You are probably familiar with the popularized stories of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, but have you read the original unabridged versions by Washington Irving? His skillfully written and colorful tales have much more meaning and depth. In Rip Van Winkle he makes a profound social comment about the changes happening in his America, and Sleepy Hollow isn't just a chilling tale about the Headless Horseman but an enchanting story about two rival suitors. Equally enjoyable tales of suspense and supernatural included in this collection are: The Spectre Bridegroom, The Adventure of the German Student, The Devil and Tom Walker, The Adventure of the Mason, Legend of the Rose of Alhambra, The Governor and the Notary, and Governor Manco and the Soldier. This collection will demonstrate just why Washington Irving is widely recognized as the "Father of American Literature.

Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the "Roaring Twenties". A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Diver's troubled marriage and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel, incest, and the problems inherent in the possession of great wealth. Despite cataloguing a maelstrom of interpersonal conflict, Tender is the Night has a poignancy and warmth which springs from the quality of F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing and the tragic personal experiences on which the book is based. This edition is being superceded by ISBN 9781840226638 Tender is the Night / The Last Tycoon

"The best thing I've done is My Antonia," recalled Willa Cather. "I feel I've made a contribution to American letters with that book." Ántonia Shimerda returns to Black Hawk, Nebraska, to make a fresh start after eloping with a railway conductor following the tragic death of her father. Accustomed to living in a sod house and toiling alongside the men in the fields, she is unprepared for the lecherous reaction her lush sensuality provokes when she moves to the city. Despite betrayal and crushing opposition, Ántonia steadfastly pursues her quest for happiness–a moving struggle that mirrors the quiet drama of the American landscape.

本书写古巴老渔夫圣地亚哥在连续八十四天没捕到鱼的情况下，终于独自钓上一条大马林鱼，但这条鱼实在大，把他的小船在海上拖了三天才筋疲力尽，被他杀死绑在小船的一边，在归程中一再遭到鲨鱼的袭击，最后回港时鱼头鱼尾和一条脊骨。这是根据真人真事写的。

两位出生在法国巴黎的表兄妹在战争中分别失去了自己的全部亲人，然而他们两人却由于他 们母亲的选择以及其它因素而各自幸存下来——萨拉得到一位年轻而美丽的妓女的庇护，她 表哥则逃到南方。战争结束后他们从各自的藏身之处回到巴黎却发现自己的家人全部失踪了 。接下去的三年中，他们相依为命，住在一间坍塌的大楼的地下室中并试图给对方讲述自己 如何幸存下来的故事，然而他们难以把故事讲到底……三年他们各奔东西，表哥去了西面， 在那充满机会的国度艰苦奋斗成为名雕塑家；萨拉去了东面，到那希望之乡建起一个新国家 ，使不毛的沙漠长出了粮食与鲜花。在他们分别三十五年之后重逢之际他们将向对方询问故 事的后半部分……

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Emily Dickinson proved that brevity can be beautiful. Only now is her complete oeuvre--all 1,775 poems--available in its original form, uncorrupted by editorial revision, in one volume. Thomas H. Johnson, a longtime Dickinson scholar, arranged the poems in chronological order as far as could be ascertained (the dates for more than 100 are unknown). This organization allows a wide-angle view of Dickinson's poetic development, from the sometimes-clunky rhyme schemes of her juvenilia, including valentines she wrote in the early 1850s, to the gloomy, hell-obsessed writings from her last years. Quite a difference from requisite Dickinson entries in literary anthologies: "There's a certain Slant of light," "Wild Nights--Wild Nights!" and "I taste a liquor never brewed." The book was compiled from Thomas H. Johnson's hard-to-find variorum from 1955. While some explanatory notes would have been helpful, it's a prodigious collection, showcasing Dickinson's intractable obsession with nature, including death. Poem 1732, which alludes to the deaths of her father and a onetime suitor, illustrates her talent: My life closed twice before its close; It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me, So huge, so hopeless to conceive As these that twice befell. Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell. The musicality of her punctuation and the outright elegance of her style--akin to Christina Rossetti's hymns, although not nearly so religious--rescue the poems from their occasional abstruseness. The Complete Poems is especially refreshing because Dickinson didn't write for publication; only 11 of her verses appeared in magazines during her lifetime, and she had long-resigned herself to anonymity, or a "Barefoot-Rank," as she phrased it. This is the perfect volume for readers wishing to explore the works of one of America's first poets.

