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《三国演义》是中国古典四大名著之一，是中国第一部长篇章回体历史演义小说，全名为《三国志通俗演义》(又称《三国志演义》)，作者是元末明初的著名小说家罗贯中。以下是小编带来的三国演义英语读后感，希望对你有帮助。

Rolling the Yangtze river east a mill, the waves are gone all heroes. Exciting, the third time I open the classical literary classics of The Three Kingdoms.

The story is the main content of the wisdom and brave in turn to launch, but I think that wisdom is always better than brave. For example: in the west, KongMingYong KongChengJi scare the sima yi of one hundred and fifty thousand troops led. This example for infinite in number.

But in the story also has "wisdom not delimit stratagem, brave enemy, the improper doesnt take the pen, wu fixed gun". Like han room LiuChan, gaily all day, ignore the palace, and is willing to give the shu, finally had staged let one of sneer at things, ran. Who would have thought of a countrys rulers can make such a ShiYiSuYi things to come?

Foolhardy, the big enemy be current, the only desperate battle. Lyu3 bu4, YanLiang are typical example: if BaiMenLou obey the counselor in lyu3 bu4 idea, why should be hanged on the city gate cao? If YanLiang put in hebei things and liu bei guan yu clearly, where as for the chop down by guan yu is nothing?

If in the three countries on the strongest wage, a little too much. Cao cao is a unique way, sima yi is more YongBingRuShen. But both have their own weakness: cao cao suspicious, sima yi too dangerous. Besides shu, the will is various ge bright. His prodigious wit, skilled BingZhen, all let posterity alike. And like chicken, concubines Victoria, seo young pang tong accidental sugarcane and so on some characters, but I think all not equal to the bore is clear. Wu, a occupy sanjiang county of six nation, can calculate on a strategy, also is the week yu, young period of the week yu will read books, proficient in formation. After some hard work, and finally, when the very big paper, the President marines. But he is too too jealous, dead at all twenty-six.

From these characters and state we can see that the importance of ones character. Character relationship with success.

Each people all have own goal, as long as dependable walk good for success in the process of each section of the road, believe that success will not far. When we looked at others envy success, often ignored him on the road to success pay difficultly. Like bing xin said: the success of flower. People got only act she present mingyan! But when her yaren, soak the struggle leiquan, a sacrifice xueyu blood rain!

学习讲究一个“静”字，我们现在遇到困难，一定要冷静。

在《水浒传》中，有许多的英雄好汉，其中我最喜欢武松。全书一共用了十回来描绘这个好汉。要想全书才一百回，用了整整十分之一的篇幅，所以我认为作者是非常敬佩武松的。武松自从景阳冈打虎开始，怒杀潘金莲、斗杀西门庆，再到义夺快活林、醉打蒋门神、大闹飞云浦、血溅鸳鸯楼，最后逼上二龙山。他有一个缺点：太鲁莽，一生杀了不少人，可以说他的人生是用别人的鲜血点染的。

武松的缺点也是水浒好汉普遍的缺点，他们一生气就杀人，十分不理智，没有想过冷静。当然，那是__臣当道、时代所趋。可是现在不同了，时代在变化，我们是二十一世纪的青少年，不可能你一生气就杀人，所以我们要学会冷静。

这个星期六，我和妈妈在一家餐厅吃饭。我们吃得好好的，不知怎么门口就有一阵嘈杂声。我探过头去仔细一看，是一个三十来岁的中年人和二十来岁的年轻人，不知怎么吵了起来。他们周围似乎有一阵火药味在弥漫，好像随时都会打起来的架势。从他们的对话听出，原来是他向年轻人问路，年轻人不高兴告诉，他就火了，霎时间胡言__语不堪入耳。还好有个女的吧年轻人推走了，中年人乘势用手指着年轻人，脸上青筋暴涨，咆哮这：“年轻人跳什么跳!”妈妈低声对我说：“他们两个之中至少一个是素质低下或脾气暴躁的人。上次有个新闻就是这样，两个人为了一点小事打了起来，其中一个人死了。所以说以后不要随便和别人吵架。”我听了意识到冷静的重要性。

所以说：“冲动是魔鬼”。现在我们遇到困难时，一定要冷静。等到我们长大以后，才发现以前的困难，根本算不上什么。

Ive read this twice. The first time I rushed through it just to find out who was the "victim." Yeah. Wasnt really surprised about that. Im sure a few people are thinking it was a serious mistake to off our lamented victim, but honestly, I wasnt really enthused at having to slog through this book.

I understand that this is covering the adolescent years of young Mr. Potter, but the whole teenage angst thing came out of nowhere. There shouldve been some hints as far back as "Chamber" but instead, we have four years of pent-up hormones come flooding out of the page. It is overwhelming at times, a feeling made worse when you realize that there wasnt a big plot; if anything, this was written partially for contract, partially to continue the story （I, personally, could have lived without the whole Hagrid/Grawp subplot, not to mention 50% of Dolores Umbridge, who herself is part pun, part metaphor, yet neither part really does anything but make one groan）。

But one thing to be said, there is growing tension and suspense in the book, which is written and intended--if we remember for a moment and think （perhaps somewhat na-iv-ely）--for young adults and not those of us with seasoned palates. This is why the book deserves a high rating; to me--and to many individuals over the age of, say, 16--this isnt a great novel. But it is an excellent novel for the young adult crowd and anyone who wants a mystery/fantasy/pseudo-thriller with characters who are reaching the genesis of their development. We may not like the person Harry becomes or the browbeating attitude of Umbridge or Rons jealousy rearing its head at odd turns, but it is a realistic portrayal of adolescent confusion and angst, of the tendency for some individuals in todays society to repreinformation and punish anyone who tries to resist the "system."

Yes, this is a heavy-handed statement, but this book is a metaphor as much as it is a fantasy. Remember, the Harry Potter series is desgined as an arc, so we naturally have to have the stage set for the final two books in the saga.

Hardcore Potter fans will enjoy this. Anyone expecting a great epic, however, will be disappointed because of their misconceptions.

"Celebrity biography was written by the French writer romain rolland. Written in the book for three famous figures in the world. The first is the German composer, Beethoven; Another is the genius of the Italian sculptor: Michelangelo. The last is a Russian writer, Leo Tolstoy.

In this book, I most moving is Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven is a music genius, his talent was very early father found, however, his father is not a qualified good father, his father let Beethoven piano everyday, dont care about his feelings, Beethoven and a violin sometimes shut up in a room, this is the day, with violence forced him to practice, Beethovens childhood was very sad.

