The British Museum is Falling Down is a brilliant comic satire of academia, religion and human entanglements. First published in 1965, it tells the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted — not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the late 1960s, he and his wife must rely on ‘Vatican...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 The Rhythm Method is the curse of young Adam Appleby’s life and the cause of his children’s. While Adam gestates his thesis in the British Museum, his wife worries at home because her period is late and a fourth little bundle of (expensive) joy seems to be on the way, thanks to ‘Vatican Roulette’. Though Adam’s experience is constantly c...(展开全部)

戴维·洛奇（David Lodge，1935- ），一九三五年在伦敦出生，早年就读于伦敦大学，伯明翰大学博士，英国皇家文学院院士，以文学贡献获得布列颠帝国勋章和法国文艺骑士勋章。从一九六○年起，执教于伯明翰大学英语系，一九八七年退职从事创作，兼伯明翰大学现代英国文学荣誉教授。 洛奇已出版十二部长篇小说，包括“卢密奇学院三部曲”《换位》（Changing Places，一九七五年，获霍桑登奖和约克郡邮报小说大奖）、《小世界》（Small World，一九八四年，获布克奖提名）和《好工作》（Nice Work，一九八八年，获星期日快报年度最佳图书奖和布克奖提名）以及《作者，作者》（Author, Author，二○○四年）等，其中以“卢密奇学院三部曲”最为著名。他还著有《小说的艺术》（The Art of Fiction，一九九二年）和《意识与小说》（C...(展开全部)

戴维·洛奇（David Lodge，1935- ），一九三五年在伦敦出生，早年就读于伦敦大学，伯明翰大学博士，英国皇家文学院院士，以文学贡献获得布列颠帝国勋章和法国文艺骑士勋章。从一九六○年起，执教于伯明翰大学英语系，一九八七年退职从事创作，兼伯明翰大学现代英国文学荣誉教授。 洛奇已出版十二部长篇小说，包括“卢密奇学院三部曲”《换位》（Changing Places，一九七五年，获霍桑登奖和约克郡邮报小说大奖）、《小世界》（Small World，一九八四年，获布克奖提名）和《好工作》（Nice Work，一九八八年，获星期日快报年度最佳图书奖和布克奖提名）以及《作者，作者》（Author, Author，二○○四年）等，其中以“卢密奇学院三部曲”最为著名。他还著有《小说的艺术》（The Art of Fiction，一九九二年）和《意识与小说》（C...(展开全部)

The British Museum is Falling Down is a brilliant comic satire of academia, religion and human entanglements. First published in 1965, it tells the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted — not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the late 1960s, he and his wife must rely on ‘Vatican...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 The Rhythm Method is the curse of young Adam Appleby’s life and the cause of his children’s. While Adam gestates his thesis in the British Museum, his wife worries at home because her period is late and a fourth little bundle of (expensive) joy seems to be on the way, thanks to ‘Vatican Roulette’. Though Adam’s experience is constantly c...(展开全部)

The new novel that Sidney Sheldon's millions of fans all over the world have been waiting for. And, like his sixteen previous books, it is destined for a top place on bestseller lists everywhere. The Sky is Falling contains all the elements which make Sidney Sheldon's works impossible to put down: power, money, greed, lust, corruption! and a strong female central character. In...(展开全部)

In 1759 the British Museum opened its doors to the general public―the first free national museum in the world. James Delbourgo’s biography of Hans Sloane recounts the story behind its creation, told through the life of a figure with an insatiable ambition to pit universal knowledge against superstition and the means to realize his dream. Born in northern Ireland in 1660, Sloane...(展开全部)

In 1759 the British Museum opened its doors to the general public—the first free national museum in the world. James Delbourgo’s biography of Hans Sloane recounts the story behind its creation, told through the life of a figure with an insatiable ambition to pit universal knowledge against superstition and the means to realize his dream. Born in northern Ireland in 1660, Sloane...(展开全部)