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Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works. It is his classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, filled with irreverent portraits of other expatriate luminaries such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein; tender memories of his first wife, Hadley; and insightful recollections of his own early experiments with his craft. It is a literary feast, brilliantly evoking the exuberant mood of Paris after World War I and the youthful spirit, unbridled creativity, and unquenchable enthusiasm that Hemingway himself epitomized.

本书是英籍美国作家亨利・詹姆斯（HenryJames 1843――1916）最优秀的作品之一，以细腻的心理描写见称，被认为是英美文学的上乘之作。内容叙述一个聪明美丽的美国穷姑娘伊莎贝尔・阿切尔随姨妈杜歇夫人来到英国，深得姨父大银行家杜歇先生的欢心，表兄拉尔夫也爱上了她．拉尔夫知道自己身患不治之症，不可能与伊莎贝尔结合，但他希望看到她幸福，便劝说父亲分出一半家产让她继承，使她经济独立，可以自由择偶。美国企业家古德伍德渡洋前来追求伊莎贝尔，英国贵族沃伯顿爵士也向她求爱。伊莎贝尔对两人虽有好感，但都没有轻许。一次她到意大利去，不幸落人工于心计的默尔夫人的圈套。经默尔夫人提合，伊莎贝尔贸然嫁给了一个貌似高雅脱俗的美国艺术爱好者奥斯蒙德。但是不久她就发现丈夫不过是一个平庸浅薄、贪鄙好色的小人，是默尔夫人的情夫。他还把两人私生的女儿潘西伪称是前妻所遗，以掩盖他和默尔大人始终保持的暧昧关系。伊莎贝尔受此打击，痛苦万分。她本可摆脱这种处境，因为古

《押沙龙，押沙龙！》（Absalom，Absalom！）是美国小说家威廉・福克纳（William Faulkner，1897―1962）的第九部长篇小说，出版于一九三六年。在《押沙龙，押沙龙！》中，福克纳通过约克纳帕塔法县又一个家族，萨德本家族的兴起与衰落，表现了人与人、人与自己内心的种种冲突。这里写的是一个穷小子白手起家的历史，与别的世家相比，有其特殊性。在家庭衰落中，种族因素起了决定性的作用，而此书与福克纳别的作品相比，又有其特殊性。《押沙龙，押沙龙！》一书，比同时代许多作家的作品，比福克纳的其他作品，更深人地触及与探讨了美国南方历史罪责与无辜者所受到的痛苦的问题。

本书作者向我们展示了一次激动人心的捕箭鱼的惊险历程。除了要面对海洋上随时可能到来的狂风暴雨，作者及她手下的船员们更多地还要面对人性的风暴――种族主义、吸毒、背叛、莫名其妙的疾病与死亡…… 而这之中最为精彩的还是身为女性的格林劳船长如何以过人的智慧来应对这一切。 请翻开下一页，我们将满足你对于航海冒险的全部期待； 海洋的美丽与神秘，人性的复杂与深邃，以及航海历险的惊悸与快意，都在这里。 任何一个喜欢大海的人，都会喜欢这本书！