Beethovens mother died early, my father is a profligate alcoholic, these, in Beethovens heart, on a break. Beethoven as talent and hard work, however, soon to become famous, but unfortunate thing happened, Beethoven was deaf ears, this for a musician was a great blow.

But, through their own efforts, Beethoven was a success.

On the road in life, there are many contingency, Beethoven was able to defeat him, Beethoven with their own efforts to overcome the difficulties, we must also can!

The celebrity biography has taught me a lot of truth, he taught me Beethovens strong, taught me positive in the face of difficulties, Michelangelo taught me Tolstoys honesty and unyielding spirit.

"Celebrity biography" the book of people, is our role model! We are going to study all their spirit!

"Pride and prejudice" this book in junior high school have touched. Just at that time only saw the emotional entanglement between the actor and actress, ups and downs mood and let people immersed in them, after a few years, through again, do not have a flavor.

Bennet had five daughters were not married, and Mrs. Bennet is a neurotic vanity is dye-in-the-wood woman, will each daughter.many is her this life only event but never bother to discipline daughters behavior, and Mr. Bennett is a family-centered old gentleman, but orgiastically wife and daughters inappropriate behavior, prefer to hide into the library to seek calm. Jane Bennett is bennets daughter, beautiful appearance, disposition gentle, quiet, Ellie was Bennett is bennet family second daughter, personality vivacious, intelligent and beauty and rig, The third daughter Mary looks not if other sisters well, therefore in character and knowledge on studying hard, but also caused her arrogant attitude; The Kitty ranked fourth personality buckish, with yao sister Lydia hottest loyal dancing, behavior often disrespect not know; Yao daughters vanity, pay attention to enjoyment, dancing and and army officers dou make fun is her sole purpose in life. One day the near their house moved to a rich single man bingley Charles. He is a personality temperate, personhood sincere not the nuances of the rich young man, in a banquet bingley but love on the bennet daughter Jane, and Jane Bennett mutual love, While bingleys good friend darcy · fee Bates William personality formal serious, mismanagement words often give a person arrogance arrogance impressed, unwittingly like work knuts the second daughter of house was Ellie, but because the Bennett a itself is not decent family make these two relationship by obstacle, Ellie was the beginning of arrogance darcy bias, the main thing is to describe their this relationship transformation process.

Oliver Twist one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens is a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in 18th century.

The author who himself was born in a poor family wrote this novel in his twenties with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals and to expose the horror and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London.

The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist an orphan who was thrown into a world full of poverty and crime. He suffered enormous pain such as hunger thirst beating and abuse. While reading the tragic experiences of the little Oliver I was shocked by his sufferings. I felt for the poor boy but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill. To my relief as was written in all the best stories the goodness eventually conquered devil and Oliver lived a happy life in the end. One of the plots that attracted me most is that after the theft little Oliver was allowed to recover in the kind care of Mrs. Maylie and Rose and began a new life. He went for walks with them or Rose read to him and he worked hard at his lessons. He felt as if he had left behind forever the world of crime and hardship and poverty.

How can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive affliction remain pure in body and mind? The reason is the nature of goodness. I think it is the most important information implied in the novel by Dickens—he believed that goodness could conquer every difficulty. Although I dont think goodness is omnipotent yet I do believe that those who are kind-hearted live more happily than those who are evil-minded.

For me the nature of goodness is one of the most necessary character for a person. Goodness is to humans what water is to fish. He who is without goodness is an utterly worthless person. On the contrary as the famous saying goes The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose he who is with goodness undoubtedly is a happy and useful person. People receiving his help are grateful to him and he also gets gratified from what he has done and thus he can do good to both the people he has helped and himself.

To my disappointment nowadays some people seem to doubt the existence of the goodness in humanity. They look down on peoples honesty and kindness thinking it foolish of people to be warm-hearted. As a result they show no sympathy to those who are in trouble and seldom offer to help others. On the other hand they attach importance to money and benefit. In their opinion money is the only real object while emotions and morality are nihility. If they cannot get profit from showing theirkindness they draw back when others are faced with trouble and even hit a man when he is down. They are one of the sorts that I really detest.

Francis Bacon said in his essay Goodness of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest being the character of the Deity and without it man is a busy mischievous wretched thing no better than a kind of vermin.

That is to say a person without goodness is destined to lose everything. Therefore I a kind person want to tell thosevermin-to-beto learn from the kind Oliver and regain the nature of goodness.

《丑小鸭》写了一只天鹅蛋在鸭群中破壳后，因相貌怪异，让同类鄙弃，历经千辛万苦、重重磨难之后长成了白天鹅的故事。下面是关于丑小鸭的英语读后感范文，希望对你有帮助。

《丑小鸭》英语读后感篇一：

After reading "the ugly duckling" this article, I know the "cant judge a book by its cover," cant laugh at others.

Although some people childhood long ugly, but her good heart, wisdom, and can grow up to be a beautiful "white swan". Some people childhood long quite beautiful, like a princess, but her heart malice, love to laugh at other people, wait until a day, she will be a friend also have no, the longer the ugly, childhood "white swan" will also become "the ugly duckling".

The appearance of beauty and ugliness is only a small part of life.

I think that although this article of the ugly duckling no faith, but it is still very strong, it knows that long very ugly, it know friends dont like it, but it does not want to: "since I long that ugly, since the friends all dont like me, I live in the world still have what use!" If I were in the article the ugly duckling, those little duck, the dog and the cat to laugh at me, I will say unto them ": although I am ugly, but Im good heart, a strong, there will always be those who like me."

We want to XiangWenZhang backwater of learning, no matter what others say, you have to be strong, dont give up, we also a reason to know a mans tenth lies not in the physical appearance, beautiful truth in having a pure mind."

《丑小鸭》英语读后感篇二：

The author pays homage to Hans Christian Andersens compassionate tale with this faithful adaptation. Kids can relate to the ducklings dilemma; part of the growing-up process is pulling away from those around you and developing a strong sense of self. Children have also witnessed or experienced the teasing that is part and parcel of childhood.

This ageless story speaks across generations with its reaffirming message. In this age of instant gratification, Andersens tale reminds readers that some things are worth waiting for and that a pleasure deferred (whether by choice or necessity) is often the sweetest one of all.

