“The Aeneid” is considered by some to be one of the most important epic poems of all time. The story is as much one of the great epic hero, Aeneas, as it is of the foundation of the Roman Empire. Aeneas, a Trojan Prince who escapes after the fall of troy, travels to Italy to lay the foundations for what would become the great Roman Empire. Virgil’s “Aeneid” is a story of great adventure, war, love, and of the exploits of an epic hero. In the work Virgil makes his commentary on the state of Rome during the Rule of Augustus. It was a time that had been previously ravaged by civil wars and with the reign of Augustus order and peace had begun to be restored. That order had a price though. Many of the freedoms of the old Roman Republic had been lost under the new Imperialistic Rome. This loss of freedom and the debate over the virtues of a Roman Republic versus an Imperialistic Rome was central to Virgil’s time and is interwoven throughout the poetic narrative of “The Aeneid.” Virgil’s work forms the historical foundation for the argument of the empire over the republic as the best form of government. This edition is translated into English verse by John Dryden, includes an introduction by Harry Burton, and is printed on premium acid-free paper.
Off on a Comet (French: Hector Servadac) is an 1877 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story starts with a comet called Gallia, that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. The disaster occurs on January 1 of the year 188x in the area around Gibraltar. On the territory that is carried away by the comet there remain a total of thirty-six people of French, English, Spanish and Russian nationality. These people do not realize at first what has happened, and consider the collision an earthquake.
天上地下，从来也没有人知道他的飞刀在哪里，也没有人知道是怎么发出来的。刀未出手前，谁也想象不到它的速度和力量……天上地下，你绝对找不到任何人能代替它。李寻欢已远，但飞刀还在。遥远的，无名的边城，黄风席卷着沙砾。这一天，边城迎来了两个一般大却截然不同的年轻人。十八岁的傅红雪，他是个跛子，癫痫患者，除了变态扭曲的母亲没有别的亲人，没有朋友，有的只是仇恨。但他有一个可以称为大侠的父亲，他必须为父报仇，手刃设计害死全家的贼人，这是他活在世上的唯一目标。
Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours（八十天环游地球） 立即阅读
Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours est un roman d'aventures de Jules Verne, publié en 1872. Le roman raconte la course autour du monde d'un gentleman anglais, Phileas Fogg, qui a fait le pari d'y parvenir en quatre-vingts jours. Il est accompagné par Jean Passepartout, son serviteur français. L'ensemble du roman mêle récit de voyage (traditionnel pour Jules Verne) et données scientifiques comme celle utilisée pour le rebondissement de la chute du roman. Ce voyage extraordinaire est rendu possible grâce à la révolution des transports qui marque le XIXe siècle dans le contexte de la révolution industrielle.
