内容简介
这本《101 Classic Short Stories:经典短篇小说101篇》按全英文版出版,西方流行口袋本。共收集了欧•亨利、杰克•伦敦、霍桑、契诃夫等数十位西方著名短篇小说家的代表作与经典名篇,全书共101篇。读者可以通过书上指定的网址,通过微盘免费下载配套的英文朗读文件,边听边读,感受地道英语文学之乐趣。对于英语学习者来讲,这是一本优秀的英语文学精读手册。
This outstanding collection features 101 short stories by great writers from America, the United Kingdom, Russian, and other countries. Ranging from the 19th to the 20th centuries, writers include O. Henry, Jack London, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Edgar Allen Poe, Anton Chekhov, James Joyce , Ambrose Bierce, Franz Kafka, and other major writers of world literature. Such a wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable anthology!
Invest just a few minutes in a great short story and you may be rewarded with a lesson or memory that lasts a lifetime. And it’s not just the short stories; the authors can also surprise you. We hope that you will return to this collection again and again; to re-read these classic favorites and train your literature mind.
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01 AFTER TWENTY YEARS 001 02 ANGELA 005 03 A BABY TRAMP 010 04 BEFORE THE LAW 015 05 BENEATH AN UMBRELLA 017 06 THE BET 023 07 THE BIRTHMARK 030 08 THE BLACK CAT 047 09 THE BLUE ROOM 057 10 THE BOX TUNNEL 065 11 THE BROKEN HEART 073 12 TO BUILD A FIRE 079 13 A BUSH DANCE 095 14 CANDLES 098 15 THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE 100 16 THE CHINK AND THE CHID 104 17 THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING 116 18 CLOCKS 124 19 CONFESSION 134 20 COUNTRY LIFE IN CANADA IN THE “THIRTIES” 147 21 COWARD 150 22 A CUP OF TEA 158 23 THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED 166 24 THE DIAMOND NECKLACE 169 25 THE EGG 178 26 THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES 189 27 THE EMPTY HOUSE 194 28 THE END OF THE PARTY 211 29 EVOLUTION 220 30 A FIGHT WITH A CANNON 224 31 FROM A BACK WINDOW 234 32 THE FULNESS OF LIFE 237 33 THE GIFT OF THE MAGI 248 34 A GLASS OF BEER 254 35 GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS 261 36 A GREAT MISTAKE 269 37 THE GREEN DOOR 271 38 HER LOVER 278 39 HER TURN 284 40 HIS WEDDED WIFE 290 41 A HUNGER ARTIST 295 42 THE ICE PALACE 305 43 THE INCONSIDERATE WAITER 329 44 THE KISS 348 45 THE LADY, OR THE TIGER? 351 46 THE LAST LEAF 358 47 THE LAST LESSON 364 48 THE LAST PENNY 368 49 THE LAST SIXTY MINUTES 376 50 THE LAW OF LIFE 384 51 THE LEGEND OF THE BLEEDING-HEART 391 52 THE LEOPARD MAN’S STORY 397 53 A LICKPENNY LOVER 401 54 LIFE 407 55 THE LION’S SHARE 411 56 THE LOADED DOG 423 57 A LONELY RIDE 430 58 LONG DISTANCE 436 59 LONG ODDS 441 60 THE LOTTERY TICKET 455 61 LOVE OF LIFE 460 62 LOVE, FAITH AND HOPE 480 63 LUCK 486 64 THE MASS OF SHADOWS 491 65 MEASURE FOR MEASURE 497 66 THE MIRROR 503 67 THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE 507 68 MONDAY OR TUESDAY 513 69 THE MONKEY’S PAW 514 70 THE MORTAL IMMORTAL 525 71 MY OWN TRUE GHOST STORY 539 72 THE NEW SUN 547 73 THE NICE PEOPLE 564 74 THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE 573 75 AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER’S 579 76 ON LOVE 584 77 THE OPEN WINDOW 586 78 A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS 590 79 PANIC FEARS 595 80 THE PHILOSOPHER IN THE APPLE ORCHARD 601 81 PIG 610 82 A QUESTION OF TIME 617 83 ROLLO LEARNING TO PLAY 626 84 A SEA OF TROUBLES 633 85 THE SIGNAL-MAN 645 86 THE SISTERS 658 87 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD 666 88 SOMETHING WILL TURN UP 671 89 THE STORY OF A DAY 677 90 A STRANGE STORY 685 91 A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION 687 92 THERE WAS IN FLORENCE A LADY 690 93 THREE QUESTIONS 699 94 THE TOYS OF PEACE 703 95 THE UNFORTUNATE BRIDE 709 96 THE VERDICT 720 97 THE WALKING WOMAN 730 98 WANTED—A COOK 738 99 WHOSE DOG—? 755 100 WONDERWINGS 757 101 THE YELLOW WALLPAPER 760 · · · · · · (收起)