Pinkneys descriptive passages resonate with the splendor of natures beauty. The glowing watercolors, filled with intricate details, make each blade of grass visible, and the delicately drawn, nearly transparent mosquitoes are as ethereal as they are in life. The subtle details incorporated into the scenes--a frog catching a passing fly at the pond and a tiny mouse perched by a crate in the old womans cottage--make children take another look.

One day he heard a sound of whirring wings, and up in the air he saw a flock of birds flying high. They were as bright as the snow that had fallen during the night, and their long necks were stretched southward. Oh, if only he could go with them! But what sort of companion could he be to those beautiful beings?

I am too ugly even for a dog to eat, the duckling thought. Jerry Pinkneys poignant text and rich artwork convey the timeless appeal of this tale of hardship and redemption. Anyone who has suffered the sting of ostracism can sympathize with the ugly ducklings plight and will relish the uplifting conclusion.

《丑小鸭》英语读后感篇三：

Duckling ", once again to the cygnet when one was young what experience sobs, feel sincere being glad to marvelous change of ugly duckling , just start a loving heart to self ugly child but feel to the ugly duckling mother. Ugly duckling in culture "is bitten by the duck , the group is pecked at by chicken, that woman servant person the poultry farm is kept watch on kicks, suffer hardships within winter". But, he had better been thinking of a heart being thankful all the time: "Oh, thank God! I be so ugly as to even hunting dog not have bitten me"! ; And, he is to be full of hopes all the time: "I go up to think that I still go to the extensive world well ". "I need to fly to them , fly to these elitist bird "! Behind reason why , setback having suffered innumerable time in him, he finally has become a swan from ugly duckling: "But he is that are one clumsy no longer, Oxford grays , the duck both ugly and make people dislike that, be one swan "! Thereupon, I have known: Face the setback that self suffers, we ought to have a heart being thankful to thank parents having given birth to us , thank nature giving us the chance existing down; We ought to all the time be full of hope that we need to firmly believe that the setback is temporary , the road is circuitous , future is bright, always have the bright spring day a sheet of to belong to us! Be considerate, I think of: We face the people who suffers reverses in course of , are still anybody disregarding the colleague who is us , our student,we do not ought to go to bite ugly duckling like the "duck" , not ought to go to peck ugly duckling like "chicken" , not ought to go and kick ugly duckling, but be to ought to believe in like the "poultry farm woman servant people ", he also will be as "so young , so good looking " as self one day!

The novel is rich in poetry, symbolism and metaphor. It does not fit easily into a definite pattern, being neither a novel of "manners" in the tradition of Austen, or a straightforward Gothic Romance in the style of Mrs Radcliffe. What Charlotte Bronte did was to create a work which cleverly blends elements of the two styles, and which remains uniquely independent of them at the same time, since it addresses issues which were at the time rather controversial.

The novel is written in the first person, and thus magnifies the central character - the reader enters the world of Jane Eyre and is transported through her experiences at first hand. This at once makes the work subjective, especially since we know that Charlottes Brontes own life and experiences were so closely interwoven with the heroines. As well as this we learn only at the end of the novel that the events are being related to us ten years after the reconciliation with Rochester - thus the narrative is RETROSPECTIVE (looking back). CB is clever in blending the narrative so that at times Jane seems to be speaking as an adult with adult hindsight , while at others she she is "in the middle" of them, as a child or young woman. The indecision which is a central issue in the book, is heightened by this device. We never know, as readers, whether to be entirely trustful of Janes actions and thoughts, because we are never sure wheher she is speaking impulsively or maturely.

This intensifies the readers dilemma as to what is "right" and "wrong" in the dramatic relationships which are part of JEs life. Can we believe what the heroine says, or is she deceiving herself? The novel is primarily a love story and a "romance" where wishes come true but only after trials and suffering. The supernatural has its place, as do dreams, portents and prophesies. The heroine begins poor and lonely and ends up rich and loved; the orphan finds a good family to replace the wicked one; all the basic ingredients of classic romantic fairytale are present.

The romantic element is present in two forms in Jane Eyre; the "family" aspect is dealt with in the Gateshead, Lowood and Moor House episodes, which involve the exchanging of the wicked Reed family for the benevolent Rivers one; and the Love romance is dealt with in the Thornfield and Ferndean episodes. Both aspects are, of course linked and interwoven throughout the novel.

There is also a strong element of realism in the novel, which, married to the romantic aspect, enhances the novels strength.The sense of place is very strong; we are able to experience both exterior and interior settings with startling clarity throughout the story, in a series of vivid deive passages. The central characters are also realistic and their confrontations and sufferings change them in a believable way.

Even the unlikely is made plausible, with a unique blend of high drama and perceptive low comedy (the attack on Mason, for instance)

The more fantastic romantic aspects; the coincidences; the secrets; the supernatural occurrences, are balanced by the realism, and this is of course a major strength.

The Gothic influence cannot be ignored, although CB has refined the technique considerably from the "authentic" Gothic of the 1790s. In the original genre, the heroine would typically be abducted and threatened with seduction, or worse!. There would be a lover - a respectable, well-bred young man - who would endeavor to rescue the heroine and would succeed after many trial. the seducer would be a brigand "Know that I adore Corsairs!" and he would lock the girl up in a remote castle.

There was little freedom for middle class women during the period of the Gothic novel, and this was still the case in the time of CB. Marriage especially was often a bargain, whereby fortunes were secured by using the female as a pawn. A womans value largely depended therefore on her sexual purity and she was guarded and secured as a result. Men, on the contrary, were potent and free; lovers and mistresses were common. Ironically the women who provided their services were social outcasts as a result.

In Jane Eyre we see elements of the Gothic romance, in that Thornfield Hall and Rochester are described very much in the brigand/castle style BUT Jane Eyre is not abducted by R. On the contrary she chooses to go there of her own free will. AND she is clear in her determination to have Rochester as a husband. Neither is there a gentleman rescuer; St John Rivers may look like a Greek God, but he is neither kind nor benevolent; driving Jane back to Ferndean, not rescuing her from it.

The trials which the hero is supposed to undergo in a Gothic romance are in fact undergone by the heroine in Jane Eyre. The bandit Rochester is only skin-deep. Underneath the brooding exterior is a sensitive soul, which a WOMAN frees. In this way we see that CB created rather a daring departure from conventional fiction, although there are still many aspects of the novel which remain true to Victorian convention.!

