Hard times / Bantam classic ed.

作者：  by Charles Dickens ; introduction by Robert Donald Spector.

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简介：      在线阅读本书          Written deliberately to increase the circulation of Dickens’s weekly magazine, Household Words, Hard Timeswas a huge and instantaneous success upon publication in 1854. Yet this novel is not the cheerful celebration of Victorian life one might have expected from the beloved author of The Pickwick Papersand The Old Curiosity Shop. Compressed, stark, allegorical, it is a bitter exposé of capitalist exploitation during the industrial revolution–and a fierce denunciation of the philosophy of materialism, which threatens the human imagination in all times and places. With a typically unforgettable cast of characters–including the heartless fact-worshipper     Mr. Gradgrind, the warmly endearing Sissy Jupe, and the eternally noble Stephen Blackpool–Hard Timescarries a uniquely powerful message and remains one of the most widely read of Dickens’s major novels.

A tale of two cities /

作者：  by Charles Dickens.

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简介：　　Novel by Charles Dickens, published both serially and in book form in 　　1859. The story is set in the late 18th century against the background 　　of the French Revolution. Although Dickens borrowed from Thomas 　　Carlyle's history, The French Revolution, for his sprawling tale of 　　London and revolutionary Paris, the novel offers more drama than 　　accuracy. The scenes of large-scale mob violence are especially vivid, 　　if superficial in historical understanding. The complex plot involves 　　Sydney Carton's sacrifice of his own life on behalf of his friends 　　Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette. While political events drive the 　　story, Dickens takes a decidedly antipolitical tone, lambasting both 　　aristocratic tyranny and revolutionary excess--the latter memorably 　　caricatured in Madame Defarge, who knits beside the guillotine. The book 　　is perhaps best known for its opening lines, "It was the best of times, 　　it was the worst of times," and for Carton's last speech, in which he 　　says of his replacing Darnay in a prison cell, "It is a far, far better 　　thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest 　　that I go to, than I have ever known." -- The Merriam-Webster 　　Encyclopedia of Literature --This text refers to an out of print or 　　unavailable edition of this title. 　　 　　The timeless classic of love and sacrifice during the French Revolution! 　　With insight and compassion, Dickens casts his tale with such memorable 　　characters as the evil Madame Defarge and her knitted patterns of death, 　　the gentle Lucie Manette and her unfailing devotion to her downtrodden 　　father, and the courageous Sydney Carton, who would give his own love-- 　　and life--for a woman that would never be his.

Great expectations / Bantam classic ed.

作者：  by Charles Dickens ; with an introfuction by John Irving.

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简介： Considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, the orphan Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dickens' most memorable characters. Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham and her beautiful ward Estella, Pip's good-hearted room-mate Herbert Pocket and the pompous Pumblechook. As Pip unravels the truth behind his own 'great expectations' in his quest to become a gentleman, the mysteries of the past and the convolutions of fate through a series of thrilling adventures serve to steer him towards maturity and his most important discovery of all - the truth about himself.

A Christmas carol / Bantam classic ed.

作者：  by Charles Dickens.

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简介：　　This is a beautiful new edition of Charles Dickens' most beloved 　　story, "A Christmas Carol." Large format (6"x9"), printed on high 　　quality paper.

David Copperfield /

作者：  abridged for public reading by Charles Dickens ; illustrated by Alan Marks ; afterword by Anthea...

