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Familiar Letters on Chemistry
Justus Liebig 试读
Until very recently it was supposed that the physical qualities of bodies, i.e. hardness, colour, density, transparency, and still more their chemical properties, must depend upon the nature of their elements, or upon their composition. It was tacitly received as a principle, that two bodies containing the same elements in the same proportion, must of necessity possess the same properties. We could not imagine an exact identity of composition giving rise to two bodies entirely different in their sensible appearance and chemical relations.
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La debacle
Emile Zola 试读
La Débâcle est un roman d’Émile Zola publié en 1892, le dix-neuvième volume de la série les Rougon-Macquart, dont il constitue la conclusion historique. Pendant la guerre de 1870, deux soldats se lient d'amitié ; Jean Macquart, incarnation des solides valeurs rurales, et Maurice Levasseur, intellectuel qui rêve d'un cataclysme où s'anéantirait le monde corrompu - et le lecteur va les suivre jusqu'à ce que la Commune les sépare et dramatiquement les voie s'affronter. Mais si Zola choisit, bien au-delà de leur opposition symbolique, de les mêler à d'innombrables autres figures, c'est qu'il veut écrire le roman des masses et nous montrer une nation tout entière meurtrie par l'Histoire. Il juxtapose donc des scènes de combat et de vie civile, montre sans fard toutes les souffrances des corps, et jour après jour déroule sous nos yeux la douloureuse chronique qui va conduire à l'humiliation de Sedan. La Débâcle que Zola fait paraître en 1892, avant de clore Les Rougon-Macquart par un ultime roman, est le seul de ses livres dont le sujet soit un événement historique, le seul aussi qui soit consacré à la guerre. En abordant la crise la plus grave de l'histoire récente de la France, il adopte pour la dernière fois une vision tragique, mais nous donne à comprendre que sans doute la défaite fut un mal nécessaire. Après quoi Le Docteur Pascal pourra interpréter la totalité de la fresque romanesque comme une célébration de la vie.
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Yesterdays
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 试读
This little volume might be called ‘Echoes from the land of youthful imaginings’; or ‘Ghosts of old dreams. ’ It has been compiled at the request of Messrs. Gay and Hancock (my only authorised publishers in Great Britain), and contains verses written in my early youth, and which never before (with the exception, perhaps, of three or four) have been placed in book form.
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You Never Can Tell
George Bernard Shaw 试读
Kathleen Eagle's novels of love and passion have touched the hearts of countless readers. Now this award-winning writer has created her most compelling story of all. Reporter Heather Reardon has been hot on the trail of Native American activist Kole Kills Crow for years, so when she finds him living on a Minnesota reservation, she's shocked that the outspoken activist is now a private man who has faced both a disastrous brush with the law and a tragic twist of fate. Soon the pair is involved in a cause that forces Kole back intothe spotlight -- and challenges Heather's belief that Kole shouldreturn to the public eye. They travel from the isolation ofMinnesota to the bright lights of Los Angeles...and to a placewhere they must each face the truth about their love. You Never Can Tell is a story you will never forget.
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I Will Repay
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 试读
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Coward Coward Coward The words rang out, clear, strident, passionate, in a crescendo of agonised humiliation. The boy, quivering with rage, had sprung to his feet, and, losing his balance, he fell forward clutching at the table, whilst with a convulsive movement of the lids, he tried in vain to suppress the tears of shame which were blinding him. "Coward " He tried to shout the insult so that all might hear, but his parched throat refused him service, his trembling hand sought the scattered cards upon the table, he collected them together, quickly, nervously, fingering them with feverish energy, then he hurled them at the man opposite, whilst with a final effort he still contrived to mutter: "Coward "
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Otto of the Silver Hand
Howard Pyle 试读
Between the far away past history of the world, and that which lies near to us; in the time when the wisdom of the ancient times was dead and had passed away, and our own days of light had not yet come, there lay a great black gulf in human history, a gulf of ignorance, of superstition, of cruelty, and of wickedness.
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Salted with Fire-George MacDonald
George MacDonald 试读
Blessed with quiet but keen dark eyes, and a complexion given a white-rose tinge by the fresh Scottish air, Maggie MacLean has grown to learn and love the trade of her father, the village's soutar, or shoemaker.A friend of her childhood has returned, she learns -- James Blatherwick, home from Edinburgh, where he was a divinity student. Yet the proud young man speaking so ably from the pulpit has a secret -- one he almost conceals from himself.Then an even stranger arrival startles her, when she stumbles upon the crying bairn -- a baby, abandoned upon the moor.