我的卧室

我有一间虽然不大但很舒适整洁的卧室。卧室里有一张小床，一个书桌，一把椅子和一个小书架。书架靠近窗户，上面放的是我最爱看的书和一些古典音乐光盘。西面的墙上挂着一把小提琴，那是我的最爱，闲暇时我总是拉小提琴自娱自乐。

My Bedroom

I have a small but comfortable and tidy bedroom. There are a single bed, a desk, a chair and a beoksheff in my bedroom. The bookshelf is near the window. I put all the books I love best and some classical music CDs on it. On the west wall there hangs a violin. It is my favorite. I usually play it to enjoy myself at my spare time.

[我的卧室英语作文范本

这个暑假我看了很多书，比如说唯美的红楼梦，奇幻的西游记，扑簌迷离的福尔摩斯探案全集这些脍炙人口的书。

其中我最喜欢，最吊我胃口的则是水浒传，你知道我为什么喜欢水浒传吗?因为水浒传讲述的故事发生在北宋末年，那时是奸臣当道，官逼民反，但各位好汉们还是为民打抱不平，拔刀相助。就是这样，各人的反抗变成了群体的抗争，而自从晁盖坐了梁山的第一把交椅，梁山泊便成了“不怕天，不怕地”的好汉的天下，而被百姓称为及时雨的宋江也在题了反诗之后上了梁山。宋江整顿山寨，广纳人才，三打祝家庄，大破高唐州，让水泊梁山威名大震。他还建起了忠义堂，高挂“替天行道”杏黄棋，并聚齐了一百零八位好汉，一起劫富济贫、除暴安良，在当今社会上，我们许多人都没有他们这种勇气和志气，他们身上所展现出来的是我们这个时代所缺失的。很多人看见这种，不仅不会觉得义气，反而有些人还十分害怕，我觉得我们学习上也要有这种精神，要敢于举手。

其实我们也很幸福，生活在和平年代，过着平静的生活，吃穿住不愁，让我们珍惜每一丝幸福吧!

After reading the "Helen Keller" this text, Im ripping mad. My eyes shed tears for her misfortunes, my heart is bleeding in some difficulties for her perseverance, her one and a half ears deaf, blind, but she did with his strong will overcome the difficulties of ordinary people is hard to imagine, and was admitted to Harvard University with honors. After leaving life "contribution" to the world that wealth.

She less indispensable to ordinary people, but she doesnt slacken ones efforts, to overcome difficulties, I used to be a most people are afraid of difficulties, in practice calligraphy, learn not to learn, idle bored, it is to learn for people interested in this! But read [[Helen Keller]] after the text, I changed my attitude, thought, Helen was a deaf, blind and dumb people, is one such person she can overcome all difficulties, and Im a "developed" no shortage of people who do not residual limbs to calculate what this difficulty, for my troubles would be less than one over ten thousand of her, I feel ashamed, very ashamed.

Helen Keller this great name deep in my mind, remember in my heart, from her I learned the spirit of perseverance conquer fate. Will make a character for the selfless love life, she is a worthy of nostalgia, inspired us to move forward, a great, moral and character, have ideal man. On my road of life, want to take Helens spirit, character to treat study and life.

读了《海伦凯勒》这篇课文后，我的心情久久不能平静。我的眼为她的不幸流泪，我的心在为她遇到困难时不屈不挠流血，她一岁半就双耳失聪，双目失明，可她却凭着自己坚强的毅力克服了常人难以想象的困难，并以优异的成绩考入美国哈佛大学。后把一生“捐献”给世人，留下财富。

她却少了常人不可缺少的，但她并不懈气，去克服困难，我以前是个最怕困难的人，在练毛笔字时，学一下就不学了，闲烦，学这个就留给对这个有兴趣的人吧!但读了[[海伦凯勒]]这篇课文后，我改变了态度，心想：海伦是个聋，盲，哑人，就是这样一个人她都能克服所有困难，而我一个四肢“发达”不缺不残的人对这点困难有算得了什么，对于我的困难来说占她的万分之一都不到，我感到无地自容，十分羞愧。

海伦凯勒这个伟大的名字深深地扎在我的脑海里，铭记在我的心中，从她身上我学到了不屈不挠的战胜命运的精神。热爱生命就要有忘我付出的品格，她是位值得怀念，激励我们向前的人，一个伟大，有道德，高尚品格，有理想的人。在我的人生道路上，要以海伦的精神，品格去对待学习和生活。

I have recently read Battle Hymn of Tiger Mother published by The Penguin Press in 2011. This autobiography was written by the Chinese American woman Amy Chua, a tenured professor in Yale Law School. She causes a sensation because her strict but unique parenting which brings excellent performance of her two daughters.

This autobiography tells the course of Amy Chua how she raised the two daughters in Chinese parenting way. It is divided into three parts. At the first part, it gives some introductions of the two daughters, the family. And in the second and third parts, the writer tells more details in the process of raising her two different daughters and the difficulties she was confronted in the process, and most importantly the success the daughters achieved in music which brought Amy Chua pride as well as the whole family.

To some extent, I don’t like Amy’s parenting in some aspects. In my opinion, she deprived the nature of children and pushed too much pressure on their children, especially on Lulu who was under the shadow of her excellent elder daughter—Sophia. While I was reading the third part in the rebellion part, I couldn’t control my own emotion, I felt what Lulu felt and even hated against her selfish and autocratic mother. I couldn’t understand why Amy didn’t let Lulu get up from sit, for water, not even to go to the bathroom when Lulu just wanted a rest during the long hours’ practice of violin. She made Lulu practice violin all day during the family’s vacation abroad. She spoiled the vacation by letting the other family members waiting the practice. She was unreasonable.

But next what I do is to admire her.

There is an old Chinese saying “property can never last for three generations”。 But Amy Chua did change it! Her parents came to U.S and suffered a tough life at the very beginning. They taught Amy math and piano in an extreme strict way when she was a kid. Under the influence of her parents, now Amy is frugal and pretty strict with her daughters and herself. They are the valuable points of her. Although she is so extreme on her parenting, she has the advisable ideas that the parents and the parents to be to learn.

Firstly, as parents, they couldn’t ignore their children and put all focus on their job. There is no excuse for not concerning their children. Except supervising her daughters, Amy Chua has to give lessons in university, write books and handle the family chores. She is so busy, but she doesn’t ignore the daughters.

