知名短篇小说选

⑴ 世界著名短篇小说

THE GIFT OF THE
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty- seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

While the mistress of the home is graally subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad.

In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. Also appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name "Mr. James Dillingham Young."

The "Dillingham" had been flung to the breeze ring a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called "Jim" and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, already introced to you as Della. Which is all very good.

Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out lly at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling--something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.

There was a pier-glass between the windows of the room. Perhaps you have seen a pier-glass in an $8 flat. A very thin and very agile person may, by observing his reflection in a rapid sequence of longitudinal strips, obtain a fairly accurate conception of his looks. Della, being slender, had mastered the art.

Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood before the glass. her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its color within twenty seconds. Rapidly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length.

Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim's gold watch that had been his father's and his grandfather's. The other was Della's hair. Had the queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty's jewels and gifts. Had King Solomon been the janitor, with all his treasures piled up in the basement, Jim would have pulled out his watch every time he passed, just to see him pluck at his beard from envy.

So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters. It reached below her knee and made itself almost a garment for her. And then she did it up again nervously and quickly. Once she faltered for a minute and stood still while a tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet.

On went her old brown jacket; on went her old brown hat. With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant sparkle still in her eyes, she fluttered out the door and down the stairs to the street.

Where she stopped the sign read: "Mne. Sofronie. Hair Goods of All Kinds." One flight up Della ran, and collected herself, panting. Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the "Sofronie."

"Will you buy my hair?" asked Della.

"I buy hair," said Madame. "Take yer hat off and let's have a sight at the looks of it."

Down rippled the brown cascade.

"Twenty dollars," said Madame, lifting the mass with a practised hand.

"Give it to me quick," said Della.

Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. Forget the hashed metaphor. She was ransacking the stores for Jim's present.

She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. There was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out. It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation--as all good things should do. It was even worthy of The Watch. As soon as she saw it she knew that it must be Jim's. It was like him. Quietness and value--the description applied to both. Twenty-one dollars they took from her for it, and she hurried home with the 87 cents. With that chain on his watch Jim might be properly anxious about the time in any company. Grand as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it on the sly on account of the old leather strap that he used in place of a chain.

When Della reached home her intoxication gave way a little to prudence and reason. She got out her curling irons and lighted the gas and went to work repairing the ravages made by generosity added to love. Which is always a tremendous task, dear friends--a mammoth task.

Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny, close-lying curls that made her look wonderfully like a truant schoolboy. She looked at her reflection in the mirror long, carefully, and critically.

"If Jim doesn't kill me," she said to herself, "before he takes a second look at me, he'll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl. But what could I do--oh! what could I do with a dollar and eighty- seven cents?"

At 7 o'clock the coffee was made and the frying-pan was on the back of the stove hot and ready to cook the chops.

Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered. Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment. She had a habit for saying little silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and now she whispered: "Please God, make him think I am still pretty."

The door opened and Jim stepped in and closed it. He looked thin and very serious. Poor fellow, he was only twenty-two--and to be burdened with a family! He needed a new overcoat and he was without gloves.

Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail. His eyes were fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read, and it terrified her. It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for. He simply stared at her fixedly with that peculiar expression on his face.

Della wriggled off the table and went for him.

"Jim, darling," she cried, "don't look at me that way. I had my hair cut off and sold because I couldn't have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. It'll grow out again--you won't mind, will you? I just had to do it. My hair grows awfully fast. Say `Merry Christmas!' Jim, and let's be happy. You don't know what a nice-- what a beautiful, nice gift I've got for you."

"You've cut off your hair?" asked Jim, laboriously, as if he had not arrived at that patent fact yet even after the hardest mental labor.

"Cut it off and sold it," said Della. "Don't you like me just as well, anyhow? I'm me without my hair, ain't I?"

Jim looked about the room curiously.

"You say your hair is gone?" he said, with an air almost of idiocy.