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简介：　　Book Description 　　`I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is DAVID COPPERFIELD,' wrote Dickens of what is the most personal, certainly one of the most popular, of all his novels. 　　This new edition features an enlarged text, revised notes, and a new introduction. It uses the accurate Clarendon text, and also includes Dickens's trial titles and working notes, and eight of the original illustrations by `Phiz'. 　　Reviews 　　Dickens's heavily autobiographical novel describing a young man's rise in the world is a classic coming-of-age story. David Copperfield, the narrator, is orphaned at a tender age and raised first by his brutal stepfather (who halts his schooling and sends him to work in a factory--as did Dickens's own father), then by a kindly aunt. He trains for a career in law, but eventually becomes a writer. An ill-advised marriage brings him considerable unhappiness, but not long after his wife's death he is reunited with his childhood sweetheart. A sprawling portrait of life in Victorian England, DAVID COPPERFIELD is perhaps Dickens's most popular work, and it contains many of the characters--Mr. Micawber, Uriah Heep, Betsey Trotwood, Steerforth, and Little Emily--who gave Dickens his reputation as the finest literary portraitist of his age. 　　About Author 　　Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landport, Portsea, England, on February 7, 1812. The second of eight children, he grew up in a family frequently beset by financial insecurity. At age eleven, Dickens was taken out of school and sent to work in London backing warehouse, where his job was to paste labels on bottles for six shillings a week. His father John Dickens, was a warmhearted but improvident man. When he was condemned the Marshela Prison for unpaid debts, he unwisely agreed that Charles should stay in lodgings and continue working while the rest of the family joined him in jail. This three-month separation caused Charles much pain; his experiences as a child alone in a huge city–cold, isolated with barely enough to eat–haunted him for the rest of his life. 　　When the family fortunes improved, Charles went back to school, after which he became an office boy, a freelance reporter and finally an author. With Pickwick Papers (1836-7) he achieved immediate fame; in a few years he was easily the post popular and respected writer of his time. It has been estimated that one out of every ten persons in Victorian England was a Dickens reader. Oliver Twist (1837), Nicholas Nickleby (1838-9) and The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-41) were huge successes. Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-4) was less so, but Dickens followed it with his unforgettable, A Christmas Carol (1843), Bleak House (1852-3), Hard Times (1854) and Little Dorrit (1855-7) reveal his deepening concern for the injustices of British Society. A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Great Expectations (1860-1) and Our Mutual Friend (1864-5) complete his major works. 　　Dickens’s marriage to Catherine Hoggarth produced ten children but ended in separation in 1858. In that year he began a series of exhausting public readings; his health gradually declined. After putting in a full day’s work at his home at Gads Hill, Kent on June 8, 1870, Dickens suffered a stroke, and he died the following day.

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简介："Tuberculosis was a widespread and deadly disease which devastated the British population in the nineteenth century: consequently it also had a huge impact upon public consciousness. This text explores the representations of tuberculosis in nineteenth-century literature and culture. Fears about gender roles, degeneration, national efficiency and sexual transgression all play their part in the portrayal of 鈥檆onsumption鈥? a disease which encompassed a variety of cultural associations. Through an examination of a range of Victorian texts, from well-known and popular novels by Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Gaskell to critically neglected works by Mrs Humphry Ward and Charles Reade, this work reveals the metaphors of illness which surrounded tuberculosis and the ways those metaphors were used in the fiction of the day. The book also contains detailed analysis of the substantial body of writing by nineteenth-century physicians which exists about this disease, and examines the complex relationship between medical 鈥檉act鈥?and literary fiction"--Provided by publisher.

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简介：Book Description Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. "Bleak House" is a story of love and inheritance, and its graphic depiction of the realities and costs of High Court legal actions, drawn from the author's personal experience still have relevance. The atmosphere, places and events are described with a perceptive eye. Amazon.com Bleak House is a satirical look at the Byzantine legal system in London as it consumes the minds and talents of the greedy and nearly destroys the lives of innocents--a contemporary tale indeed. Dickens's tale takes us from the foggy dank streets of London and the maze of the Inns of Court to the peaceful countryside of England. Likewise, the characters run from murderous villains to virtuous girls, from a devoted lover to a "fallen woman," all of whom are affected by a legal suit in which there will, of course, be no winner. The first-person narrative related by the orphan Esther is particularly sweet. The articulate reading by the acclaimed British actor Paul Scofield, whose distinctive broad English accent lends just the right degree of sonority and humor to the text, brings out the color in this classic social commentary disguised as a Victorian drama. However, to abridge Dickens is, well, a Dickensian task, the results of which make for a story in which the author's convoluted plot lines and twists of fate play out in what seems to be a fast-forward format. Listeners must pay close attention in order to keep up with the multiple narratives and cast of curious characters, including the memorable Inspector Bucket and Mr. Guppy. Fortunately, the publisher provides a partial list of characters on the inside jacket. The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature Novel by Charles Dickens, published serially in 1852-53 and in book form in 1853. Considered by some critics to be the author's best work, Bleak House is the story of several generations of the Jarndyce family who wait in vain to inherit money from a disputed fortune in the settlement of the lawsuit of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce. It is pointedly critical of England's Court of Chancery, in which cases could drag on through decades of convoluted legal maneuvering. From Library Journal Bleak House is such a natural for audio that it comes as no surprise to read in Peter Ackroyd's biography of Dickens that he himself read it aloud to Wilkie Collins and his own family. No matter how good he was as a readerAand he did go on to present public readings regularly after thisADickens could not have performed better than Robert Whitfield does here. With a motley cast of characters to challenge the skill of any narrator, his brilliant dramatizations range from a homeless street urchin to an arrogant barrister, from a canny old windbag to a high-minded heroine who deserves the happy ending Dickens affords her. Whitfield is also as persuasive as the indignant voice of the author himself, attacking both the injustice of the law and the cruel indifference of society. This may be one of the most Dickensian novels Dickens ever wrote. Highly recommended.AJo Carr, Sarasota, FL About Author Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was born in Portsmouth, England, one of eight children, grew up in poverty, had little formal education, and yet became the most prominent and revered English Victorian writer as well as a journalist. Book Dimension : length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6 　

