪夜死去，赖以栖身的小屋也被房东夺走……圣诞夜，在安特卫普大教堂里，他们肩并肩地躺在石阶上，沉睡在一个宁静幸福的梦境里…… 《纽伦堡火炉王》九岁的男孩奥古斯丁•斯图拉把火炉王视若生命，把希斯柴戈尔看作偶像，拥有高超的绘画天赋。圣诞节前的某个风雪夜，爸爸为了还债，决定把火炉卖到慕尼黑，这使这个男孩感到痛苦万分。后来，男孩悄悄地钻进火炉里，跟着它去旅行。男孩能不能守住火炉呢？他的绘画梦会实现吗？ 《乌尔比诺的...(展开全部)

This hilarious, brilliantly inventive novel by the author of The Master and Margarita tells the story of a scroungy Moscow mongrel named Sharik. Thanks to the skills of a renowned Soviet scientist and the transplanted pituitary gland and testes of a petty criminal, Sharik is transformed into a lecherous , vulgar man who spouts Engels and inevitably finds his niche in the bureau...(展开全部)

This hilarious, brilliantly inventive novel by the author of The Master and Margarita tells the story of a scroungy Moscow mongrel named Sharik. Thanks to the skills of a renowned Soviet scientist and the transplanted pituitary gland and testes of a petty criminal, Sharik is transformed into a lecherous , vulgar man who spouts Engels and inevitably finds his niche in the bureau...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Book Description The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. This novel follows the life of its eponymous heroine through its many vicissitudes, which include her early seduction, careers in crime and prostitution, c...(展开全部)

Moll Flanders is one of the best-selling novels of all time. This Norton Critical Edition is again based on the first edition text (1722), the only text known to be Defoe's own. It is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations and the editor's essay outlining the novel's textual history. "Contexts" collects related documents on criminal transport, contemporary accounts ...(展开全部)

Book Description The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. This novel follows the life of its eponymous heroine through its many vicissitudes, which include her early seduction, careers in crime and prostitution, c...(展开全部)

A girl seeks her perfect pet at a wonderfully unusual animal shelter in this comical read-aloud by the award-winning creator of Life on Mars The Copley County Animal Shelter has an aardvark, a lizard, a goose, a weasel, and plenty more. But do they have a puppy? The girl with her wagon is ready to adopt a dog--not an aardvark, lizard, or goose! Can the shelter manager help her ...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of Savages (now an Oliver Stone film). An explosive novel of the drug trade, The Power of the Dog , takes you deep inside a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge. Art Montana is an obsessive DEA agent. The Barrera brothers are heirs to a drug empire. Nora Hayden is a jaded teenager who becomes a high-class hooker. Father ...(展开全部)