"You needn't look for it," said Della. "It's sold, I tell you--sold and gone, too. It's Christmas Eve, boy. Be good to me, for it went for you. Maybe the hairs of my head were numbered," she went on with sudden serious sweetness, "but nobody could ever count my love for you. Shall I put the chops on, Jim?"

Out of his trance Jim seemed quickly to wake. He enfolded his Della. For ten seconds let us regard with discreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the other direction. Eight dollars a week or a million a year--what is the difference? A mathematician or a wit would give you the wrong answer. The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them. This dark assertion will be illuminated later on.

Jim drew a package from his overcoat pocket and threw it upon the table.

"Don't make any mistake, Dell," he said, "about me. I don't think there's anything in the way of a haircut or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl any less. But if you'll unwrap that package you may see why you had me going a while at first."

White fingers and nimble tore at the string and paper. And then an ecstatic scream of joy; and then, alas! a quick feminine change to hysterical tears and wails, necessitating the immediate employment of all the comforting powers of the lord of the flat.

For there lay The Combs--the set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped long in a Broadway window. Beautiful combs, pure tortoise shell, with jewelled rims--just the shade to wear in the beautiful vanished hair. They were expensive combs, she knew, and her heart had simply craved and yearned over them without the least hope of possession. And now, they were hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone.

But she hugged them to her bosom, and at length she was able to look up with dim eyes and a smile and say: "My hair grows so fast, Jim!"

And them Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, "Oh, oh!"

Jim had not yet seen his beautiful present. She held it out to him eagerly upon her open palm. The ll precious metal seemed to flash with a reflection of her bright and ardent spirit.

"Isn't it a dandy, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it. You'll have to look at the time a hundred times a day now. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it."

Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.

"Dell," said he, "let's put our Christmas presents away and keep 'em a while. They're too nice to use just at present. I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you put the chops on."

The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of plication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.

⑵ 世界著名短篇小说有哪些

1、《羊脂球》。“短篇小说大师”之称的法国作家莫泊桑先生创作的小说。《羊脂球》是他的成名作，也是他的代表作之一。故事以羊脂球的悲惨遭遇反衬了资本主义下的丑恶肮脏的灵魂。他们虚伪的面具下藏的都是腐朽的内脏和污秽的思想。
2.《项链》。莫泊桑作于1884年。故事讲述了小公务员的妻子玛蒂尔德为参加一次晚会，向朋友借了一串钻石项链，来炫耀自己的美丽。不料，项链在回家途中不慎丢失。她只得借钱买了新项链还给朋友。为了偿还债务，她节衣缩食，为别人打短工，整整劳苦了十年。最后，得知所借的项链原是一串假钻石项链。本文以项链本身为线索，通过借项链、丢项链、还项链的线索自然地带领读者走进女主人公玛蒂尔德的生活及其内心世界，深刻领略19世纪的法国小人物无法决定自身命运的悲剧现实。
3.《变色龙》。是俄国作家契诃夫早期创作的一篇讽刺小说。在这篇著名的小说里，他以精湛的艺术手法，塑造了一个专横跋扈、欺下媚上、见风使舵的沙皇专制制度走狗奥楚蔑洛夫的典型形象，具有广泛的艺术概括性。小说的名字起得十分巧妙。变色龙本是一种蜥蜴类的四脚爬行动物，能够根据四周物体的颜色改变自己的肤色，以防其它动物的侵害。

⑶ 世界著名短篇小说

莫泊桑《羊脂球》、《项链》 契可夫 《变色龙》、《苦恼》、《万卡》、《第六病室》、《套中人》欧.亨利《麦琪的礼物》、《警察与赞美诗》
还有雨果： 克洛德.格
欧文： 鬼新郎
左拉： 陪衬人
都德： 三部大弥撒
哈代： 富于想象的妇人
海涅： 帕格尼尼
普希金： 黑桃皇后
莫泊桑： 蛮子大妈
梅里美： 伊尔的美神
狄更斯： 穷人的专利
果戈理： 旧式的地主
司各特： 流浪汉威利的故事
契科夫： 宝贝儿
高尔基： 切尔卡希
巴尔扎克： 不为人知的杰作
马克.吐温 田纳西的新闻界
杰克.伦敦 变节者
屠格涅夫： 总管
欧. 亨利 爱的牺牲

