The Æsop for Children（伊索寓言儿童版） 立即阅读
According to Herodotus, Aesop was a slave who lived in Samos in the 6th century B.C. His moral animal fables have delighted young and old for centuries. This fabulous full-color edition of the classic Aesop features the original illustrations of Milo Winter. This unique collection features 147 of the best-loved fables, including such favorites as "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse," "The Ants and the Grasshopper," "The Goose and the Golden Egg," "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," and "The Hare and the Tortoise" and all their wonderful and amusing animal characters.
Moby Dick; or The Whale（白鲸） 立即阅读
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 during the period of the American Renaissance. Sailor Ishmael tells the story of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the white whale that on the previous whaling voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. The novel was a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891, but during the 20th century, its reputation as a Great American Novel was established.
赵树理的小说《锻炼锻炼》写于1958年，正是“大跃进”的高潮期间，与农民血肉相连的赵树理敏锐地发现中国农村正处于这“天聋地哑”的前期。当时的文艺界刚刚经过“反右运动”，表面上一片莺歌燕舞，暗地里却一片心惊胆战，赵树理不可能也不会被允许写出农村真实情况。所以《锻炼锻炼》也利用了当时一般文学创作惯用的歪曲生活真实的方法，曲折地反映出作家的民间立场。这篇小说的题目就很奇怪，谁需要“锻炼锻炼”？原来农业社副主任杨小四是个青年人，老主任王聚海认为他还年轻，还需要“锻炼”，但在一次强迫农民出工劳动的“当家”过程中，杨小四表现出非凡的工作能力，所以，老主任受到了批评。从赵树理当时谈的创作体会，似乎也是这样的创作动机。但是，当我们仔细读这个文本，就会发现它所描写的真实生活场赴的意义，大于作家所申明的主观意图。
Anne of Green Gables（绿山墙的安妮） 立即阅读
Eleven-year-old orphan Anne Shirley has just arrived at Green Gables, and already her guardians want to send her back. First, she’s not the boy the Cuthberts expected. Second, she talks too much. And even with her generous spirit, the redhead’s a trouble magnet. She gets the neighbor drunk and nearly poisons the pastor! Still, despite a rocky start, the fiery Anne wins over her guardians and her new community. She enjoys life at Green Gables, excels in school, and earns a coveted scholarship. But when tragedy hits, Anne must choose between her dreams and the only home she’s ever known. In this beloved coming-of-age story, Lucy Maud Montgomery drew from her own experiences growing up in Canada during the nineteenth century to introduce generations of readers to one of literature’s most original and inspiring characters.
清中叶志怪小说集，沈起凤撰。《谐铎》成书于乾隆五十六年（1791），12卷，共122篇。书名《谐铎》，意思就是寓劝戒于嬉笑言谈之中。作者痛感社会的黑暗，人世的险恶，在《谐铎》中锋芒毕露的是强烈的现实批判性、警策性，如《棺中鬼手》篇，对贪官污吏进行了嘲讽；《桃夭村》篇，揭露了当时社会贿赂公行、是非颠倒的现象；《村姬毒舌》篇，讥弄了新科状元以财势诱人的丑态。每篇故事，非神即鬼，非精即怪，作者借题发挥，对于社会病态的解剖，人情世态的揭露，寓庄于谐，言简意深，颇具功力。再加上故事短小精焊，文字简练生动，大量运用夸张、对比、不协调、故意出错、轻重倒置、谐音等俳谐手法，写出了一篇篇以谐入铎、寓庄于谐的作品，使本书在当时社会就得以广泛流传。