Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how their lives have changed since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has challenged them: "Make your lives extraordinary!" Inspired by Keating, the boys resurrect the Dead Poets Society - a secret club where, free from the constraints and expectations of school, parents and the world, they let their passions run wild. As Keating turns the boys on to the power of words, they begin to discover not only the beauty of language, but, also the importance of making each moment count. Until the fragile universe he has built for them begins, gradually, to implode...

作者N.H.科琳寶姆，美國作傢，畢業於西北大學，曾擔任報社編輯和記者，著有《死亡詩社》《豪勇七俠》等，現居紐約。

《死亡詩社》是一部經典的成長小說，全球已齣版83個版本。小說描繪瞭一個思想新銳的教師基丁嚮僵化的教育模式發起挑戰的經過，歌頌瞭文學的大美，倡導瞭一種“人，詩意地棲居”的生活方式。《死亡詩社》電影1989年上映後，獲得奧斯卡最佳原創劇本、英國電影學院奬最佳影片、愷撒奬最佳外語片等多項大奬。二十年來無數人口口相傳，已成為經典電影。