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Modern English Books of Power
George Hamlin Fitch 试读
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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The Lost Lady of Lone
Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 试读
The preparations were being completed for a grand event. For on the morning of the next day a deep wrong was to be made right by the marriage of the young and beautiful Lady of Lone to the chosen lord of her heart.
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The Ear in the Wall
Arthur Benjamin Reeve 试读
This early work by Arthur Benjamin Reeve was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Ear in the Wall' features super-sleuth Professor Craig Kennedy who is sometimes referred to as "The American Sherlock Holmes" due to his astounding ability at crime solving and his Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter. In 'The Ear in the Wall, ' Kennedy and Jameson, aided by a tough but compassionate woman detective start a race to save Betty Blackwell who has transcribed deals with criminal gangs and Wall Street plungers . Arthur Benjamin Reeve was born on 15th October 1880 in New York, USA. Reeve received his University education at Princeton and upon graduating enrolled at the New York Law School. However, his career was not destined to be in the field of Law. Between 1910 and 1918 he produced 82 short stories for Cosmopolitan. During this period he also began authoring screenplays, and by the end of the decade, his film career was at its peak with his name appearing on seven films, most of them serials and three of them starring Harry Houdini. Reeves died on 9th August 1936, a few years after moving to Trenton.
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English Men of Letters – Crabbe
Alfred Ainger 试读
Part of the English Men of Letters Series, published in 1903, this edition features George Crabbe the English poet and naturalist.
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Ten Girls from Dickens
Kate Dickinson Sweetser 试读
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book
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The Surgeons Daughter
Walter Scott 试读
The tale of the Surgeon's Daughter formed part of the second series of Chronicles of the Canongate, published in 1827; but has been separated from the stories of the Highland Widow, &c., which it originally accompanied, and deferred to the close of this collection, for reasons which printers and publishers will understand, and which would hardly interest the general reader.
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The Fortune Hunter
Louis Joseph Vance 试读
Receiver at ear, Spaulding, of Messrs. Atwater & Spaulding, importers of motoring garments and accessories, listened to the switchboard operator's announcement with grave attention, acknowledging it with a toneless: "All right. Send him in."
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On Compromise
John Morley 试读
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838 -1923) was a British Liberal statesman, writer and newspaper editor. He quarreled with his father over religion and left Oxford early without a degree. His father had wanted him to become a clergyman. Morley alluded to this rift in On Compromise (1874). Morley was a follower of John Stuart Mill. In On Compromise Morley speaks of his own search for truth and contemplates modern issues of compromise and conformity. He believes in tolerating dissent and speaking freely. The author says man has "the right of thinking freely and acting independently, using our minds without excessive awe of authority, and shaping our lives without unquestioning obedience to custom."
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Studies of Trees
Jacob Joshua Levison 试读
In presenting this volume, the author is aware that there are several excellent books, dealing with one phase or another of tree life, already before the public. It is believed, however, that there is still need for an all-round book, adapted to the beginner, which gives in a brief and not too technical way the most important facts concerning the identification.....
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A Daughter of To-Day
Sara Jeannette Duncan 试读
Sara Jeannette Duncan, later Cotes (1861-1922), was a Canadian author and journalist. She first worked as a schoolteacher before taking up journalism as a full-time occupation. Various freelancing work led to her taking her first position at the Washington Post in 1885. In 1886, she made history as the first woman to be hired as a professional journalist in Canada, taking a regular position at the Toronto Globe, now the Globe and Mail. She later moved to the Montreal Star, where she was the paper s Parliamentary correspondent. She published 22 books, including two volumes of personal sketches and a collection of short stories. Her first book, A Social Departure: How Orthodocia and I Went Around the World by Ourselves (1890) documented an around-the-world trip, but she is best known today for her 1904 novel The Imperialist. Amongst her other works are: A Daughter of Today (1894), The Story of Sonny Sahib (1894), A Voyage of Consolation (1898), The Path of a Star (1898), Hilda: A Story of Calcutta (1898), The Crow s Nest (1901), The Pool in the Desert (1903), Set in Authority (1906) and Cousin Cinderella: A Canadian Girl in London (1908).
