查尔斯·狄更斯，十九世纪英国最著名的现实议作家，一生写有十多部长篇小说。他写作《雾都孤儿》时，年仅二十五岁。这部小说曾被改编、拍摄成多种电影、电视片，放映和播映，影响广泛、深远。他一生写有十多部长篇小说，被称为杰出的语言大师。他擅长运用讽刺、幽默和夸张的手法，他笔下的人物风貌和语言风格，都富有浓厚的浪漫主义特色。《雾都孤儿》（即《奥立弗·退斯特》）是狄更斯的一部伟大的社会小说，在世界文学史上占有重要的位置。 《雾都孤儿》是狄更斯的第一部社会批判小说。富人的弃婴奥利佛在孤儿院里挣扎了9年，又被送到棺材店老板那儿当学徒。难以忍受的饥饿、贫困和侮辱，迫使奥利佛逃到伦敦，又被迫无奈当了扒手。他曾被富有的布莱罗先生收留，不幸让小扒手发现又入贼窝。善良的女扒手南希为了营救奥利佛，不顾贼头的监视和威胁，向布莱罗报信，说奥利佛就是他找寻已久的外孙儿。南希被贼窝头目杀...(展开全部)

查尔斯·狄更斯，十九世纪英国最著名的现实议作家，一生写有十多部长篇小说。他写作《雾都孤儿》时，年仅二十五岁。这部小说曾被改编、拍摄成多种电影、电视片，放映和播映，影响广泛、深远。他一生写有十多部长篇小说，被称为杰出的语言大师。他擅长运用讽刺、幽默和夸张的手法，他笔下的人物风貌和语言风格，都富有浓厚的浪漫主义特色。《雾都孤儿》（即《奥立弗·退斯特》）是狄更斯的一部伟大的社会小说，在世界文学史上占有重要的位置。 《雾都孤儿》是狄更斯的第一部社会批判小说。富人的弃婴奥利佛在孤儿院里挣扎了9年，又被送到棺材店老板那儿当学徒。难以忍受的饥饿、贫困和侮辱，迫使奥利佛逃到伦敦，又被迫无奈当了扒手。他曾被富有的布莱罗先生收留，不幸让小扒手发现又入贼窝。善良的女扒手南希为了营救奥利佛，不顾贼头的监视和威胁，向布莱罗报信，说奥利佛就是他找寻已久的外孙儿。南希被贼窝头目杀...(展开全部)

Fifteen highly original and darkly unsettling supernatural stories, performed by some of Britain's finest actresses 'This is what we know about The Hotel. It is bigger on the inside than on the outside. Do not go into Room 63. Doors and windows do not stay in the same places. The Hotel listens when you speak. The Hotel watches... We'll be at The Hotel soon.' A place of myths, r...(展开全部)

Fifteen highly original and darkly unsettling supernatural stories, performed by some of Britain's finest actresses 'This is what we know about The Hotel. It is bigger on the inside than on the outside. Do not go into Room 63. Doors and windows do not stay in the same places. The Hotel listens when you speak. The Hotel watches... We'll be at The Hotel soon.' A place of myths, r...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 On Christmas Eve, Scrooge sits in his house with not a kind word for anyone; he just wants to be left alone until the humbug of Christmas is over. But four ghostly visitorshis former business partner, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Comeshow him the error of his ways, and by the time Christmas Day dawns, Scrooge is a cha...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 On Christmas Eve, Scrooge sits in his house with not a kind word for anyone; he just wants to be left alone until the humbug of Christmas is over. But four ghostly visitorshis former business partner, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Comeshow him the error of his ways, and by the time Christmas Day dawns, Scrooge is a cha...(展开全部)

'I've written three books and our deal is over.' That's what reluctant author Anthony Horowitz tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne in an awkward meeting. The truth is that Anthony has got other things on his mind. His new play, a thriller called 'Mindgame', is about to open at the famous Vaudeville theatre in Shoreditch. Not surprisingly, Hawthorne declines a ticket to the open...(展开全部)

'I've written three books and our deal is over.' That's what reluctant author Anthony Horowitz tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne in an awkward meeting. The truth is that Anthony has got other things on his mind. His new play, a thriller called 'Mindgame', is about to open at the famous Vaudeville theatre in Shoreditch. Not surprisingly, Hawthorne declines a ticket to the open...(展开全部)

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Selected from across Capote's writing life, the stories range from nostalgic portraits of childhood to more unsettling works that reveal the darkness beneath the festive glitter. In the Deep South of Capote's youth, a young boy, Buddy, and his beloved maiden 'aunt' Sook forage for pecans and whisky to bake into fruitcakes, make kites - too broke to buy gifts - and rise before d...(展开全部)