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.

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"a tale of two cities" is one of dickens's most important representative works.the novel profoundly exposed the society contradiction before the french revolution,intensely attacks the aristocratic social class is dissolute and cruel,and sincerely sympathizes with the depressed classes.

the novel also described many magnificent scenes like the revolt people attacked bastille and so on,which displayed people's great strength. the novel has portrayed many different people. doctor manette is honest and kind but suffers the persecution actually ， lucie is beautiful and gentle ，charles is graceful and noble，lorry is upright and honest ，sydney is semblance of indifferent, innermost feelings of warm,unconventional but also selfless and lofty，miss pross is straightforward and loyal，evremonde brothers are cruel and sinister......the complex hatred is hard to solve, the cruel revenge has made more hatreds, loves rebirth in the hell edge,but take the life as the price. as an outstanding writer,in dickens's work,the language skill is essential.each kind of rhetoric technique,like the analogy,the exaggeration,the contrast,the humorous,and the taunt are handled skillfully,and the artistry of the work is also delivered the peak."a tale of two cities" has its difference with the general historical novel, its character and the main plot are all fictionalizes.

with the broad real background of the french revolution,the author take the fictional character doctor manette's experience as the main clue,interweaves the unjust charge, love and revenge three independences but also incident cross-correlation stories together,the plot is criss-crossed,and the clue is complex.the author use narrates,foreshadowing,upholstery and so many techniques,causes the structure integrity and strictness,the plot winding anxious and rich of theatrical nature,it displayed the remarkable artistic skill.the style "a tale of two cities" is solemnity and melancholy,fills indignantion,but lacks the humor of the early works.

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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 heroine's. 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 je's 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.

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i have a lot of questions. such as the little prince lived in a asteroids in the solar system outside earth, self live small can only accommodate three volcanoes and a flower, he how to eat, how to master the language, how to move back and forth between the different planets, how he was born? and the planets that he's traveled around, why are they always alone, where they come from, how they're dressed, how they breathe, and whether they die?

of course these questions are not worth discussing in their own right, and the benefits and values of the whole book lie in its allegory and its ridicule of the people who are mired in the mundane and the busy.

first of all, the little prince was on the planet where there lived a king, which was in fact a symbol of political power, and the man who counted the stars all day was a narrow, selfish, greedy businessman. a geographer might be a person of mine who knows all the time and thinks of something that's out of touch with reality, and then becomes obsessed with a certain intellectual or linguistic vanity. the lightman is a humble and industrious worker of society.

himself is a very interesting character the little prince, he was a child, has not been in the real world of ugly things defile the pure beauty of mind and desire to want to know the outside world with curiosity, but it was also his these features make him worried, because of his truth persistence spirit of exploration and the absurd world cannot eliminate contradictions exist, this world does not exist the answer he wanted, and this is the reason why he died. his death was a rejection of this dirty, ugly world.

this is a condensed and condensed version of my overall reading experience, which may be simplistic, but i think i will add, and if you don't like my language style, i apologize.

in fact, one of my favorite passages is the dialogue between the little prince and the other. i always think of you from that flower.

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this week, i finished reading "the wizard of oz" in three days. its really good.

the book is about dorothys parents died when she was young, so she lived with uncle henry and aunt em. dorothy and her house were swept away by a tornado.

then dorothy met the scarecrow, the tin woodman, and the cowardly lion. the scarecrow wanted brains, the tin woodman wanted heart, and the cowardly lion wanted courage.

in the end, everyone realized their dreams.

i like this book, because the plot is beautiful and it attracts me.

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the little prince by antoine de saint-exupery contains a fairy tale which concludes plentiful first thing we can learn from the book is the innocence of childhood and ough disappointed by what his roses said,the little prince still loved the weiter's opinion ,the roses stand for the pure love.

as the prince growed up,he made a decision to explore other planets and leave his hometown,a planet which just one person lived travelling in the other planets,he discovered that his rose is not the only one of its e are abandunt kinds of roses in the garden,but he still held the opinoion that his rose is special "because it is she that i have watered; because it is she that i have put under the glass globe; because it is she that i have sheltered behind the screen" .

when he came to the earth ,another significant character ,the fox , teached the little prince to take his own responsibility bravely . what's more ,the fox is also the little prince's best friend and help with his understanding of the meaning of friendship.

all the story is told by a piolet ,who is another hero in the tale and met the little prince in the sahara the end of the story ,the little prince died on the earth with the piolet.

the writer made the story from the child's ally,what the prince said is what the writer wanted to theme of the story is to criticize the human beings' a alien, the little prince could see the human beings' disadvantages clearly. in my opinion ,the little prince is more than a funny book written for the is a kind of profound reflection of yone finishing reading the book can form his thought in his mind. therefore,i'm sure it is worthwhile to spend some time reading the book calmly.

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