The Pickwick Papers 匹克威克外传 9780553211238

作者：  Charles

出版社：贵州科技出版社 1984年01月

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　　The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known asThe Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. It wasoriginally an idea by Robert Seymour, the illustrator, to whichDickens was asked to contribute as an up and coming writerfollowing the success of Sketches by Boz, published in 1836.Dickens, supremely confident as ever, increasingly took over theunsuccessful monthly publication after Seymour had committedsuicide. With the introduction of Sam Weller the book became thefirst real publishing phenomenon, with bootleg copies, theatricalperformances, Sam Weller joke books and other merchandise. It wasinspired by a town, Corsham. The name Pickwick is likely to havecome from that of a nearby farm, Pickwick Lodge Farm. Pickwick isthe part of Corsham which is on the A4, once the main road fromLondon to Bristol.

双城记:A Tale of Two Cities

作者：  查尔斯·狄更斯

出版社：天津人民出版社 2018年04月

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《双城记（英文版）》以法国大革命为背景，透过贵族与平民之间的仇旧冲突，作者狄更斯传达“鲜血无法洗去仇恨，更不能替代爱”的主旨，贵族的暴虐对平民造成的伤痛不会因为鲜血而愈合，平民对贵族的仇恨也无法替代对已逝亲人的爱。小说深刻地揭露了法国大革命前深深激化了的社会矛盾，强烈地抨击贵族阶级的荒淫残暴，并深切地同情下层人民的苦难。

《双城记（英文版）》为英文原版，随书提供配套英文朗读供读者下载，让读者在品读精彩故事的同时，亦能提升英文阅读水平。

A Tale of Two Citiesis a novel by Charles Dickens, set in Paris and London of the 1780s and 1790s.Dr. Manette is incarcerated in the Bastille for eighteen years without trial.His daughter Lucie grows up in London, thinking that she is an orphan. But herlife changes when her father is released from prison.

Charles Darnay is anemigrant who has left France because of his hatred for his family. Charles andLucie fall in love and marry. But there is another person who loves Lucie withall his heart and will do anything for her sake. The story is set against theconditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. It’s astory of love, war and tragic heroism.

Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories神秘与侦探故事

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　　A richly entertaining and exciting collection of mystery and detective stories from the golden age of crime fiction. This was a period when crimes were solved by the wit and ingenuity of the sleuth who only had his own intelligence to rely on rather than a battery of scientific devices and procedures employed by the modern crime solver.
　　Within these pages you will meet such fascinating sleuths as G.K. Chesterton's Mr Pond, Ernest Bramah's remarkable blind detective, Max Carrados, who can read newspapers by allowing his sensitive fingers to run over the print, Craig Kennedy, 'the American Sherlock Holmes' created by Arthur B. Reeve, and Jacques Futrelle's Professor S.F.X. Van Dusen, 'The Thinking Machine' amongst others. Tales by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Arnold Bennett, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle will thrill and puzzle you.

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简介：　　Book Description 　　The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. 　　 　　Old Martin Chuzzlewit, tormented by the greed and selfishness of his family, effectively drives his grandson, young Martin, to undertake a voyage to America which will have crucial consequences for himself, his grandfather and his grandfather's servant, Mary Graham whom he loves. 　　 　　 From AudioFile 　　Old Martin Chuzzlewit has a great fortune, but to whom can he leave it? He and his likable grandson, young Martin, have fallen out. Beyond that, a tangle of sly, grasping relatives coil about him. Throughout, the reader is rooting for the gentle Tom Pinch and his lovely sister, Mary. But before all can be decided, Dickens puts both Tom and young Martin through murder, mayhem and a brief purgatory in the United States. Reader Davidson quickly tunes into Dickens's ferocious irony, but his paramount strength is his uncanny ability to find and maintain the perfect voice for each of the vintage characters: drippy, insinuous, vicious, sly, bold American backwoods, or London Cheapside. Each is a distinct creation! Dickens lovers will treasure every tape in this two-volume masterpiece. P.E.F.An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner. 　　 　　 The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature 　　Novel by Charles Dickens, published serially by "Boz" from 1843 to 1844 and in book form in 1844. The story's protagonist, Martin Chuzzlewit, is an apprentice architect who is fired by Seth Pecksniff and is also disinherited by his own eccentric, wealthy grandfather. Martin and a servant, Mark Tapley, travel to the United States, where they are swindled by land speculators and have other unpleasant but sometimes comic experiences. Thoroughly disillusioned with the New World, the pair returns to England, where a chastened Martin is reconciled with his grandfather, who gives his approval to Martin's forthcoming marriage to his true love, Mary Graham. 　　 　　 About Author 　　Charles Dickens (1812-1870), despite an impoverished childhood and little formal education, achieved lasting artistic and popular success with the novels Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations, all of which were originally published in serial form. 　　Patricia Ingham is a Fellow of St. Anne's College, Reader in English, and The Times Lecturer in English Language at Oxford University. 　　 　　 Book Dimension : 　　length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6　　