Secondly, parents should be strict with their children especially when they are kids because kids lack of self-control. They should not indulge their children in internet or sleepovers.

Thirdly, parents should master some skills in parenting. As a matter of fact, there are so many Chinese parents who are strict with their children with no avail of success. Success can’t be totally copied, because some parents ignore the skills in parenting. When their children don’t follow their will or perform well enough to satisfy them, they will lose their temper and even beat their children, yes, of course, Amy Chua will be mad but she won’t beat her daughters, in this condition, she will be sober and wait until her daughters perform well enough. She learnt some music knowledge in her children’s class and supervised them patiently. She knew where to correct the mistakes and gave the children extraordinary success.

Tiger mother aroused a big heat in parenting and threw such an important issue for us to think about. Battle Hymn of Tiger Mother gives us really some enlightenment. Anyway, that’s a really unique experience in reading this book.

暑假期间我读了《红楼梦》一书，它是由清代小说家曹雪芹所作的家喻户晓的四大经典名著之一。这本书以贾、史、王、薛四大家族为背景，以贾宝玉和林黛玉的爱情故事为主线，围绕两个主要人物的感情纠葛。同时，通过对这些爱情悲剧产生的社会环境的描绘，深刻而尖锐地批判了封建社会制度、政治吏治……满腔悲愤地控诉了封建主义的残酷无情和灭绝人性。

这本书在描写人物的技巧方面达到了炉火纯青的地步，精雕细刻出了贾宝玉、林黛玉、薛宝钗等人物形象，书中对王熙凤的描写是这样的。“一双丹凤三角眼，两弯柳叶吊梢眉，身量苗条，体格风骚，粉面含春威不露，丹唇未启笑先闻。”这样的外貌描写让我们对王熙凤印象深刻，像刻在脑海里似的。在众多的人物中我最喜欢薛宝钗了，因为她不仅性格温和，而且长得美丽大方还很会说话，讨人喜欢。书中写道：有一次宝钗生日，院里搭了个戏台，贾母先叫宝钗点，宝钗点了个贾母喜欢的《西游记》，贾母很是喜欢，宝钗不仅善解人意会说话，而且很有才华，有一次元妃来了，她让宝钗、黛玉等姐妹各题一匾一诗，大家看了看觉得还是宝钗和黛玉写得。宝钗还提醒宝玉不要和元妃唱对台戏，让宝玉把“绿玉”改作“绿蜡”并把典故讲给他听。书中曹雪芹刻画了许许多多鲜活的人物形象，读着读着，我的眼前好像浮现出他们的身影。曹雪芹刻画人物栩栩如生，令人惊叹!

让我喜欢的还是《红楼梦》里的古诗词了，这是有了这些诗词《红楼梦》才焕发出迷人的光彩。这些诗句中我最喜欢“眼空蓄泪泪空垂，暗洒闲抛却为谁?尺幅鲛绡劳解赠，叫人焉得不伤悲!”这首诗是说，黛玉在为宝玉流泪，除了为宝玉还能为谁呢?本来在为宝玉流泪，收到宝玉赠送的手帕，知道宝玉深知她的心意，于是哭得更厉害了。上面这两句话是林黛玉的心声，但是，她之所以会在那个时候将这两句话说出来，正是因为当时的环境，因为那方帕子而引出的感慨。我喜欢《红楼梦》，不仅是因为这本书刻画人物细致入微、栩栩如生。更是因为这本书是中国古典诗词的百花园。

《野性的呼唤》的主人公是一条名叫巴克的狗。它原本毫无忧虑的生活在美国南方，却被家里的仆人偷偷卖到了阿拉斯加成为了一条雪橇犬，在目睹了一次惨象后，它开始遵循“大棒”和“利齿”的法则，并逐渐成为了一条优秀的雪橇犬。后来，它遇到了它真正喜欢的一个叫桑顿的人。他们去东部寻宝，桑顿却被印第安人杀死了。在为桑顿报了仇后，巴克回归了大自然。

"The call of the wild" the protagonist is a dog named buck. It had no worries of life in America south, was a family servant secretly sold to Alaska as a sled dog, after witnessing a sight, it begins to follow the "stick" and "teeth" principle, and gradually become a good sled dog. Later, he met a man named Thornton it really like. They go to the eastern treasure hunt, Thornton was killed by indians. In revenge for Thornton, Buck returned to nature.

故事中巴克的形象是强者的象征，在严酷的生存环境中有着坚强的意志、顽强的生存力量和机敏的生存智慧。它来到新的环境中后并不愿意受其他强者的控制，而是努力适应，不断斗争，成为了新的强者，体现出了“适者生存”这条法则。它虽然是条狗，但如果换作我们，也未必能在那样残酷的环境中生存下来，更不可能成为那里的强者。所以，我们在现实中也该像巴克那样顽强、不屈、不放弃希望，毕竟，在未来的社会中，我们也可能会经历挫折、翻天覆地的变化，而如果我们能有巴克那样的精神，才可能使我们成功。

The story of Bucks image is a symbol of a strong survival wisdom, strong will, tenacious survival strength and agility in the harsh living environment. It came to control the new environment after is not willing to suffer other strong, but efforts to adapt to, continue to struggle, become a new strong, reflects the "survival of the fittest" this rule. Although it is a dog, but if for the rest of us, may not be able to survive in such cruel environment down there, are less likely to become strong. So, in reality we should like buck as tenacious, unyielding, dont give up hope, after all, in the future society, we may also experience changes in frustration, turn the world upside down, and if we can have the buck that spirit, it may lead us to success.

而现在，如果我们遇到一点挫折就被打倒，那么就还不如一条狗，也更不会在将来有大的作为。

Now, if we encounter a little frustration was down, so is also not a dog, nor as large in the future.

