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NicholasNickleby(orTheLifeandAdventuresofNicholasNickleby)isanovelbyCharlesDickens.Originallypublishedasaserialfrom1838to1839,itwasDickens'sthirdnovel.WhenitwaspublishedthebookwasanimmediateandcompletesuccessandestablishedDickens'slastingreputation.Leftpennilessbythedeathofhisimprovidentfather,youngNicholasNicklebyassumesresponsibilityforhismotherandsisterandseekshelpfromhisScrooge-likeUncleRalph.InstantlydislikingNicholas,RalphsendshimtoteachinaschoolrunbythestupidlysadisticWackfordSqueers.Nicholasdecidestoescape,takingwithhimtheorphanSmike,oneofSqueers'smostabusedyoungcharges,andthetwoembarkonaseriesofadventurousencounterswithanarrayofhumanity'sworstandbest—greedyfools,corruptlechers,cheeryinnocents,andselflessbenefactors.'Nickleby'marksanewdevelopmentinafurthersenseasitisthefirstofDickens'sromances.

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The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby（IV）尼古拉斯·尼克貝（英文版）

NicholasNicklebyisCharlesDickens'sthirdpublishednovel.Manymemorablecharactersareintroduced,includingNicholas'smalevolentUncleRalph,andthevillainousWackfordSqueers,whooperatesanabusiveall-boysboardingschoolatwhichNicholastemporarilyservesasatutor.Originallypublishedasaserialfrom1838-1839.TheactiontakesplaceinLondon,withexcursionstoDevon,Yorkshire,andPortsmouth,aswefollowtheadventuresoftheeponymoushero.NicholasisforcedtounwelcomeemploymenttohelpsecuresupportforhiswidowedmotherandhissisterfromtheirmercenaryrelativeRalph,onwhosemercytheyhavebeenthrown.AftermanyadventuresNicholasfinallytriumphsoverhisUncle,althoughhissuccessisalsotingedwithsadness.Thebookcontainsmanymemorablecharacters:theYorkshireschoolmasterWackfordSqueers,thetravelingthespianVincentCrummles,thepoordrudgeSmike,theclerkNewmanNoggs,andthewonderfulandgenerousBrothersCheeryble.Thetoneoftheworkisthatofironicsocialsatire,withDickenstakingaimatwhatheperceivestobesocialinjustices.

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Dombey and Son（IV）董貝父子（英文版上冊）

DombeyandSonbyCharlesDickens,publishedinmonthlypartsfrom1October1846to1April1848andinonevolumein1848.ItsfulltitleisDealingswiththeFirmofDombeyandSon:Wholesale,RetailandforExportation.Thestoryconcernsofapowerfulmanwhosecallousneglectofhisfamilytriggershisprofessionalandpersonaldownfall,showcasestheauthor'sgiftforvividcharacterizationandunfailinglyrealisticdescription.AsJonathanLethemcontendsinhisIntroduction,Dickens's"genius…isatonewiththegeniusoftheformofthenovelitself:Dickenswilledintoexistencethemostcapaciousandelasticandversatilekindofnovelthatcouldbe,onebigenoughforhisvastsentimentalyearningsandforeveryimpulseandfearandhesitationinhimthatcountervailedthoseyearningstoo.Neverparsimoniousandfrequentlycontradictory,healwaysgivesuseverythinghecan,everythinghe'splannedtogive,andthenmore."

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Therese Raquin（II）紅杏出墻（英文版）

ThereseRaquinisan1868novelbyFrenchwriter?mileZola,firstpublishedinserialformintheliterarymagazineL'Artistein1867.ItwasZola'sthirdnovel.ThérèseRaquintellsthestoryofayoungwoman,unhappilymarriedtoherfirstcousinbyanoverbearingaunt,whomayseemtobekindheartedbutinmanywaysisdeeplyselfish.Thérèse'shusband,Camille,issicklyandegocentricandwhentheopportunityarises,ThérèseentersintoaturbulentandsordidlypassionateaffairwithoneofCamille'sfriends,Laurent.Despitethewidespreadfameitgainsatherdebut,adulteryandmurderinthenovelwereconsideredscandalousandfamouslydescribedas"putrid"inareviewinthenewspaperLeFigaro.Inhispreface,Zolaexplainsthathisgoalinthisnovelwasto"studytemperamentsandnotcharacters".Becauseofthisdetachedandscientificapproach,ThérèseRaquinisconsideredanexampleofnaturalism.

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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque（IV）怪誕蔓藤花紋的傳說怪異故事集（英文版）

Thisworkisacollectionofpreviously-publishedshortstoriesfromthedarkpenofEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedin1840.InthisvolumeweexaminesomeTalesofTheGrotesqueAndArabesquefromthedarkpenofEdgarAllanPoe.HewasbornEdgarPoeinBostonMassachusettsonJanuary19th1809andtragicallyorphanedatanearlyage.TakeninbytheAllanfamilyhiseducationwascutshortbylackoffundsandhewenttothemilitaryacademyWestPointwherehefailedtobecomeanofficer.Hisearlyliteraryworkswerepoeticbuthequicklyturnedtoprose.HeworkedforseveralmagazinesandjournalsuntilinJanuary1845TheRavenwaspublishedandbecameaninstantclassic.Thereafterfollowedtheworksforwhichheisnowsorightlyfamedasamasterofthemysteriousandmacabre.Poediedattheearlyageof40in1849inBaltimore,Marylan

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Heart of Darkness

HeartofDarknessisacomplexexplorationofthebeliefspeopleholdonwhatconstitutesabarbarianversusacivilizedsocietyandthestanceoncolonialismandracismthatwaspartandparcelofEuropeanimperialism.Originallypublishedasathree-partserialstory,inBlackwood'sMagazine,thenovellaHeartofDarknesshasbeenvariouslypublishedandtranslatedintomanylanguages.In1998,theModernLibraryrankedHeartofDarknessasthesixty-seventhofthehundredbestnovelsinEnglishofthetwentiethcentury.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

ThePictureofDorianGrayisan1891philosophicalnovelbyIrishwriterandplaywrightOscarWilde.FirstpublishedasaserialstoryintheJuly1890issueofLippincott'sMonthlyMagazine,theeditorsfearedthestorywasindecent,andwithoutWilde'sknowledge,deletedfivehundredwordsbeforepublication.Despitethatcensorship,ThePictureofDorianGrayoffendedthemoralsensibilitiesofBritishbookreviewers,someofwhomsaidthatOscarWildemeritedprosecutionforviolatingthelawsguardingthepublicmorality.Inresponse,WildeaggressivelydefendedhisnovelandartincorrespondencewiththeBritishpress.

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