A hugely enjoyable, page-turning classic Japanese mystery with an ingenious conclusion from the author of The Decagon House Murders, translated into English for the first time Don’t miss this beautifully constructed, highly entertaining and atmospheric murder mystery--its propulsive plot makes for a compelling, page-turning read. As they do every year, a small group of acquaint...(展开全部)

The members of a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly, unsolved multiple murder the year before. They're looking forward to investigating the crime, putting their passion for solving mysteries to practical use, but before long there is a fresh murder, and soon the club-members realise they are being picked off one-by-one. The remainin...(展开全部)

The members of a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly, unsolved multiple murder the year before. They're looking forward to investigating the crime, putting their passion for solving mysteries to practical use, but before long there is a fresh murder, and soon the club-members realise they are being picked off one-by-one. The remainin...(展开全部)

日本推理文学标志性人物，新本格派掌门和旗手。 绫辻行人一九六〇年十二月二十三日出生于日本京都，毕业于名校京都大学教育系。在校期间加入了推理小说研究会社团，社团的其他成员还包括法月纶太郎、我孙子武丸、小野不由美等。而创作了《十二国记》的小野不由美在后来成为了绫辻行人的妻子。 二十世纪八十年代是日本推理文学的大变革年代。极力主张“复兴本格”的大师岛田庄司曾多次来到京都大学进行演讲和指导，传播自己的创作理念。绫辻行人作为当时推理社团的骨干，深深收到岛田庄司的影响和启发，不遗余力地投入到新派本格小说的创作当中。 一九八七年，经过岛田庄司的修订和引荐，绫辻行人发表了处女作《十角馆事件》。他的笔名“绫辻行人”是与岛田庄司商讨过后确定下来的，而作品中的侦探“岛田洁”的原型也来自岛田庄司和他笔下的名侦探“御手洗洁”。以这部作品的发表为标志，日本推理文学进入了全新的“...(展开全部)

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。

This is the "Penguin English Library Edition" of "The Mill on the Floss" by George Eliot. If life had no love in it, what else was there for Maggie? Tragic and moving, "The Mill on the Floss" is a novel of grand passions and tormented lives. As the rebellious Maggie's fiery spirit and imaginative nature bring her into bitter conflict with her narrow provincial family, most pain...(展开全部)

The best-known and most autobiographical of George Eliot’s novels is now available as a Norton Critical Edition. The text of The Mill on the Floss, that of the 1862 third edition for which Eliot made her last revisions, has been annotated in order to assist the reader with obscure references and allusions. "Backgrounds" includes fifteen letters from the 1859-69 period centeri...(展开全部)