【大师推荐】 一个品味与沉淀的精微药剂师。 ——[美]玛丽安·摩尔 史蒂文斯是一个想象的革命者，既不激发也不需要激发而是通过诗歌呈现意识的可能。 ——[美]欧文·豪 对于他来说；诗是“无上的虚构”，诗人从他的高塔之上，可以更加全面地观察人生或现实，创造出充实现实的必要艺术来。“我是人间必要的天使，因为从我的眼里，你重见到人间”。光有理性是不够的，“正象理性在破坏一样，诗人必须创造”。他是在对抗理性而写作。 ——[美]海伦·文德勒 出于对“真理”的专注兴趣，他们放逐阴影，或者维持对它的放逐……当史蒂文斯反对这一切时，他是在反对完美的天堂，反对抽象的教堂，反对统计学的思维，反对太过轻松的超验化，太过轻松的对悲剧的漠视。 ——[美] 罗伯特·勃莱 “与我们提议、相信或渴望的事相比，我们所建筑、栽种或所做的事是那么卑小。”他在《书信》中如是说。对他而言，诗歌的真正功用就在于抵达那延展至宏伟、崇高、无法名状之物的提议、信念和渴望的长期设想。 ——[美] 海伦·文德勒 【图书简介】 《坛子轶事》收录《簧风琴》《秩序的理念》《弹蓝色吉他的人》《一个世界的各部分》《运往夏天》《秋天的极光》《岩石》及晚期诗作八部分，收录诗歌一百六十余首，贯穿史蒂文斯整个写作生涯，是其一生所有重要诗歌的结集。这些诗关注想象的转换能力，显示出独特的审美的、沉思的哲学倾向，并且有一种完全原始的风格和感觉：异乎寻常、虚幻迷离，浸透着印象主义绘画的色彩光亮。与诗人生活的平静安祥相比，他的诗集呈现饱满、绚烂的色彩，焕发出一股令人激动和兴奋的能量。

西尔维娅•普拉斯，美国当代最伟大的诗人、自白派诗人、小说家、戏剧家。她的父母均为教师，八岁那年她父亲去世。这是她第一次接触到死亡，也是她一生的转折点。当母亲告诉她父亲的死讯时，她决然地说：“我不再与上帝通话了”。之后，她不断在诗中歌吟死亡，也曾多次试图自杀。正是这些特殊的生活经历，加上诗人看待事物独特、敏感的角度，因而普拉斯的诗歌常常体现出对生命的强烈感悟，显示出对生命意识的强烈思索。死亡和恐怖常占据她笔下的中心位置，她对死亡的偏爱、对死亡的独特感受和体验展示了她感受和体验生命的独特方式。普拉斯的诗歌感情细致入微，用词不俗且精确，描摹景物富于色彩感，完美诠释了她向死而生、视自我毁灭为自我重塑的心理。本诗歌集收录了美国于1981年出版的《普拉斯诗选》中的91首精选作品，这部诗选使已逝的普拉斯获得了最高荣誉普利策奖，正是这部诗选令普拉斯由美国的著名诗人一跃成为世界级的伟大诗人。

本书作者埃利斯是美国年轻一代极有风格的著名小说家。1985年，年仅21岁的他即凭处女作《比零还少》震惊美国文坛。25年后，作者携该书主要人物重磅回归，在续篇《皇家卧室》这本书里，这群天使之城的富家子弟、堕落天使步入中年，面对的却是比迷乱的青春更为残酷的人性遭际：不忠，虐杀，贪婪，残暴，与光鲜亮丽、仪表堂堂的现实交相辉映。依旧是分镜头般的画面，锋利简短的章节，但中年的脚步多了犹疑、迟缓与惶恐。在充满悬疑的节奏中，作者借错综复杂几近令人毛骨悚然的娱乐业黑幕，从另一个极端的角度，回归到了上篇的主题，即在后工业化时代，在物质极度丰富的表相下人性的脆弱与异化--我们依然拥有一切，但我们依然一无所有；这依然是最好的人生，但这依然也是最坏的人生。

《看不见的人》的主人公是一个出身贫寒的美国南方黑人青年。他发愤读书，刻意上进。中学毕业时由于出色的演讲被推荐到一所黑人大学读书，没想到他在接待白人校董时触怒了校董与校长，被逐出校门，来到纽约，四处碰壁。他深深地体会到作为黑人的自己在白人眼中是“无形无体”的。书中真实地再现了美国社会上世纪60年代黑人的生存状况和黑人民权运动。

斯奈德是当代美国著名文学流派垮掉派的代表诗人，是享誉世界的著名诗人之一。他的诗歌既大胆坦率，又富有艺术的韵味，他在自己的诗歌创作中，有意识地吸取东方文化的影响，呈现出独特的风貌。中国诗人北岛等诗人均对他的写作赞誉有加。是20-21世纪不可省略的世界级大诗人之一。本诗集从作者大量的诗歌作品中精选翻译。书中收有诗人的精美照片和插图若干。文图并茂。是了解当代世界诗坛不可不读的重要的参考读物。