⑷ 优秀短篇小说推荐

1.《都柏林人》

作者：詹姆斯·乔伊斯

詹姆斯·乔伊斯是意识流文学的开山鼻祖，其长篇小说《尤利西斯》是意识流文学的代表作，二十世纪最伟大的小说之一。

《都柏林人》是詹姆斯·乔伊斯久负盛名的短篇小说集，称得上20世纪整个西方最著名的短篇小说集。如果说《十一种孤独》是属于美国人的孤独，那么，《都柏林人》则是属于爱尔兰人的孤独。

⑸ 世界著名短篇小说有哪些

(1)莫泊桑
十九世纪法国著名的批判现实主义小说家.1880年发表第一个短篇小说《羊脂球》,此后陆续写了一大批思想性和艺术性完美结合的短篇小说,博得世界短篇小说巨匠的赞誉.他的创作广泛而深刻地反映了十九世纪后半期的法国社会现实,无情地揭露了资产阶级道德风尚的丑恶,对下层社会的"小人物"寄予同情.小说构思新颖,描写生动,人物语言个性化,布局谋篇别具匠心.代表作有短篇小说《羊脂球》,《项链》等,长篇小说《一生》,《俊友》(又译做《漂亮的朋友》等.
(2)契可夫
十世世纪俄国批判现实主义作家,戏剧家和短篇小说艺术大师.他的早期合作讽刺和揭露了俄国社会官场人物媚上欺下的丑恶面目,写得谐趣横生,发人深思.八十年代中期,他创作了既幽默又富于悲剧的短篇小说,反映了社会底层人民的被侮辱被损害的不幸生活,具有深刻的思想意义.代表作有短篇小说《变色龙》,《苦恼》,《万卡》,《第六病室》,《套中人》等.
(3)欧.亨利
十九世纪末二十世纪初美国现实主义著名作家.曾被诬告罪入狱三年.后迁居纽约,专事写作,他几乎每周写一篇短篇小说,供报刊发表.他一生创作了近三百篇短篇小说和一部长篇小说,对腐朽的资本主义制度,反人道的法律,虚伪的道德给予揭露和讽刺.代表作有长篇小说《白菜与皇帝》,短篇小说《麦琪的礼物》,《警察与赞美诗》等.

⑹ 必看的十佳短篇小说

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必看的十佳短篇小说

1、《外国中短篇小说藏本:陀思妥耶夫斯基》

《外国中短篇小说藏本:陀思妥耶夫斯基》选收了俄国著名作家费陀思妥耶夫斯基的中短篇小说《圣诞树和婚礼》、《小英雄》、《温顺的女性》和《别人的妻子和床底下的丈夫》等9篇，基本包括了作家中短篇小说创作的精华，较有代表性地体现了作家作为心理描写大师和反理性主义哲学家的特点。尽管作家善于描写人心理的极端状况，忧虑理性主义泛滥的极端后果，但作家还是对社会抱有真诚而美好的希望，期望知识分子和人民互敬互爱、互相学习，消除那些不利于社会发展的精神因素，让俄罗斯民族泰然屹立于世界民族之林!

《外国中短篇小说藏本陀思妥耶夫斯基》作者费奥多尔·米哈伊洛维奇·陀思妥耶夫斯基是19世纪群星灿烂的俄国文坛上一颗耀眼的明星，与列夫·托尔斯泰、屠格涅夫等人齐名，是俄国文学的卓越代表，他所走过的是一条极为艰辛、复杂的生活与创作道路，是俄国文学史上最复杂、最矛盾的作家之一。即如有人所说“托尔斯泰代表了俄罗斯文学的广度，陀思妥耶夫斯基则代表了俄罗斯文学的深度”!