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不久前，我读了《鲁滨逊漂流记》这本书，《鲁滨逊漂流记》是英国作家笛福写的一部长篇小说，也是世界文学宝库中的一部不朽的名作。

《鲁滨逊漂流记》一书，讲述一名叫鲁滨逊的人在荒无人烟的岛上生存的事。在这28年，他历尽惊涛骇浪，却乐观顽强。最终，饱受风霜的他回到梦寐以求的故乡。

他向我们展示了顽强，坚毅，勇敢，对生活乐观坚毅的精神。我不敢想象也无法想象，如果我面对鲁滨逊所遭遇的环境，我该怎么做。是恨耶稣给了我触碰不到的希望，然后慢慢等待死亡？还是像鲁滨逊那样，竭力地抓住渺茫的希望，再坚持的活下去？然而后者绝不可能。

从小，我们就生活在爸爸结实的臂弯下；妈妈的温暖怀抱下。不愁没有衣服穿；没有东西吃；不恼没有地方住；不忧没有游戏玩…在这样的环境下成长的我们，都失去了一样东西——自强。我们只会像攀爬悬崖峭壁，失去了线索，也就失去了保障。在生命的威胁下却什么也做不了。往上爬？害怕一脚踩空；保持姿势？害怕筋疲力尽。这么一想就失去了依靠，那么我们就是什么都不会的废人！这样平平淡淡的生命怎么演绎出生命的精彩？与鲁滨逊相比之下，我们输得一败涂地。他能忍受风吹雨打；他能忍受日晒雨淋。不会去抱怨，不会退缩，一个人去克服，去挑战，这样生命才有价值，鲁滨逊的生命就与人与众不同。

看完这本书，使我深受感动。一个人身陷绝境，竟能这样对生活充满信心，勇敢地面对生活，创造生活，实在是难能可贵的＇。使我认识到，人不论何时何地，不管遇到多大的困难，都不能被困难吓倒，要勇敢地面对困难，克服困难，始终保持一种积极向上、从容乐观的心态，去面对和挑战厄运。只有这样，才能像鲁滨逊那样，永远是一个胜利！

我们该明白！不能平平淡淡的，无忧无虑的走完这一生，要该像鲁滨逊那样活出生命的精彩，独一无二的精彩！该跨越大海去看看那另一个城市，活出属于自己的精彩！

Many people simply regard Pride and Prejudice as a love story, but in my opinion, this book is an illustration of the society at that time. She perfectly reflected the relation between money and marriage at her time and gave the people in her works vivid characters.

许多人认为这只是一个爱情故事傲慢与偏见，但在我看来，这本书是对当时社会的例证。她完美地体现了金钱与婚姻关系时，给她的时间在她的作品生动的人物形象的人。

The characters have their own personalities. Mrs. Bennet is a woman who makes great efforts to marry off her daughters. Mr. Bingley is a friendly young man, but his friend, Mr. Darcy, is a very proud man who seems to always feel superior. Even the five daughters in Bennet family are very different. Jane is simple, innocent and never speaks evil of others. Elizabeth is a clever girl who always has her own opinion. Mary likes reading classic books. (Actually she is a pedant.) Kitty doesn’t have her own opinion but likes to follow her sister, Lydia. Lydia is a girl who follows exotic things, handsome man, and is somehow a little profligate. When I read the book, I can always find the same personalities in the society now. That is why I think this book is indeed the representative of the society in Britain in the 18th century.

书中的人物有自己的个性。班纳特太太是一个女人谁使大力女儿嫁出去。彬格莱先生是位很友好的年轻人，但他的朋友，达西先生，是一个非常骄傲的人谁似乎总是感觉优越。即使是班纳特家的五个女儿有很大的不同。简是简单，天真，从不说别人的恶。伊丽莎白是一个聪明的女孩谁总是有她自己的意见。玛丽喜欢阅读古典书籍。 (其实她是一个学究。)小鹰没有她自己的意见，而是喜欢跟她的妹妹，莉迪亚。莉迪亚是一个女孩谁如下异国情调的东西，英俊的男子，并在某种程度上有点挥霍。当我读的书，我总能在社会上找到相同的人物了。这就是为什么我觉得这本书确实是在英国社会在18世纪的代表。

The family of gentleman in the countryside is Jane Austen’s favourite topic. But this little topic can reflect big problems. It concludes the stratum situation and economic relationships in Britain in her century. You can find these from the very beginning of this book.

The first sentence in this book is impressive. It reads: “It is a truth well known to all the world that an unmarried man in possession of a large fortune must be in need of a wife”. The undertone is very clear: the foundation of the marriage at that time is not emotion but possession.

在农村家庭是简奥斯汀先生最喜欢的话题。但是，这个小问题都可以反映大的问题。它总结了地层情况和英国的经济关系，她的世纪。你可以找到从一开始这本书。

在这本书的第一句话让人印象深刻。它写道：“这是众所周知的，在世界上的一大笔财富占有未婚男子必须在妻子需要一个真相“。该底色是非常明确的：当时的婚姻的基础是感情，但不占有。

People always think that Austen was an expert at telling love stories. In fact, the marriage in her book is not the result of love, but the result of economic needs. After reading this book, I know the truth is that a poor woman must be in need of a husband, a wealthy man.

I couldn’t forget how eager Mrs. Bennet wants to marry off her daughters. If you want to know why she is so crazy about these things, I must mention the situation in Britain at that time. Only the eldest son had the privilege of inheriting his father’s possessions. Younger sons and daughters who are used to luxurious lives have no choice but marry a man or woman in possession of a large fortune to continue their comfortable lives. Thus, we can see that getting married is a way to become wealthier, particularly for women without many possessions. Jane Austen told us that money and possession determined everything, including marriage and love in her century.

Animal Farm tells a story that one day the animals overthrow the farmer Mr. Jones, and found their own regime, called Animal Farm They adopt Seven Commandments of Animalism, of which the most important is All animals are equal。 Pigs are the leaders of the operation of the newly start-up farm.Thanks to the right lead of the pigs and selfless and hardworking of all animals, the Animal Farm develops good enough to their demands.

However, the leaders separate into two factions soon after. As a result, Snowball is expelled by Napoleon as a betrayer. Although many animals remember that Snowball is a brave leader, they firmly believe they were wrong and Snowball is a bad animal indeed after brainwashing Napoleon offered. What’s more, the Seven Commandments of Animalism had also been changed. Finally, the Animal Farm becomes quite different from what they hope it to be at the beginning.

From the novel; I expressively feel the great power of faith. With the faith of Animalism, they finally found their regime, and struggle the equal from humans. And because of the faith, Napoleon can still rule the wretched animals, even though Snowball has gone. In our daily life, faith is indispensable as well. Faith just as flame, guiding us and supporting us when we feel frustrated as well as every time we need power to keep going ahead. When the Animal Farm is in mess, the animals still believe in their faith and Animalism. As to us, this believing is needed. Sometimes we may think we are in a wrong road to our dream, or we lose heart of ourselves, considering we aren"t as well as respect, we need believe. A b faith just likes a protection, and we are protected by it from kinds of difficulties.

