- 博物志
- 张华
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- 《博物志》是西晋张华编撰的博物学笔记小说,全书共十卷,内容涉及山川地理、异国民俗、奇禽怪兽、草木药术、方士神话、典礼器物等等,是继《山海经》之后,又一部包罗万象的奇书。原书已散佚,今本是由后人辑录而成的。
- 笠翁对韵
- 李渔
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- 清代才子李渔仿照《声律启蒙》而作《笠翁对韵》,为写作近体诗时所用对仗词语的集合。全文囊括了天地、山川、草木、鸟兽、人文典故等等,声韵协调,对仗工整,且朗朗上口,是初学诗歌创作之人最佳的启蒙读物。
- 秋灯琐忆
- 蒋坦
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- 《秋灯琐忆》是清代浙江钱塘人蒋坦回忆与爱妻秋芙生活琐事的散文。这对夫妻情深意笃,意趣高雅,尽管生活贫寒,却整日涵泳于琴棋书画中,陶然忘忧。全文措辞极美,叙事哀切,催人泪下,是“忆语体”代表作品之一。秋芙和沈复之妻芸娘被林语堂形容是中国古代最可爱的两个女性。
- 史记·列传
- 司马迁
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- 《史记》是我国第一部通史。不同于之前以年代为次的《春秋》这样的“编年史”,也不同于以地域为限的《战国策》等这样的“国别史”,更不同于以文告档卷形式保存下来的《尚书》这样的“政治史”,通史是一部包括上下几千年,包罗各个方面又融会贯通、脉络清晰的史书。纪传体通史这一体例是司马迁的首创,包括本纪、表、书、世家、列传这几部分,从此历代的史书,从汉书到明史,虽然名目有所改变,但大类都有本纪和传,都沿袭了史记的体例。
- Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights
- E.Dixon
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- There once was a king of Persia who at the beginning of his reign had distinguished himself by many glorious and successful conquests and had afterwards enjoyed such profound peace and tranquillity as rendered him the happiest of monarchs.
- 西京杂记
- 葛洪,刘歆
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- 《西京杂记》是古代笔记小说集,记录了西汉时期发生在长安的逸闻轶事,既有宫廷秘闻,如吕氏缢杀如意、赵氏姐妹擅宠后宫、霍光妻谋害许皇后等;也有名人轶事,如相如文君私奔、扬雄梦吞凤作《太玄》、夏侯婴佳城等;又有汉时宫室园囿、奇物珍玩、锦绣文章、典章服制、市井游戏、方士传闻,其文简,而百态具备,妙趣横生,是笔记小说中不可不读的经典之作,对后世亦有深远影响。
- 薛刚反唐
- 如莲居士
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- 《薛刚反唐》是清朝如莲居士所撰,故事讲的是唐代薛仁贵之子薛丁山为奸臣张台(张士贵之子)所害,全家抄斩。薛丁山的长子薛勇、次子薛猛也被斩杀于市。而薛丁山的三子薛刚,为人性格刚烈,正直不屈,曾三祭铁丘坟,后保驾庐陵王李显复位,起兵反唐,终于报了血海深仇。书中塑造了许多家喻户晓的英雄人物,如薛丁山、樊梨花、陈金定、薛刚、薛金莲等民间脍炙人口的艺术形象。
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- Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space
- Jules Verne
- 本周0人在读
- As Comet Gallia flys by Earth it touches the planet and collects a few small chunks. Along with these pieces there were thirty-six people. At first the people did not realize at what had happened then they noticed weight loss, then Ben Zoof jumped twelve meters high. Zoof with Servadac also soon noticed that the alternation of day and night is shortened to six hours, that east and west changed sides, and that water begins to boil at 66 degrees Celsius If wasn't for a time that they realized that the were Off on a Comet. Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction. He was trained to follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer, but quit the profession early to write for magazines and the stage. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages Extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including A Journey to the Interior of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days.
- Andy Grants Pluck
- Horatio Alger
- 本周0人在读
- Part of a series of rags to riches stories of boys achieving the American dream of wealth through hard work, these works can also be seen as helpful in understanding the development of American cultural and social ideals.
- The Flower of the Chapdelaines
- George Washington Cable
- 本周0人在读
- This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923.This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introducedtypographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may haveoccasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poorpictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the originalartifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believethis work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuingcommitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. Weappreciate your understanding of the imperfections in thepreservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.