Much to its author's chagrin, The Golden Notebook instantly became a staple of the feminist movement when it was published in 1962. Doris Lessing's novel deconstructs the life of Anna Wulf, a sometime-Communist and a deeply leftist writer living in postwar London with her small daughter. Anna is battling writer's block, and, it often seems, the damaging chaos of life itself. The elements that made the book remarkable when it first appeared--extremely candid sexual and psychological descriptions of its characters and a fractured, postmodern structure--are no longer shocking. Nevertheless, The Golden Notebook has retained a great deal of power, chiefly due to its often brutal honesty and the sheer variation and sweep of its prose. This largely autobiographical work comprises Anna's four notebooks: "a black notebook which is to do with Anna Wulf the writer; a red notebook concerned with politics; a yellow notebook, in which I make stories out of my experience; and a blue notebook which tries to be a diary." In a brilliant act of verisimilitude, Lessing alternates between these notebooks instead of presenting each one whole, also weaving in a novel called Free Women, which views Anna's life from the omniscient narrator's point of view. As the novel draws to a close, Anna, in the midst of a breakdown, abandons her dependence on compartmentalization and writes the single golden notebook of the title.

A wild gallop for freedom. Narnia... where horses talk... where treachery is brewing... where destiny awaits. On a desperate journey, two runaways meet and join forces. Though they are only looking to escape their harsh and narrow lives, they soon find themselves at the center of a terrible battle. It is a battle that will decide their fate and the fate of Narnia itself.

Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England—that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinary—and extraordinary—men and women, Amber experiences it all. But throughout her trials and escapades, she remains, in her heart, true to the one man she really loves, the one man she can never have. Frequently compared to Gone with the Wind, Forever Amber is the other great historical romance, outselling every other American novel of the 1940s—despite being banned in Boston for its sheer sexiness. A book to read and reread, this edition brings back to print an unforgettable romance and a timeless masterpiece.

Variorum版大概算是集评本了，虽然不全，但确实是深研莎剧不可错过的。

懵懂顽皮的农村少年哈克从收养自己的寡妇家中逃了出来，并遇到了从主人家逃出来的黑奴吉姆。两人为了躲避追捕，乘坐一条木筏沿着密西西比河顺流而下，途中险象环生，惊险不断。最终，哈克回到了朋友们中间而吉姆得到了自由。 小说描写了哈克贝利为了追求自由生活所经历的惊险离奇的故事。全篇现实主义描绘和浪漫主义抒情交相辉映，尖锐深刻的揭露、幽默辛辣的讽刺以及浪漫传奇的描写浑然一体，形成了马克·吐温独特的艺术风格。本书不仅是最优秀的世界儿童惊险小说之一，而且是世界上现有的作品中最受欢迎和称赞的一部小说；它曾被美国电影界七次搬上银幕，达到了马克·吐温现实主义艺术技巧的高峰。本书为英文版。

《人类的故事》主要内容简介：著名荷兰裔美国作家房龙对于我国广大读者来说，已不能算是一个十分陌生的名字。自本世纪20年代以来，房龙发表了一系列用轻巧俏皮的文字撰写的通俗历史著作，大多成为美国的畅销书，并被译成多种文字，尤为青年读者们所钟爱。房龙于1882年生于荷兰的鹿特丹，父母的分居导致他从小“逃避的过去之中”，从10岁起就沉溺于史学。房龙后来曾在德国和美国求学，获得了博士学位，但他并没有成为一个书斋里的学究。他当过教师、编辑、记者，屡经漂泊，同时苦练写作，1921年写出的《人类的故事》使他一举成名，饮誉世界。对待学问和文字，房龙在坚持人文主义立场的同时，逐渐形成了一套自己的理解和表达方式，他认为：“凡学问一到穿上专家的拖鞋，躲进了它的‘精合’，而反它的鞋子上的泥土作肥料去的时候，它就宣布自己以预备死了。与人隔绝的知识生活是引到毁灭去的。”于是，深入浅出地将艰深枯燥的学问化作轻松风趣的精神食粮呈现给读者，成了房龙作品的显著特征。房龙多才多艺，精通十种文字，拉得一手优美的小提琴，还亲自将自己的大部分作品配了稚拙可爱的插图。这一切都注定房龙会是一个“人民”的作家，将对广大读者产生深刻的启迪和影响。 房龙的通俗历史著作曾打动过老一辈的中国读者，郁达夫在评价他的写作艺术时说：“房龙的笔，有一种魔力……是将文学家的手法，拿来用以讲述科学……无论大人小孩，读他书的人，都觉得娓娓忘倦了。”80年代以来，房龙作品的中译本在我国再度走红，而且十几年来畅销不衰，这是我国文化市场繁荣、国际交流正常化的结果，也证明房龙作品的不朽魅力。 不言而喻，对于我 学习英语的广大读者来说，幽默、亲切、通俗的房龙作品原著更是绝佳的阅读文本。读他的书，既可提高英语阅读水平，又能丰富历史、科学、文化知识。为了借鉴和继承世界精神文化遗产，填补我国出版界外语类通俗社会科学读物的空白，外语教学与研究出版社将陆续推出几种房龙作品的原版书，欢迎读者提出改进意见，帮助我们做得更好。 《人类的故事》作者房龙1921年写出的《人类的故事》使他一举成名，饮誉世界。他深入浅出地将艰深枯燥地人类历史化作轻松风趣的精神食粮呈现给读者，并附有近150张图画。