又名《黄金时代》，亲情与金钱，纯真与虚荣，爱情与肉体，堕落与悔悟……张恨水少年时就十分喜欢南唐后主李煜的那首《乌夜啼》：“林花谢了春红，太匆匆！无奈朝来寒雨晚来风。胭脂泪，相留醉，几时重？自是人生长恨水长东！”于是取了“恨水” 二字作为笔名，意在勉励自己珍惜光阴，不要叫时光像流水一样白白东逝。“恨水”原是为了惜时。而《似水流年》的主人公名字恰恰就是黄惜时，该文描写安徽青年学生黄惜时到北平上大学，火车上遇女青年白行素，一见钟情。到北平后黄又结识交际花米锦华，黄竟抛弃女友与米同居，挥霍其父半生积蓄……黄的父亲到北平索款，黄在米面前竟不认其父，后被米识破，离黄而去。黄流落街头，贫病交加，愧恨难当，发愤做了徒步旅行家。
When the Time Traveller courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700 -- and everything has changed. In another, more utopian age, creatures seemed to dwell together in perfect harmony. The Time Traveller thought he could study these marvelous beings -- unearth their secret and then retum to his own time -- until he discovered that his invention, his only avenue of escape, had been stolen. H.G. Well's famous novel of one man's astonishing journey beyond the conventional limits of the imagination first appeared in 1895. It won him immediate recognition, and has been regarded ever since as one of the great masterpieces in the literature of science fiction.
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus（弗兰肯斯坦） 立即阅读
Frankenstein is the classic gothic horror novel which has thrilled and engrossed readers for two centuries. Written by Mary Shelley, it is a story which she intended would ‘curdle the blood and quicken the beatings of the heart.’ The tale is a superb blend of science fiction, mystery and thriller. Victor Frankenstein driven by the mad dream of creating his own creature, experiments with alchemy and science to build a monster stitched together from dead remains. Once the creature becomes a living breathing articulate entity, it turns on its maker and the novel darkens into tragedy.
Five Weeks in a Balloon（气球上的五星期） 立即阅读
Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen (French: Cinq semaines en ballon) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863. It is the first novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skillfully mixing a plot full of adventure and twists that hold the reader's interest with passages of technical, geographic, and historic description. The book gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explorers traveling all over the continent in search of its secrets.
Set on the Nebraska prairie where Willa Cather grew up, this powerful early novel tells the story of the young Alexandra Bergson, whose dying father leaves her in charge of the family and of the lands they have struggled to farm. In Alexandra's long flight to survive and succeed, O Pioneers! relates an important chapter in the history of the American frontier. Evoking the harsh grandeur of the prairie, this landmark of American fiction unfurls a saga of love, greed, murder, failed dreams, and hard-won triumph. In the fateful interaction of her characters, Willa Cather compares with keen insight the experiences of Swedish, French, and Bohemian immigrants in the United States. And in her absorbing narrative, she displays the virtuoso storytelling skills that have made her one of the most admired masters of the American novel.