这是一部以爱情为主题的小说。主人公简·爱是一个心地纯洁、善于思考的女性，她生活在社会底层，受尽磨难。她的生活遭遇令人同情，但她那倔强的性格和勇于追求平等幸福的精神更为人们所赞赏。

小说主要描写了简·爱与罗契斯特的爱情。简·爱的爱情观更加深化了她的个性。她认为爱情应该建立在精神平等的基础上，而不应取决于社会地位、财富和外貌，只有男女双方彼此真正相爱，才能得到真正的幸福。在追求个人幸福时，简·爱表现出异乎寻常的纯真、朴实的思想感情和一往无前的勇气。她并没有因为自己的仆人地位而放弃对幸福的追求，她的爱情是纯洁高尚的，她对罗契斯特的财富不屑一顾，她之所以钟情于他，就是因为他能平等待人，把她视作朋友，与她坦诚相见。对罗契斯特说来，简·爱犹如一股清新的风，使他精神为之一振。罗契斯特过去看惯了上层社会的冷酷虚伪，简·爱的纯朴、善良和独立的个性重新唤起他对生活的追求和向往。因而他能真诚地在简面前表达他善良的愿望和改过的决心。

简·爱同情罗契斯特的不幸命运，认为他的错误是客观环境造成的。尽管他其貌不扬，后来又破产成了残废，但她看到的是他内心的美和令人同情的不幸命运，所以最终与他结婚。小说通过罗契斯特两次截然不同的爱情经历，批判了以金钱为基础的婚姻和爱情观，并始终把简·爱和罗契斯特之间的爱情描写为思想、才能、品质与精神上的完全默契。

简·爱是个不甘忍受社会压迫、勇于追求个人幸福的女性。无论是她的贫困低下的社会地位，或是她那漂泊无依的生活遭遇，都是当时英国下层人民生活的真实写照。作者能够把一个来自社会下层的觉醒中的新女性摆到小说的主人公地位，并对主人公为反抗压迫和社会偏见、力争取独立的人格和尊严、为追求幸福生活所作的顽强斗争加以热情歌颂，这在当时的文学作品中是难能可贵的。

《简·爱》是一部具有浓厚浪漫主义色彩的现实主义小说。整部作品以自叙形式写成。大量运用心理描写是小说的一大特色。全书构思精巧，情节波澜起伏，给读者制造出一种阴森恐怖的气氛，而又不脱离一个中产阶级家庭的背景。作者还以行情的笔法描写了主人公之间的真挚爱情和自然风景，感情色彩丰富而强烈。这部优美、动人并带有神秘色彩的小说，至今仍保持着它独特的艺术魅力。

The first impression that the boy Tom gave me was a naughty, mischievous boy, just as what Aunt Polly said. He never lacked the curiosity to explore new places, sometimes even risking his life, which I did not dare to! There were some great adventures of him with Huck or Joe. Huck was an orphan, and Joe was Tom’s classmate. Everybody in the small village knew Tom, mainly for Tom’s—you know kind of gallantry!

I should tell you the adventures. The origin of the attempt was that Tom and Huck was getting curious to the world of outside, and they made an effort to run-away. However, when they were in the graveyard, some people appeared. They were Injun Joe, Huck’s father, named Potter, and a doctor. Tom and Huck quickly hid behind the bush, and they saw them digging the coffins out, probably finding something valuable. They did not realize that what they witnessed was a murder! Tom and Huck were extremely afraid, and they ran away rapidly. On the court, Potter was being accused of the murderer; however, Tom declared that it was Injun Joe who used Potter’s knife to kill the young doctor. On hearing this, Injun Joe broke the glass and ran away! This scared everybody, and Tom’s brother, Sid, said that he always heard Tom mumbling something when he was asleep, and sometimes even shouting. Indeed, the accident was fluttering everybody in the town with fear.

Before, Tom once fell in love with a girl called Lawrence. And he showed off in front of the girl, trying to win the girl’s heart, but Lawrence ignored Tom’s appearance, and it made Tom sad. At present, Tom went for another girl for Becky. Yet, when Becky knew that Tom once loved Lawrence (it was probably childish thoughts), she refused Tom. Tom got so depressed that he resolutely committed the second escape.

He made contact with Huck and Joe that afternoon, about where to meet, the code words of meeting, and the route, and so on and so forth. Each of them brought some food, and Huck brought some pipes (remind that Huck had no real home, and I had no ideas where he got the things). At midnight, they met at the place, and they took a raft down the river. After drifting for about several hours, they finally reached the destiny. There they lived for about several weeks, and while everybody thought they were drowned, they had a great time. They were no problems of food or water shortages. They promised to be a pirate, and would live there forever.

If you were out from your relatives for a long time, wouldn’t you miss home? It was the same for those children. After several weeks, Joe felt that he missed home very much, and Tom could not seem to stop him. On this, Tom brought Joe and Huck his secret—

On one night, when the rest of the boys fell asleep (of course they slept outside), Tom crept from the camp, and headed toward the town. He sneaked to his aunt’s room, and hid under the bed, while everybody- Mary (Tom’s sister), Sid, Aunt Polly and Joe Harper’s mother were having a meeting. There were a lot of tears, about how the boys were killed, and how they would treat the boys if they ever lived again, such things. Tom almost wanted to get out of the bed and hug Aunt Polly, but he couldn’t. At last, everybody went to sleep. Tom went out from the bed, and flew to the camp. That was the secret— that the boys will go to their own funeral!

While the boys were outside, all of the people in the town were discussing about the accidents. The town was immediately covered with a sense of doom. So the funeral was raised. Everybody wore a black suit, and they prayed something along with the priest. Just then, they saw somebody entering the gate, and what they saw was unbelievable. Three young souls came out from their coffins and showed up in front of everybody! The change of the atmosphere was imaginable. Aunt Polly, Joe Harper’s mother, Mary and Sid were astounded to find that Tom came so vivid in front of them, and so Tom and Joe became a hero in the school, even in the town.

The real adventures of Tom were finding the treasures. However, I felt that I had no energy to write more…

Written in the first chapter of the book Pride and Prejudice is an extraordinary sentence of which even a person who has had only a brief look upon the book will not fail to receive a deep impression-It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. In terms of Sherlock Holmes, we’d better alter the sentence into “It is a fact universally accepted by readers throughout the world that an excellent book in possession of our famous detective Sherlock Holmes is undoubtedly a masterpiece of all times.” Perhaps this is one of the most obvious explanations for the unrivaled popularity of “Holmes series” in the field of detective stories. Overwhelmed by the recommendations provided by my friends, I decided to take a look on this Sherlock Holmes and the Duke’s Son originally published by Oxford University Press.

