The young Thomas Hardy, working as an architect, but fired with literary ambition, tried for years to get into print. He finally succeeded with Desperate Remedies, a 'sensation novel' in the mode of Wilkie Collins. Here was a racy specimen of the genre, replete with sudden death, dark mysteries, intriguing clues, fire and storm, flight and pursuit. Anyone who enjoys The Woman i...(展开全部)

托马斯·哈代(1840-1928)，英国最杰出的乡土小说家、诗人，著有多部长篇小说、中短篇小说及诗集，作品多以故乡英格兰多切斯特为背景，富有浓厚的地方色彩。他是横跨两个世纪的作家，继承和发扬了维多利亚时代的文学传统，开拓了英国20世纪的文学。其最著名的作品有《德伯家的苔丝》《无名的裘德》《还乡》《卡斯特桥市长》等。

在线阅读本书 Hardy described "Desperate Remedies" as a tale of 'mystery, entanglement, surprise and moral obliquity'. Cytherea has taken a position as lady's maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer Miss Aldclyffe. On discovering that the man she loves, Edward Springrove, is already engaged to his cousin, Cytherea comes under the influence of Miss Aldclyffe's fascinating, manipulative...(展开全部)

The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector’s consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life’s unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Cola, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be ...(展开全部)

克拉丽丝•李斯佩克朵Clarice Lispector 1920年12月10日出生于乌克兰的犹太家庭，出生不久即随父母移居巴西。她于1944年出版处女作《濒于狂野的心》，在巴西引起很大反响，之后陆续出版了小说《光》和《围困之城》，同时期完成《黑暗中的苹果》与短篇集《家庭纽带》的创作。20世纪60年代以降，克拉丽丝的写作才能获得公众承认，小说《黑暗中的苹果》获得卡门•多洛雷斯奖，儿童文学作品《爱思考的兔子奇事》获得卡伦加奖，并因其文学成就获得联邦大区文化基金会奖。1977年12月9日，克拉丽丝去世；次年，最后的作品《生命的吹息》出版。

克拉丽丝•李斯佩克朵Clarice Lispector 1920年12月10日出生于乌克兰的犹太家庭，出生不久即随父母移居巴西。她于1944年出版处女作《濒于狂野的心》，在巴西引起很大反响，之后陆续出版了小说《光》和《围困之城》，同时期完成《黑暗中的苹果》与短篇集《家庭纽带》的创作。20世纪60年代以降，克拉丽丝的写作才能获得公众承认，小说《黑暗中的苹果》获得卡门•多洛雷斯奖，儿童文学作品《爱思考的兔子奇事》获得卡伦加奖，并因其文学成就获得联邦大区文化基金会奖。1977年12月9日，克拉丽丝去世；次年，最后的作品《生命的吹息》出版。

The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector’s consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life’s unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Cola, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be ...(展开全部)

At 9pm on July 28, Nick Quinn is given an extraordinary opportunity, a chance to rewrite history and save his wife Mary's life. At 9pm, Nick is being held in jail, accused of Mary's murder. He saw her bloody corpse; he knows that she is dead. That's when a grey haired gentleman presents him with a talisman that allows him to go back in time, one hour at a time, for a total of ...(展开全部)

理查德•道许（Richard Doetsch)，美国畅销悬疑小说作家。他的第一部作品《天堂之贼》于2006年出版，上市后便迅速攻占各大畅销书排行榜，并被翻译成28种语言，销往世界各地。随后出版的第二部作品《信仰之贼》亦获得了巨大成功。 他现已著有多本畅销小说。《第13个小时》是他十分具有代表性的一部作品。

At 9 p.m. on July 28, a gray-haired gentleman gives Nick a talisman, allowing him to go back in time, one hour at a time, for a total of twelve hours. With each hour that Nick travels, he finds more clues to the identity of Julia's real killer, but he also discovers that his actions in the past may have unexpected repercussions in the future. If he hasn't set things right by th...(展开全部)