2、《变形记》

《变形记》囊括了卡夫卡所有的中短篇小说，其中《变形记》、《在流放地》、《在法的大门前》、《乡村教师》等都是脍炙人口的名篇。它们均采用象征、隐喻、夸张等手法，情节生动，故事怪诞离奇，无确定的时间和地点，无前因后果，给人以梦幻、神秘、奇特的感觉。作品的主人公几乎都处于一种身不由己的境地，他们在离奇古怪的世界中部有自己的目标，但往往又以失败而告终。是目前我国最全的“ 卡夫卡中短篇小说集”!

在《变形记》中，卡夫卡描述了小职员格里高尔·萨姆沙突然变成一只使家人都厌恶的大甲虫的荒诞情节，借以揭示人与人之间——包括伦常之间——表面上亲亲热热，内心里却极为孤独和陌生的实质，生动而深刻地再现了资本主义社会中人与人之间的冷漠。在荒诞的、不合逻辑的世界里描绘人类生活的一切活动及其逼真的细节，这正是著名小说家卡夫卡的天赋之所在。快快收入在册吧!

3、《一个陌生女人的来信》

高尔基曾由衷地赞赏这篇小说“真是一篇惊人的杰作”!《一个陌生女人的来信》其发表伊始就引起了广泛的关注。同名电影、话剧更是盛演不衰，文学批评层出不穷!

作为以描摹人物情感著称的文学巨匠，茨威格对人物内心世界的刻画极为深刻细致，他善于从心理角度再现人物的性格和生活遭遇，尤其擅长刻画女性心理，塑造女性形象。本书精选了茨威格的7篇小说，如《一个陌生女人的来信》《看不见的珍藏》《一个不能忘记的人》等，皆是其脍炙人口的经典作品!

《一个陌生女人的来信》是由奥地利的著名作家茨威格创作的，是其代表作之一，小说以书信的形式讲述了一位女子在弥留之际，在她死去的孩子身旁，写下了一封凄婉的长信，向作家R诉说了她潜隐了一生的激情爱恋和情感痛苦。由于父亲早逝，女孩与母亲过着深居简出，小市民的穷酸生活。随着时光的沉逝，女孩开始厌弃她与母亲的现实生存状态。小说以一名女子最痛苦的经历，写出了爱的深沉与奉献。

4、《莫泊桑中短篇小说集》

“世界短篇小说之王”的巅峰之作，了解法国历史和社会的窗口。莫言、余华、海明威、米兰·昆德拉、村上春树盛赞!莫泊桑编著的《莫泊桑中短篇小说集》是世界文学名著之一，收入了法国著名作家莫泊桑的代表作品多篇，其中包括《项链》、《羊脂球》、《我的叔叔于勒》等经典名篇。这些小说已被翻译成各种文字，影响了一代又一代世界各地的读者，有的还被改编成戏剧、电影、电视剧和卡通片等。 作者居伊·德·莫泊桑，19世纪后半叶法国优秀的批判现实主义作家，人称“短篇小说之王”!与契诃夫和欧·亨利并称为“世界三大短篇小说家”，对后世产生极大影响。莫泊桑在文学史上的首要贡献，在于把短篇小说艺术提高到一个空前的水平。逼真自然，是他追求的首要目标，也是他艺术的重要标志。莫泊桑去世时，爱弥尔·左拉致悼词，并预言莫泊桑的作品将永垂不朽，将是“未来的学生们作为无懈可击的完美典范口口相传”的作品!

5、《爱伦·坡暗黑故事全集》

《爱伦·坡暗黑故事全集》由爱伦·坡所著，本书收录19世纪美国著名作家爱伦·坡的小说五十余篇，完整呈现了爱伦·坡笔下神秘暗黑世界，会让喜爱推理小说的读者爱不释手。爱伦·坡是美国文学史上一个无法忽略的名字，他是天才诗人、小说家和文学评论家，美国文学史上一个无法忽略的名字，公认的侦探推理小说鼻祖!

