Stephenson's fourth solo novel, set primarily in a far-future Shanghai at a time when nations have been superseded by enclaves of common cultures ("claves"), abundantly justifies the hype that surrounded Snow Crash, his first foray into science fiction. Here, the author avoids the major structural problem of that book-a long lump of philosophical digression-by melding myriad pe...(展开全部)

Stephenson's fourth solo novel, set primarily in a far-future Shanghai at a time when nations have been superseded by enclaves of common cultures ("claves"), abundantly justifies the hype that surrounded Snow Crash, his first foray into science fiction. Here, the author avoids the major structural problem of that book-a long lump of philosophical digression-by melding myriad pe...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 About the Series : Each Norton Critical Edition includes an authoritative text, contextual and source materials, and a wide range of interpretations-from contemporary perspectives to the most current critical theory-as well as a bibliography and, in most cases, a chronology of the author's life and work.

Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace and places herself under his protection. Lovelace, however, proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome and increasingly brutal sexual advances. And ye...(展开全部)

Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace and places herself under his protection. Lovelace, however, proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome and increasingly brutal sexual advances. And ye...(展开全部)

Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) was born in Derbyshire, the son of a joiner. He received little formal education and in 1706 was apprenticed to a printer in London. Thirteen years later he set himself up as a stationer and printer and became of the leading figures in the trade. He printed political material, newspapers and literature. He began writing Pamela as a result of a sugg...(展开全部)

Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) was born in Derbyshire, the son of a joiner. He received little formal education and in 1706 was apprenticed to a printer in London. Thirteen years later he set himself up as a stationer and printer and became of the leading figures in the trade. He printed political material, newspapers and literature. He began writing Pamela as a result of a sugg...(展开全部)

伊莎贝拉‧博德（1831-1904），出身于英国西部的牧师家庭，青少年时饱受脊背病痛折磨，依照医嘱赴美加地区旅行。四十岁时，她前往澳洲旅行，继而造访夏威夷。次年她来到落基山，她描述落基山绝美风光的书信集结成这本《山旅书札》。之后她前往日本的北海道及马来半岛的土著区，完成《日本僻径》和《金色的半岛居民》。丈夫去世后，博德来到伊朗沙漠、库尔德斯坦高地、朝鲜半岛，以及中国内陆等偏远地区旅行。七十岁那年，她完成了最后一次旅行，骑着苏丹王送她的一匹黑牡马造访摩洛哥。

伊莎贝拉‧博德（1831-1904），出身于英国西部的牧师家庭，青少年时饱受脊背病痛折磨，依照医嘱赴美加地区旅行。四十岁时，她前往澳洲旅行，继而造访夏威夷。次年她来到落基山，她描述落基山绝美风光的书信集结成这本《山旅书札》。之后她前往日本的北海道及马来半岛的土著区，完成《日本僻径》和《金色的半岛居民》。丈夫去世后，博德来到伊朗沙漠、库尔德斯坦高地、朝鲜半岛，以及中国内陆等偏远地区旅行。七十岁那年，她完成了最后一次旅行，骑着苏丹王送她的一匹黑牡马造访摩洛哥。