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A Fair Barbarian
Frances Hodgson Burnett 试读
1901. Burnett, began as a novelist, but she is now best remembered for her children's books including The Secret Garden and Sara Crewe (which was later rewritten to become The Little Princess). Her romance novels were also quite popular during her lifetime. A Fair Barbarian begins: Slowbridge had been shaken to its foundations. It may as well be explained, however, at the outse...
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A Lost Leader
Edward Phillips Oppenheim 试读
The two men stood upon the top of a bank bordering the rough road which led to the sea. They were listening to the lark, which had risen fluttering from their feet a moment or so ago, and was circling now above their heads. Mannering, with a quiet smile, pointed upwards. "There, my friend " he exclaimed. "You can listen now to arguments more eloquent than any which I could ever frame. That little creature is singing the true, uncorrupted song of life. He sings of the sunshine, the buoyant air the pure and simple joy of existence is beating in his little heart. The things which lie behind the hills will never sadden him. His kingdom is here, and he is content."
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Ayesha, the Return of She
Henry Rider Haggard 试读
Ayesha is back in H. Rider Haggard's thrilling sequel to 'She', bursting with adventure, desire and revenge.
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Blix
Frank Norris 试读
It had just struck nine from the cuckoo clock that hung over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, when Victorine brought in the halved watermelon and set it in front of Mr. Bessemer's plate. Then she went down to the front door for the damp, twisted roll of the Sunday morning's paper, and came back and rang the breakfast-bell for the second time.
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The Light That Lures
Percy James Brebner 试读
Seated on a green hummock, his knees drawn up, his elbows resting on his knees and his head supported in his open hands, a boy sat very still and preoccupied, gazing straight into the world before him, yet conscious of little beyond the visions conjured up by his young mind. His were dim visions begot of the strenuous times in which he lived, and which were the staple subject of conversation of all those with whom he came in contact, yet his shadowy dreams had something of the past in them, and more, far more, of that future which to youth must ever be all important. But this young dreamer was not as dreamers often are, with muscle subservient to brain, the physical less highly developed than the mental powers; on the contrary, he was a lad well knit together, his limbs strong and supple, endurance and health unmistakable, a lad who must excel in every manly exercise and game. Perhaps it was this very superiority over his fellows which, for the time being, at any rate, had made him a dreamer. While other boys, reproducing in their games that which was happening about them, fought mimic battles, inflicted and suffered mimic death, experienced terrible siege in some small copse which to their imagination stood for a beleaguered city, or carried some hillock by desperate and impetuous assault, this boy, their master in running, in swimming, in wrestling, in sitting a horse as he galloped freely, was not content with mimicry, but dreamed of real deeds in a real future.
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The Ragged Edge
Harold MacGrath 试读
The Master is inordinately fond of young fools. That is why they are permitted to rush in where angels fear to tread—and survive their daring! This supreme protection, this unwritten warranty to disregard all laws, occult or apparent, divine or earthly, may be attributed to the fact that none but young fools dream gloriously. For such of us as pretend to be wise—and we are but fools in a lesser degree—we know that humanity moves onward only by the impellant of fine dreams. Sometimes these dreams are simple and tender; sometimes they are magnificent.
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The Trumpeter Swan
Temple Bailey 试读
It had rained all night, one of the summer rains that, beginning in a thunder-storm in Washington, had continued in a steaming drizzle until morning. There were only four passengers in the sleeper, men all of them-two in adjoining sections in the middle of the car, a third in the drawing-room, a fourth an intermittent occupant of a berth at the end. They had gone to bed unaware of the estate or circumstance of their fellow-travellers, and had waked to find the train delayed by washouts, and side-tracked until more could be learned of the condition of the road. The man in the drawing-room shone, in the few glimpses that the others had of him, with an effulgence which was dazzling. His valet, the intermittent sleeper in the end berth, was a smug little soul, with a small nose which pointed to the stars. When the door of the compartment opened to admit breakfast there was the radiance of a brocade dressing-gown, the shine of a sleek head, the staccato of an imperious voice.