作者埃德加·爱伦·坡，十九世纪美国诗人、小说家和文学评论家，美国浪漫主义思潮时期的重要成员。在世时长期担任报刊编辑工作。其作品形式精致、语言优美、内容多样，在任何时代都是“独一无二”的风格。他以神秘故事和恐怖小说闻名于世，他是美国短篇故事的最早先驱者之一，又被尊为推理小说的开山鼻祖，进而也被誉为后世科幻小说的始祖。他是第一个尝试完全依赖写作谋生的知名美国作家，从而导致贫困潦倒。

6、《马克·吐温短篇小说集》

欧美文学界的幽默泰斗，被福克纳称为“美国文学之父”，被豪威尔斯誉为“美国文学的林肯”，被奥巴马称为美国最伟大的讽刺小说家!威廉·福克纳称他为“第一位真正的美国作家，我们都是继承他而来”!

《马克·吐温短篇小说集》作者是美国批判现实主义文学的奠基人，他的主要作品已大多有中文译本。他经历了美国从初期资本主义到帝国主义的发展过程，其思想和创作也表现为从轻快调笑到辛辣讽刺再到悲观厌世的发展阶段，前期以辛辣的讽刺见长，到了后期语言更为暴露激烈。被誉为“美国文学史上的林肯”!

马克·吐温一生写了大量作品，题材涉及小说、剧本、散文、诗歌等各方面。从内容上说，他的作品批判了不合理现象或人性的丑恶之处，表达了这位当过排字工人和水手的作家强烈的正义感和对普通人民的关心;从风格上说，专家们和一般读者都认为，幽默和讽刺是他的写作特点，一起到书中看看吧!

7、《契诃夫短篇小说集》

只需一个词，就能创造一个形象，只需一句话，就可以创造一个短篇故事，而且是绝妙的短篇故事，笔下有如此功力的作家唯有契诃夫!契诃夫善用喜剧性的笔法表达善意的嘲讽，托尔斯泰喻之为“印象派画家”!通过这部《契诃夫短篇小说集》中的《套中人》《小官员之死》《胖子和瘦子》《苦恼》《万卡》《草原》等作品，不仅能看到凡俗生活隐藏下的悲剧，也能看到含泪的微笑之后的亮光;不仅能看到极具质感的小情节和情节之下的生活真相，也能看到隐藏于真相之下的雄阔的历史轨迹和现实走向。

该书作者安东·巴甫洛维奇·契诃夫是俄国的世界级短篇小说巨匠，是俄国19世纪末期最后一位批判现实主义艺术大师，与莫泊桑和欧·亨利并称为“世界三大短篇小说家”，是一个有强烈幽默感的作家，他的小说紧凑精炼，言简意赅，给读者以独立思考的余地。其剧作对20世纪戏剧产生了很大的影响。他坚持现实主义传统，注重描写俄国人民的日常生活，塑造具有典型性格的小人物，借此真实反映出当时俄国社会的状况。他的作品的三大特征是对丑恶现象的嘲笑与对贫苦人民的深切的同情，并且其作品无情地揭露了沙皇统治下的不合理的社会制度和社会的丑恶现象。他被认为19世纪末俄国现实主义文学的杰出代表。

8、《欧亨利短篇小说选集》

他是美国最著名的短篇小说家之一!他被誉为“世界短篇小说之王”“曼哈顿桂冠作家”!他描写的美国社会和纽约百姓的生活，堪称“美国生活的幽默网络全书”!他就是欧亨利!

作者欧·亨利，20世纪初美国著名短篇小说家，美国现代短篇小说创始人。与法国的莫泊桑、俄国的契诃夫并称为世界三大短篇小说巨匠。 他少年时曾一心想当画家，婚后在妻子的鼓励下开始写作。后因在银行供职时的账目问题而入狱，服刑期间认真写作，并以“欧·亨利”为笔名发表了大量的短篇小说，引起读者广泛关注。他是一位高产的作家，一生中留下了一部长篇小说和近三百篇的短篇小说。