As a whole, this book is about a case concerning the Duke’s missing son. Arthur, the Duke’s son, was found out in a certain morning to have disappeared, accompanied with which was also the disappearance of the German teacher. The school master Dr. Huxtable then turned to the famous detective of the time Sherlock Holmes for help. Realizing how tough and important the case is, Holmes immediately made up his mind to accept the case and followed Dr. Huxtable back to Mackleton by train. Having formed a rough idea about the whole matter, Holmes probed into the case immediately and had a careful investigation of the entire area shortly after the arrival, during the process of which he discovered the body of the German teacher Heidegger. Finally, primarily due to his prominent ability as a detective, he managed to unravel the mystery and obtained the twelve thousand pounds promised by the Duke.

Having once started reading this fiction, I was completely immersed in the mysterious story presented by the book. As the saying goes, “Well begun, half done”. At the beginning of the story, just like many other detective stories, the author gives us a brief description of the condition by the words of a client. However, unlike other ones, this story first delineates the client’s strange behavior at length to indicate the severity of the incident in order to attract the readers to continue reading it. As is known to all, vivid depiction is essential to detective stories since it can help the readers understand each figure’s characteristics and visualize the scenes, thus making the story more authentic and attractive. Therefore, trying to present a “real world” to his readership, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the original “Holmes series”, has skillfully arranged the plots of the whole story from the perspective of Dr. Watson, a character not so specialized in discovering the truth hidden behind the enigmatic happenings as Holmes but so loyal to Sherlock Homes as a friend that he always accompanies Holmes wherever he goes. In this way, he elaborately depicted every scene and character in the book, Apart from the special start, the ending of the whole story, being dramatic but reasonable, is certainly an outstanding one. After all, except the author himself, who knows that the Duke’s seemingly ordinary secretary is in fact the Duke’s bastard? In addition, who knows that the Duke actually has already been acquainted with the whole thing before Holmes solves this complicated problem? Yet, surprising as it is, this ending seems so natural that it fits all the plots of the story perfectly well. While enjoying this wonderful story, I could do nothing but admire the wonderful design of this masterpiece as well as the author’s gorgeous writing skill. Closing my eyes, I can even “see” the story happening just like watching a film. Not until then did I understand why the Japanese cartoon film Detective Conan used this “Conan” as the name of its hero.

As far as I am concerned, nothing is more admirable and surprising in the hero Sherlock Homes than his profound knowledge which has certainly assisted him a lot when he was studying the case. Take the bicycle tyres for instance, Holmes actually is capable of recognizing 42 different varieties of bicycle tyres. What’s more, according to his other stories, Holmes has studied different kinds of newspapers, cigarettes, people’s footprints and other special things as well. Therefore, he seems to have the mastery of anything relevant to the cases he deals with. Except for his illimitable knowledge, Holmes also specializes in arranging the facts in order and then finding the fact leading him to a great discovery or even the truth itself. From his speaking “Every mystery has an answer”, we can readily shape the impression of a man with great intelligence and inflexible will. In this case, after getting rid of unrelated facts, Sherlock Homes eventually grasped the clue and discovered the amazing fact.

Needless to say, as a world-renowned masterpiece, Sherlock Holmes and the Duke’s Son has attracted and is still charming numerous readers from all corners of the world and people from all walks of life. The “Holmes series” has already set up a standard against which all the following detective fictions are measured. Sherlock Holmes, beyond all doubt, has become a name firmly rooted in people’s memories. Although Dr. Watson’s closing The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes in 1927 was a great pity to the readers, the discontinuance of the entire “Holmes series” may have actually added to the legendary stature of Sherlock Holmes.

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Published in 1847, Wuthering Heights was not well received by the reading public, many of whom condemned it as sordid, vulgar, and unnatural--and author Emily Bronte went to her grave in 1848 believing that her only novel was a failure. It was not until 1850, when Wuthering Heights received a second printing with an introduction by Emilys sister Charlotte, that it attracted a wide readership. And from that point the reputation of the book has never looked back. Today it is widely recognized as one of the GREat novels of English literature.

Even so, Wuthering Heights continues to divide readers. It is not a pretty love story; rather, it is swirling tale of largely unlikeable people caught up in obsessive love that turns to dark madness. It is cruel, violent, dark and brooding, and many people find it extremely unpleasant. And yet--it possesses a grandeur of language and design, a sense of tremendous pity and GREat loss that sets it apart from virtually every other novel written.

The novel is told in the form of an extended FLASHback. After a visit to his strange landlord, a newcomer to the area desires to know the history of the family--which he receives from Nelly Deans, a servant who introduces us to the Earnshaw family who once resided in the house known as Wuthering Heights. It was once a cheerful place, but Old Earnshaw adopted a "Gipsy" child who he named Heathcliff. And Catherine, daughter of the house, found in him the perfect companion: wild, rude, and as proud and cruel as she. But although Catherine loves him, even recognizes him as her soulmate, she cannot lower herself to marry so far below her social station. She instead marries another, and in so doing sets in motion an obsession that will destroy them all.

Wuthering Heights is a bit difficult to "get into;" the opening chapters are so dark in their portrait of the end result of this obsessive love that they are somewhat off-putting. But they feed into the flow of the work in a remarkable way, setting the stage for one of the most remarkable structures in all of literature, a story that circles upon itself in a series of repetitions as it plays out across two generations. Catherine and Heathcliff are equally remarkable, both vicious and cruel, and yet never able to shed their impossible love no matter how brutally one may wound the other.

As the novel coils further into alcoholism, seduction, and one of the most elaborately imagined plans of revenge it gathers into a ghostly tone: Heathcliff, driven to madness by a woman who is not there but who seems reflected in every part of his world--dragging her corpse from the grave, hearing her calling to him from the moors, escalating his brutality not for the sake of brutality but so that her memory will never fade, so that she may never leave his mind until death itself. Yes, this is madness, insanity, and there is no peace this side of the grave or even beyond.

It is a stunning novel, frightening, inexorable, unsettling, filled with unbridled passion that makes one cringe. Even if you do not like it, you should read it at least once--and those who do like it will return to it again and again.