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The Two Vanrevels
Booth Tarkington 试读
It was long ago in the days when men sighed when they fell in love when people danced by candle and lamp, and did dance, too, instead of solemnly gliding about in that mellow time so long ago, when the young were romantic and summer was roses and wine, old Carewe brought his lovely daughter home from the convent to wreck the hearts of the youth of Rouen. That was not a far journey only an afternoon's drive through the woods and by the river, in an April, long ago Miss Betty's harp carefully strapped behind the great lumbering carriage, her guitar on the front seat, half-buried under a mound of bouquets and oddly shaped little bundles, farewell gifts of her comrades and the good Sisters. In her left hand she clutched a small lace handkerchief, with which she now and then touched her eyes, brimmed with the parting from Sister Cecilia, Sister Mary Bazilede, the old stone steps and all the girls: but for every time that she lifted the dainty kerchief to brush away the edge of a tear, she took a deep breath of the Western woodland air and smiled at least twice
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Voyage au Centre de la Terre(French Edition)
Jules Verne 试读
Un professeur découvre un ancien parchemin sur lequel est indiqué le moyen de se rendre au centre de la terre, par le biais d'un cratère de volcan éteint. Enthousiaste, il tente lui même l'aventure, en compagnie de son neveu (narrateur de l'histoire) et d'un guide.Le début est un peu lent et on se perd un peu dans les considérations minéralogiques, la descripton des paysages et les physionomies de personnages secondaires.
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The Lights of the Church and the Light of Science
Thomas Henry Huxley 试读
“The narrative may be exactly true. That is to say, the words, taken in their natural sense, and interpreted according to the rules of grammar, may convey to the mind of the hearer, or of the reader an idea precisely correspondent with one which would have remained in the mind of a witness. For example, the statement that King Charles the First was beheaded at Whitehall on the 30th day of January 1649, is as exactly true as any proposition in mathematics or physics...”
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The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 试读
10I ask the indulgence of the children who may read this book for dedicating it to a grown-up. I have a serious reason:he is the best friend I have in the world. I have another reason: this grown-up understands everything, even books about children. I have a third reason: he lives in France where he is hungry and cold. He needs cheering up. If all these reasons are not enough, I will dedicate the book to the child from whom this grown-up grew.All grown-ups were once children-- although few of them remember it.