《欧亨利短篇小说选集》共收集了《心与手》《女巫的面包》《麦琪的礼物》《二十年后》《财神与爱神》《红酋长的赎金》《最后一片常春藤叶》等43篇最具代表性的欧亨利短篇小说。欧.亨利用独特的幽默笔调，反映出镀金时代各个方面遭到扭曲的生活，他呼唤真诚的感情，要求恢复正常的人性。

9、《献给爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花》

浓缩福克纳短篇创作精华，李文俊、陶洁领衔翻译!《献给爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花》是美国作家威廉·福克纳的短篇小说。1930年4月发表在《论坛》杂志，引起极大反响。同年的诺贝尔文学奖获得者美国作家辛克莱·刘易斯在其演说中提到了福克纳，称他“把南方从多愁善感的女人的眼泪中解放了出来”。

作者威廉福克纳美国文学史上最具影响力的作家之一，意识流文学在美国的代表人物，1949年诺贝尔文学奖得主。瑞典学院对他的评价是：“他对当代美国小说做出了强有力的和艺术上无与伦比的贡献”!

文章所描述的大概是美国南北战争以后的一个南方小镇——杰弗生镇上格里尔森家族的命运。作为家族族长的爱米丽的父亲父权倾向严重维护所谓的等级和尊严，赶走了所有向爱米丽求爱的男子，剥夺她幸福的权利。父亲去世后，爱米丽爱上了来小镇修建铁路的工头北方人赫默。但爱米丽仍然没有摆脱家族尊严的束缚与父亲对她的影响办法。当她发现赫默无意与她成家时，便用砒霜毒死了他。从此，爱米丽在破旧封闭的宅院里过着与世隔绝的生活，并与死尸同床共枕40年，直到她也去世。小镇居民在艾米丽的葬礼上才发现了这个秘密。

10、《老妇与猫》

2007年诺贝尔文学奖获得者多丽丝·莱辛作品!在莱辛那里，女人永远是“另外那个女人”，而猫则是“特别的猫”。与《金色笔记》那样的长篇巨制相比，《老妇与猫》这本书里的中短篇小说显得更轻盈，更有灵性，更展现出莱辛所独有的魔力：既超然物外地冷酷，但又常常在刹那间，给你意外的温暖一击。作者多丽丝·莱辛，1919年生于伊朗，父母均为英国人。当代英国最重要的作家之一，笔名简·萨默斯，被誉为继伍尔芙之后最伟大的女性作家，并几次获得诺贝尔文学奖提名以及多个世界级文学奖项。被誉为继伍尔芙之后英国最伟大的女性作家。作品风格多变，在欧洲各国获得多种文学奖项，2007年获诺贝尔文学奖。主要代表作有《青草低吟》、《金色笔记》、《第五个孩子》、《特别的猫》，以及“五部曲”《暴力的孩子们》等。

⑺ 有哪些值得推荐的短篇小说集

1、《契诃夫短篇小说选》，契诃夫(1860-1904)，俄国主要剧作家和短篇小说大师，以语言精练、准确见长，善于透过生活的表层进行探索，将人物隐蔽的动机揭露得淋漓尽致。

2、《项链》，采用了以物写人的手法，将项链作为一条主线，从它与人物的多重关系出发，用它牢牢系住人物的行为、语言和心理活动，使读者透过项链对女主人公的形象一目了然。

3、《麦琪的礼物》讲述了一对穷困的年轻夫妇忍痛割爱互赠圣诞礼物的故事，反映了美国下层人民生活的艰难，赞美了主人公善良的心地和纯真爱情。

4、《百万英镑》发表于1893年。讲述了一个穷困潦倒的办事员美国小伙子亨利·亚当斯在伦敦的一次奇遇。这部小说有一个很明显的主题即对拜金主义的批判，此外作者还揭露了当时存在于英国社会中的种种滑稽荒诞的现象。

