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Bartleby the Scrivener
This beautifully packaged series of classic novellas includes the works of Anton Chekhov, Colette, Henry James, Herman Melville, and Leo Tolstoy. These collectible editions are the first single-volume publications of these classic tales, offering a closer look at this underappreciated literary form and providing a fresh take on the world's most celebrated authors. The rat race of Wall Street is turned on its head when Bartleby the copier decides that he simply "would prefer not to" in this absorbing early modernist tale. -
白鲸记/MOBY DICK
This classic story of high adventure, manic obsession, and metaphysical speculation was Melville's masterpiece. The tale of Captain Ahab's frantic pursuit of the cunning and notorious white whale Moby Dick, is packed with drama, and draws heavily on the author's own experiences on the high seas. This edition includes passages from Melville's correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne, in which the two discussed the philosophical depths of the novel's plot and imagery. -
Moby Dick
A novel that explores the darkest depths and brightest hopes in the souls of men, Moby-Dick is an impassioned drama of the ultimate human struggle that the Atlantic Monthly called "the greatest of American novels." -
白鲸
《白鲸》是美国浪漫主义作家麦尔维尔的代表作,也是世界文学史上最优秀的小说之一,因描写了海上航行和纷繁的捕鲸生活,而被誉为“捕鲸业的百科全书”。《剑桥文学史》称之为世界文学史上最伟大的海洋传奇小说之一。就其文学价值而言,亦被称为美国的《哈姆莱特》。 《白鲸》与福克纳的《熊》、海明威的《老人与海》一起被誉为美国文学史上的三大动物史诗。 《白鲸》在1985年入选美国《生活》杂志评选出的20部“人类有史以来最佳书”。美国著名的浪漫主义作家霍桑曾盛赞《白鲸》是“一部何等伟大的作品”。美国作家海明威将它列入推荐给青年作家“提高艺术水平”的书目中。法国作家、诺贝尔文学奖获得者加缪亦十分推崇此书。 许多评论家认为《白鲸》是“美国想象力最辉煌的表达”,而这部书也被认为“部分是戏剧,部分是历险故事,部分是哲学探讨,部分是科学研究,部分是史诗”。 ">白鲸 英文版>> -
水手比利·巴德
《水手比利·巴德》被称为有史以来写得最好的小长篇。赫尔曼·麦尔维尔在这部才华横溢、文思稠密的小说中,创作了一个与法律有关的寓言,藉此说明在邪恶面前理性和智力是如何无力保护纯真无辜。英俊水手最终成了人类不肯妥协让步的牺牲品。 这个令人难忘的故事,对每一个在敌对僵化的环境中感觉受到威胁的人,都有特殊的意义。