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简介：Book Description The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. This is Dickens' first novel and introduces the characters of Mr Pickwick, Sam Weller and the whole of the Pickwickian crew and follows their adventures. It is widely regarded as one of the most famous of pre-Victorian novels. The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature Novel by Charles Dickens, first published serially from 1836 to 1837 under the pseudonym Boz and in book form in 1837. This first fictional work by Dickens was originally commissioned as a series of glorified captions for the work of caricaturist Robert Seymour. His witty, episodic accounts of the kindly, naive Samuel Pickwick and his friends in the Pickwick Club were instantly successful in their own right, however, and made Dickens a literary sensation. From the Back Cover In The Pickwick Papers (1837), members of the eponymous club recreate the ludicrous follies of nineteenth century England. Yet beneath the grotesqueries they chronicle runs a counterpoint of debtors' prisons, corruption and unreformed elections. With characteristic compassion and caustic satire, Dickens confronts the darker side of these charming anecdotes, in the novel that vaulted him from journalistic obscurity to literary pre-eminence. From AudioFile [Editor's Note--The following is a combined review with DAVID COPPERFIELD, GHOST STORIES, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, HARD TIMES, MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, OLIVER TWIST, OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, and A TALE OF TWO CITIES.]--New Millennium presents the distinguished Academy Award winner Paul Scofield interpreting abridgments of the novels and stories of Charles Dickens. These are excellent readings, sonorous and compelling. However, they lack the verve and character of the old Victorian qualities that have been so wonderfully captured on cassette by Martin Jarvis and Miriam Margolyes, among others. And while few authors benefit more from pruning than the paid-by-the-word Dickens, some of these cuttings are far too drastic. In addition, hurried post-production is evident in numerous audible edits, frequent mouth noises, and occasional overlapping of announcer and narrator. Y.R. Book Dimension : length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6

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简介：Based on novel by Charles Dickens. Based on motion picture written by Mitch Glazer.

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 Formerly linked with the goddess Fortune, the symbol of the wheel became associated with science and linear progress during the Victorian Era. In this study, Campbell examines several novels by Charles Dickens written between 1840 and 1860, showing how these works fused the feminine imagery of the classical wheel of fortune to the masculine symbol of the industrial wheel of progress. Campbell teaches English at Oregon State University. Annotation 漏2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)  

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简介：The same week in February 1836 that Charles Dickens was hired to write his first novel, The Pickwick Papers, the first railway line in London opened. Charles Dickens's Networks explores the rise of the global, high-speed passenger transport network in the nineteenth century and the indelible impact it made on Dickens's work. The advent first of stage coaches, then of railways and transoceanic steam ships made unprecedented round-trip journeys across once seemingly far distances seem ordinary and systematic. Time itself was changed. The Victorians overran the separate, local times kept in each town, establishing instead the synchronized, 'standard' time, which now ticks on our clocks. Jonathan Grossman examines the history of public transport's systematic networking of people and how this revolutionized perceptions of time, space, and community, and how the art form of the novel played a special role in synthesizing and understanding it all. Focusing on a trio of road novels by Charles Dickens, he looks first at a key historical moment in the networked community's coming together, then at a subsequent recognition of its tragic limits, and, finally, at the construction of a revised view that expressed the precarious, limited omniscient perspective by which passengers came to imagine their journeying in the network.

