En este espléndido ensayo filosófico escrito en los albores del siglo XX, Henri Bergson se pregunta por qué la gente ríe y cuál es el significado de su risa. Se trata de tres textos encadenados tras las mismas preguntas: ¿qué hay en el lenguaje que hace q
Henri Bergson Matter and Memory-物质与记忆
One of the major works of an important modern philosopher, Matter & Memory investigates the autonomous yet interconnected planes formed by matter & perception on the one hand & memory & time on the other. Henry Bergson (1859-1941) was awarded the Nobel Pr
Henri Bergson Creative Evolution-创造进化论
While intelligence treats everything mechanically, instinct proceeds, so to speak, organically. If...we could ask and it could reply, it would give up to us the most intimate secrets of life. -from Chapter II Anticipating not only modern scientific theori
Sigrid Undset Kristin Lavransdatter(Kristin Lavransdatter #1-3)-克里斯汀·拉夫朗的女儿
In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day
Thomas Mann Royal Highness-殿下
Royal Highness is the delightfully ironic tale of a small, decadent German duchy and its invigoration by the intellect and values of an independent-minded American woman. Peopled with a range of characters from aristocrat to artisan, Royal Highness provid
Thomas Mann Lotte in Weimar-魏玛乐天
In seinem Goethe-Roman ist es Thomas Mann gelungen, "den großen Alten auf die Bühne zu stellen". Ausgangspunkt ist der historisch belegte Besuch Charlotte Kestners, Goethes unglückliche Jugendliebe und Vorbild für die Figur der Lotte im 'We
Thomas Mann Buddenbrooks: Decline of a family-巴登布鲁克斯:一个家族的衰落
Buddenbrooks, first published in Germany in 1901, when Mann was only twenty-six, has become a classic of modern literature.
It is the story of four generations of a wealthy bourgeois family in northern Germany facing the advent of modernity; in an unce
It is the story of four generations of a wealthy bourgeois family in northern Germany facing the advent of modernity; in an unce
Thomas Mann Death in Venice: And Seven Other Stories-威尼斯之死:和其他七个故事
In addition to Death in Venice, this volume includes "Mario and the Magician," "Disorder and Early Sorrow," "A Man and His Dog," "Felix Krull," "The Blood of the Walsungs," "Tristan," and "T
Thomas Mann The Magic Mountain-魔法山
In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community devoted exclusively to sickness, as a microcosm for Europe, which in the years before 1914 was already exhibiting the first symptoms of its own terminal irration
Sinclair Lewis Elmer Gantry-埃尔默龙门
Universally recognized as a landmark in American literature, Elmer Gantry scandalized readers when it was first published, causing Sinclair Lewis to be "invited" to a jail cell in New Hampshire and to his own lynching in Virginia. His portrait o
Sinclair Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn; the romantic adventures of a gentle man-我们的雷恩先生;温柔男人的浪漫冒险
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Sinclair Lewis Dodsworth-多兹沃思
First published in 1929, Dodsworth tells the story of a young American couple who moves to Europe. When the woman becomes involved with another man, her husband must choose between forgiving his wife or abandoning the relationship, & Europe, forever.
Sinclair Lewis Work of Art-艺术品
In WORK OF ART three generations of the Weagle family grow up in and work for boarding houses, inns and hotels. Focus is on two brothers, Myron and Ora, of the second generation. Poetic, ethereal Ora could not wait to escape hotel drudgery, though never t
Sinclair Lewis Babbitt-巴比特
Babbitt is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Lite
Sinclair Lewis Main Street-大街
With Commentary by E. M. Forster, Dorothy Parker, H. L. Mencken, Lewis Mumford, Rebecca West, Sherwood Anderson, Malcolm Cowley, Alfred Kazin, Constance Rourke, and Mark Schorer.
Main Street, the story of an idealistic young woman's attempts to re
Main Street, the story of an idealistic young woman's attempts to re
Sinclair Lewis Arrowsmith-阿罗史密斯
Arrowsmith is often described as the first "scientific" novel. The books explores medical and scientific themes in a fictional way and it is difficult to think of an earlier book that does this. Although he was not a doctor, Sinclair Lewis'
Luigi Pirandello Tales of Suicide-自杀故事
Suicide, the act of killing oneself voluntarily and intentionally, is clearly one of the most important themes developed by Pirandello during his long literary career. Although he never focused on self-destruction as an end in itself, he made ample use of
Luigi Pirandello Six Characters in Sh of an Author-作者的六个字母
One of the major figures of modern theater, Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) wrote dramas and satires that sparked controversy with their radical departures from conventional theatrical techniques. His most celebrated work, Six Characters in Search of an Auth
Luigi Pirandello The Medals & Other Stories-奖牌和其他故事
All of the stories in this volume aresketches of Sicilian life , brilliantly drawnand given a tartness by Pirandello's combined irony and profound sympathy forhumanity . His narratives flow along withsustained Interest
Luigi Pirandello shoot-拍摄
Originally published in Italian in 1915, Shoot! is one of the first novels to take as its subject the heady world of early motion pictures. Based on the absurdist journals of fictional Italian camera operator Serafino Gubbio, Shoot! documents the infancy
Luigi Pirandello The Late Mattia Pascal-已故的马蒂亚·帕斯卡
Mattia Pascal endures a life of drudgery in a provincial town. Then, providentially, he discovers that he has been declared dead. Realizing he has a chance to start over, to do it right this time, he moves to a new city, adopts a new name, and a new cours
Luigi Pirandello Tales of Madness-疯狂的故事
Nobel Prize Winner Luigi Pirandello set out to write one short story per day for one whole year. Death kept him from fulfilling that goal; nevertheless, he came close to achieving it. Although there are several themes in the collection, the one on madness
Luigi Pirandello One, None and a Hundred-thousand-一个,没有一个,十万个
The great Pirandello's (1867-1936) 1926 novel, previously published here in 1933 in another translation, synthesizes the themes and personalities that illuminate such dramas as Six Characters in Search of an Author.
Vitangelo Moscarda ``loses his
Vitangelo Moscarda ``loses his
Roger Martin du Gard The Thibaults(Les Thibault #1-6)-蒂博一家
This masterfully constructed portrait of personal and social disintegration -- and reformation -- can be compared in stature to Tolstoy's "War and Peace" and Dos Passos' "U.S.A. Trilogy." It is truly a lost masterpiece of Wes