Anthony Trollope was a prolific Victorian writer. Trollope's best-loved works were known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which center on the imaginary county of Basetshire. He wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts. When Trollope returned to England after eighteen months in the colonies, he was horrified by the rampant immorality he ...(展开全部)

安东尼·特罗洛普（1815-1882），英国文坛声誉卓著的伟大小说家，一生出版47部长篇，另有大量短篇、游记、传记以及一部自传。一般认为，他最好的作品是包括《巴彻斯特养老院》《巴彻斯特大教堂》《索恩医生》《巴塞特的最后纪事》等六部长篇在内“巴塞特郡纪事”系列。而特罗洛普多种多样的中短篇小说则具有朴实无华的风格和抑恶扬善的涵义，读者读起来丝毫也不会感到费力。

Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal Mr Gumpy is joined on a trip down the river by two children, the rabbit, the cat, and the pig. Soon everyone’s having such a good time that the boat starts to rock…

威廉·罗伯特·加法叶，出生于英国。著名植物学家，澳大利亚皇家植物园园长，墨尔本皇家园林设计师。

Mr Gumpy is going out for a drive in his motor car, but the children, the rabbit, the cat, the dog, the pig, the sheep, the chickens, the calf and the goat all want to come along, too. All is well until the rain pours down, the wheels start to spin on the muddy track and Mr Gumpy's companions all find excuses not to get out and push the car...

In Shadow Family, Miyuki Miyabe draws readers into the amorphous world of Internet chat rooms-a world of people from all walks of life attracted by the possibility of being whomever they want to be. Police investigating the murder of a middle-aged office worker discover e-mail correspondence on the victim's computer that indicates he had been a regular participant in an Intern...(展开全部)

Historical novels can be windows into other cultures and eras, but it's not always clear what's fact and what's fiction. Thousands have read Ba Jin's influential novel Family, but few realize how much he shaped his depiction of 1920s China to suit his story and his politics. In Fact in Fiction, Kristin Stapleton puts Ba Jin's bestseller into full historical context, both to ill...(展开全部)

Historical novels can be windows into other cultures and eras, but it's not always clear what's fact and what's fiction. Thousands have read Ba Jin's influential novel Family, but few realize how much he shaped his depiction of 1920s China to suit his story and his politics. In Fact in Fiction, Kristin Stapleton puts Ba Jin's bestseller into full historical context, both to ill...(展开全部)