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简介：　　A Tale of Two Cities , by Charles Dickens , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics : 　　 　　All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . .” With these famous words, Charles Dickens plunges the reader into one of history’s most explosive erasthe French Revolution. From the storming of the Bastille to the relentless drop of the guillotine, Dickens vividly captures the terror and upheaval of that tumultuous period. At the center is the novel’s hero, Sydney Carton, a lazy, alcoholic attorney who, inspired by a woman, makes the supreme sacrifice on the bloodstained streets of Paris. one of Dickens’s most exciting novels, A Tale of Two Cities is a stirring classic of love, revenge, and resurrection. Gillen D’Arcy Wood received his Ph.D in English from Columbia University in 2000 and is currently an assistant professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Shock of the Real: Romanticism and Visual Culture, 17601860 .　　

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简介：Book Description The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. Unusually for Dickens, the novel is set in the imaginary industrial town of Coketown, the soulless domain of the strict Gradgind and the heartless factory owner Bounderby. Human joy is seen as the open-hearted and affectionate people act as an antidote to the ruthless behaviour Dickens presents. From School Library Journal Grade 7-12-Dickens' satire on the Victorian family and the philosophies of a society which sought to turn men into machines. From AudioFile In Dickens's story of the horrors of a utilitarian upbringing, reason and facts are everything, and imagination and creativity are nothing. The narrator's British accent goes well with Dickens's overly dramatic and lush prose. He uses different English accents for the numerous male characters, some speech defects for others and a breathy falsetto voice for all the women. While a straight rendition of the dialogue would be an improvement, luckily the story is mainly narrative. Some classics simply may not translate well either to audiobooks or to the 1990's. E.F. The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature Novel by Charles Dickens, published in serial form (as Hard Times: For These Times) in the periodical Household Words from April to August 1854 and in book form later the same year. The novel is a bitter indictment of industrialization, with its dehumanizing effects on workers and communities in mid-19th-century England. Louisa and Tom Gradgrind have been harshly raised by their father, an educator, to know nothing but the most factual, pragmatic information. Their lives are devoid of beauty, culture, or imagination, and the two have little or no empathy for others. Louisa marries Josiah Bounderby, a vulgar banker and mill owner. She eventually leaves her husband and returns to her father's house. Tom, unscrupulous and vacuous, robs his brother-in-law's bank. Only after these crises does their father realize that the principles by which he raised his children have corrupted their lives. About Author Jane Jacobs is one of the most influential social thinkers of our times. Her books include The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Nature of Economies. She lives in Toronto. Book Dimension : length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6 　

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简介：An anthology of Christmas writings by Charles Dickens features the complete text of "A Christmas Carol," complemented by period illustrations and excerpts from other writings.

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简介：    Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century is a wonderful collection of classic stories specially selected and introduced by David Stuart Davies.These are tales from the golden age of the great storytellers presenting evocative snashots from that bygone era while at the same time providing engaging entertainment and stimulation for the modern reader.     All emotions are catered for in these offerings by Charles Dickens,Oscar Wilde,H.G.Wells,Arthur Conan Doyle,Robert Louis Stevenson,Bram Stoker,Mrs Gaskell,O Henry,Anthony Trollope,Thomas Hardy,Wilkie Collins,Guy de Maupassant,Anton Chekhov,Charlotte Perkins Gillman and Charles Lamb.Through their words the rich pageant of yesterday springs to vibrant life.Each story has its own introduction and there is a set of informative notes.This volume is ideal reading for the student as well as those who relish a good tale well told.

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简介：Book Description The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. This work is a tale of imprisonment, both literal and symbolic, that emphasizes personal responsibility in all areas of life. It draws on Dicken's own childhood experiences of the Marshalsea Debtor's Prison, and is full of psychological insights combining historical and social detail. The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature Novel by Charles Dickens, published serially from 1855 to 1857 and in book form in 1857. The novel attacks the injustices of the contemporary English legal system, particularly the institution of debtors' prison. Amy Dorrit, referred to as Little Dorrit, is born and lives much of her life at the Marshalsea prison where her father is imprisoned for debt. She earns meager wages at jobs outside the prison walls, returning nightly to Marshalsea. One of her jobs is as a seamstress for Mrs. Clennam, whose son Arthur eventually helps free Mr. Dorrit from prison. Arthur becomes a debtor himself and falls in love with Little Dorrit, but because their financial circumstances are now reversed, he does not ask her to marry him. In the end miserly Mrs. Clenam is forced to reveal that Arthur is not really her son and that she had been keeping money from him and the Dorrits for many years. Little Dorrit and Arthur are then free to marry. About Author David Gates is the author of the novels Jernigan and Preston Falls and a collection of short stories, The Wonders of the Invisible World. He writes for Newsweek and teaches at the New School for Social Research and Hunter College. He lives in Brooklyn and in Washington County, New York. Book Dimension : length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6