Mrs. Hawkins, the majestic narrator of A Far Cry from Kensington, takes us well in hand, and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London. There, as a fat and much admired young war widow, she spent her days working for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher ("of very good books") and her nights dispensing advice at her small South Kensington rooming-house. At work and at ho...(展开全部)

Book Description Far from the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy's novels to apply the name of Wessex to the landscape of south west England, and the first to gain him widespread popularity as a novelist. When the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene inherits her own farm, she attracts three very different suitors: the seemingly commonplace, man-of-the-soil Gabriel Oak,...(展开全部)

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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。

Nancy Hawkins, the majestic narrator of A Far Cry From Kensington, takes us by the hand and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London, where she spent her days working for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher (“of very good books”) and her nights dispensing advice at her small South Kensington boarding house. She found evil everywhere: shady literary doings and a deadly...(展开全部)

With a cover design by Lucienne Day When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he is a 'pisseur de copie', that he 'urinates frightful prose', little does she realise the repercussions. Holding that 'no life can be carried on satisfactorily unless people are honest' Mrs Hawkins refuses to retract her judgement, and as a consequence, loses not one, but two much-sought-after jobs in ...(展开全部)

When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he is a 'pisseur de copie', that he 'urinates frightful prose', little does she realise the repercussions. Holding that 'no life can be carried on satisfactorily unless people are honest' Mrs Hawkins refuses to retract her judgement, and as a consequence, loses not one, but two much-sought-after jobs in publishing. Now, years older, succes...(展开全部)

Book Description Far from the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy's novels to apply the name of Wessex to the landscape of south west England, and the first to gain him widespread popularity as a novelist. When the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene inherits her own farm, she attracts three very different suitors: the seemingly commonplace, man-of-the-soil Gabriel Oak,...(展开全部)

《不夏》讲述了三位少年高中毕业以后的三种不同生活走向，以及在不同的生活背景下，各自内心仍然坚持不懈地追求着梦想的过程。映射着在现实生活的压迫下，却怀揣着“梦想”而不断反抗和挣扎的人们，在接近和实现梦想的道路上历尽的坎坷。回忆与现实时而重叠，时而分离。世事更迁，棹移人远，生活和命运将最初的梦想与最真的情意定格在主人公的回忆里，年少时肆无忌惮地膨胀、疯长的梦想，随着盛夏的远去结成仅存于记忆里的一道痂。

《不夏》讲述了三位少年高中毕业以后的三种不同生活走向，以及在不同的生活背景下，各自内心仍然坚持不懈地追求着梦想的过程。映射着在现实生活的压迫下，却怀揣着“梦想”而不断反抗和挣扎的人们，在接近和实现梦想的道路上历尽的坎坷。回忆与现实时而重叠，时而分离。世事更迁，棹移人远，生活和命运将最初的梦想与最真的情意定格在主人公的回忆里，年少时肆无忌惮地膨胀、疯长的梦想，随着盛夏的远去结成仅存于记忆里的一道痂。