5、王小波《黄金时代》，是作品系列之“时代三部曲”中的一部作品，该系列入选《亚洲周刊》“二十世纪中文小说一百强”。

⑻ 有哪些值得推荐的短篇小说集

1、《南方高速》

简介：阿根廷作家胡里奥·科塔萨尔的短篇小说集。收录有《秘密武器》《克罗诺皮奥和法玛的故事》《万火归一》三部短篇集，再现了科塔萨尔奇异神秘的想象世界。

⑼ 世界最著名的100篇短篇小说

世界最著名的100篇短篇小说如下。

《无所不知先生》毛姆。

毛姆的这篇不仅有趣，用极为有限的篇幅塑造的这个无所不知先生，最后的反转也相当可爱。

《音乐迷杨科》显克维奇。

经典之作，全本唯一泪目篇章。前面极力铺陈杨科对音乐之爱，之后病榻上那句询问才显得那么有力。

“妈妈，在天堂那里，上帝会给我一把真正的小提琴吗？”

《厕中成佛》川端康成。

这篇可谓是全篇最有趣之首。文末的转折让人捧腹。

《投水就助业》菊池宽。

第一次看菊池宽的文章，读起来非常舒适，悬念营造的很好，而且呼应的极好，老太太不理解自杀者为什么不感激她，等她自杀时，她或许仍未感觉到，但读者已经恍然大悟了。高明的写法。

《父》芥川龙之介。

这篇上学的时候做过阅读题。极其短小精悍，结尾的几个字真见功力，没有那“能势素来孝敬”这几个字，讽刺力要差很多。对车上高潮场面的描写更是一绝，不写能势说话时的表情，留白之处令人拍手叫绝。

《本尼 欧战 迈尔逊的女儿贝拉》。

对战争后遗症的本尼的刻画入木三分。

《弄假成真的死者》布扎蒂。

构思精巧，棺材合上的一刹那给予人以思考，人的社会存在或许比生命机理上的存在更为重要。

《看不见的珍藏》茨威格。

茨威格不用多说。

《饥饿艺术家》卡夫卡。

卡夫卡的自我写照。

《没有归还的一天》帕皮尼。

构思神奇，结局痛心。

谁不愿意在垂垂老矣的时候享受片刻青春年华呢。

《二十六个和一个》高尔基。

《马铁奥大义灭亲》。

梅里美不愧为短篇小说大手，马铁奥因为儿子的背叛行为大义灭亲，看起来震撼不已。

《穿墙记》埃梅。

生动有趣，夹在墙里的杜蒂耶先生。

《圣母的杂耍艺人》法郎士。

杂耍艺人信仰之后，如何为自己的信仰做出最大的努力，就是拿自己最热爱的东西奉献给上帝。看完之后我仍不理解什么是宗教，但我懂了什么叫虔诚。

《情人的形象》波德莱尔。

几个男人讨论关于自己和女人相处的故事，大段语言很生动，并不沉闷。

《骑桶者》卡夫卡。

《掘墓人》里尔克。

少女爱上掘墓人。

《俄罗斯人的性格》。

变脸的士兵回家的遭遇。

《清兵卫和葫芦》志贺直哉。

日本人独有的幽默。

《大卫斯旺》霍桑。

大卫斯旺在湖边经历了爱神 财神 死神的考验，却毫无察觉。我们身边有擦肩而过多少神奇的事情呢。

《西西里柠檬》皮兰德娄。

少女沉沦记，不需要去叙述少女怎样怎样，她出场几面，简单几句就刻画出人物立场来，西西里柠檬真是酸涩，如同人生一样。密库乔用尽全力将苔莱季娜送到上流社会，自己却被抛弃。

《最好的顾客》特罗亚。

悬念营造的很好，结尾略感无力。

《时来运转》德吕翁。

富人要一个穷人每天替他去赌场输钱，因为他相信，总有一天会时来运转，结果果真如此，穷人赚了远胜于他亏空的大钱。还算有趣。

《马车》果戈里。

讽刺很深，地主谄媚军官 。

《陪衬人》。

《老厨师》。

《产品质量》。

《敞开的窗户》。

《厨房杀人案》。

《加拉维拉斯显驰名的跳蛙》。

《九个里面挑哪个》。

《美女还是老虎》。

《雅阁逃亡记》。