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花边文学(精品公版)
鲁迅 试读
公源计划之名家鲁迅,本系列书共收录鲁迅28篇著作。 《花边文学》是鲁迅的一部杂文集,收录了鲁迅在1934年所写的杂文六十一篇。包括《女人未必多说谎》《北人与南人》《古人并不纯厚》《读几本书》《玩具》《算账》《看书琐记》《汉字和拉丁化》《考场三丑》《略论梅兰芳及其他(上)》等。
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面子问题(精品公版)
老舍 试读
公源计划之名家老舍,本系列书共收录老舍55篇著作。 《面子问题》共三幕,创作于1941年,剧中主要人物佟景铭秘书所苦恼的是“不能因为抗战失了身份”、“不能因为一件公事而把自己恼死”。他不务正业,对工作敷衍了事。当他闹了一辈子“面子问题”终于丢尽面子被免职以后,他所考虑的是向医生讨要一个“体面”的自杀办法,保住他的“面子”。剧中其他人物的“面子问题”又各不相同。老舍对这些人物的讽刺,不仅是对国民劣根性的又一次批判,也是对抗战时期国民党官僚机构的腐败作风的鞭挞。
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谁先到了重庆(精品公版)
老舍 试读
公源计划之名家老舍,本系列书共收录老舍55篇著作。 《谁先到了重庆》共四幕,内容为主人公吴凤鸣帮助弟弟凤羽逃出北平沦陷区去重庆参加抗战,自己则留在北平刺杀日本军官和汉奸,最后以身殉国。牺牲前说,“还是我先到了重庆”。在这里,重庆已成为抗战的中心和精神的象征。一颗心先到重庆,就是为抗战献身。
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老牛破车(精品公版)
老舍 试读
公源计划之名家老舍,本系列书共收录老舍55篇著作。 《老牛破车》是老舍杂文作品集,主要收录了《我怎样写老张哲学》、《我怎样写赵子曰》、《我怎样写二马》、《我怎样写小坡的生日》、《我怎样写大明湖》、《我怎样写猫城记》、《我怎样写离婚》、《我怎样写短篇小说》、《我怎样写牛天赐传》、《谈幽默》、《景物的描写》、《人物的描写》、《事实的运用》、《言语与风格》等14篇文章,再现了一代大师的心路历程。
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幽默小品集(精品公版)
老舍 试读
公源计划之名家老舍,本系列书共收录老舍55篇著作。 《幽默小品集》是老舍的幽默小品集,收录老舍先生谈生活、谈时事、谈理想、谈友人等六十余篇小文,写于二十世纪三十年代至六十年代,都是老舍对当时社会时事、人事和自己处境的有感而发,写出真实生活中的幽默,写出老舍和平常人一样的可笑心态,使人感受到大文学家朴实亲切、可乐可爱的另一面。并有几位画家所绘插画,颇具民族与时代风格,构图简练却独具匠心,既写实传神,又夸张好笑,与文字相映成趣、相得益彰。
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国文教学(精品公版)
朱自清 试读
公源计划之名家朱自清,本系列书共收录朱自清27篇著作。 《国文教学》是作者将他写的关于国文教学的论文和随笔编辑而成。内容以中学国文教学为主,大学的也有几篇论及。内容偏重教学的技术方面,精神方面谈到的很少。
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伦敦杂记(精品公版)
朱自清 试读
公源计划之名家朱自清,本系列书共收录朱自清27篇著作。 伦敦,作为英国的首都、四大世界级城市之一,拥有的是非凡的历史和文化。朱自清在伦敦居住达七个月,一段不算长的时间,却让他看见了多样的人和情。在朱自清细腻、简炼的文字下,伦敦的「人」、「情」、「味」活灵活现了起来,搭配铅笔画风的伦敦风景图片,仿佛可以看见一幅幅的风景在眼前浮动过,这游记不仅仅是物的记载,更看见了英国人道地的生活方式,也体会他们对生活的态度。
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南游杂忆(精品公版)
胡适 试读
公源计划之名家胡适,了解胡适生平与思想的必读书。 在游记中有对当时沿途风土人情的描写,但即使在游玩中,胡适所见也不止是"山"和"水",还看见当地的宗教、文化、教育和国家建设,甚至不忘考证庐山上的一个塔,意在引导出一个思想学问的方法:“疑而后信,考而后信,有充分证据而后信。”
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中国中古思想史长编(精品公版)
胡适 试读
公源计划之名家胡适,了解胡适生平与思想的必读书。 《中国中古思想史长编》由胡适所著,本书共分 7章,分别对齐学、杂家、秦汉之间的思想状态、道家、淮南王、统一帝国的宗教、儒家的有为主义,对中国中古思想史进行研究讨论,在20世纪中国学术史上占有一席之地。《中国中古思想史长编》所创的体例,也成为20世纪学术史的一种范例。为了使读者更好的了解胡适对中国中古思想史的研究和看法,供读者阅读参考。
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中国哲学史大纲(精品公版)
胡适 试读
公源计划之名家胡适,了解胡适生平与思想的必读书。 中国哲学史大纲》,是胡适先生在博士论文《先秦名学史》和此后的北大中国哲学史讲义的基础上修改、扩充而成,是第一部用现代学术方法系统研究中国哲学的专著,是中国哲学史学科的开山之作。胡适先生继承了汉学家对哲学的考究方法和成果,运用西方哲学方法,把中国秦以前的经史研究贯连成一个条理清晰的学术系统。书中按照时代的先后及思想的演变,对每一派哲学进行考证、分析、研究,说明其产生的原因,对后世的影响等,使哲学史不再是流水账式的块状记录,而成为有其内在逻辑的哲学进化史。
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缀网劳蛛(精品公版)
许地山 试读
公源计划之名家许地山,本系列书共收录许地山15篇著作。 本书收《命命鸟》、《商人妇》、《换巢鸾凤》、《黄昏后》、《缀网劳蛛》、《无法投递之邮件》、《海世间》、《海角底孤星》、《天女》、《枯杨生花》、《慕》等12篇小说。
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危巢坠简(精品公版)
许地山 试读
公源计划之名家许地山,本系列书共收录许地山15篇著作。 本书收《在费总理底客厅里》、《三博士》、《街头巷尾之伦理》、《法眼》、《归途》、《解放者》、《无忧花》、《东野先生》、《人非人》、《春桃》、《无法投递之邮件》、《玉官》、《危巢坠简》、《铁鱼底鳃》14篇小说。
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