英語原版小說短篇甜文
❶ 英語短篇美文4篇
1、If not to the sun for smiling, warm is still in the sun there, but wewill laugh more confident calm; if turned to found his own shadow, appropriate escape, the sun will be through the heart,warm each place behind the corner; if an outstretched palm cannot fall butterfly, then clenched waving arms, given power; if I can't have bright smile, it will face to the sunshine, and sunshine smile together, in full bloom.
譯文:如果不向太陽索取微笑,溫暖仍在太陽那裡,但我們會笑得更加自信從容;如果轉過身去發現了自己的影子,適當的躲讓,陽光便可穿越心靈,溫暖每一處身後的角落;如果攤開的掌心不能點落蝴蝶,那就緊握成拳揮動臂膀,給予力量;如果我不能夠微笑得燦爛,那就將臉投向燦爛的陽光,與陽光一起微笑,爛漫。
2、When you love who you are,you become a conit of light.Just drop into your heart space,and live life from this view.For all of this doingis not who you are.Listen to your heart』s soft whisper,this voice will show you the way.Live life from your essenceis what she will say.See the light in yourself,and your world will be bright.There is no need to worry,you are exactly as you should be;remember to love who you are,and love you will see.
譯文:當你愛自己的時候,你會成為一道光。只需觸及心房,並遵循本心來生活。做這一切無關你是誰。聆聽內心輕柔的呢喃,她會告訴你方法。遵循本性來生活她會這樣告訴你。欣賞自身的光芒,你的世界都會變得明亮。沒必要擔心,你正是自己本來的模樣;記得愛自己,愛自己欣賞的一切。
3、Occasionally, life can be undeniably, impossibly difficult. We are faced with challenges and events that can seem overwhelming, life-destroying to the point where it may be hard to decide whether to keep going. But you always have a choice. Jessica Heslop shares her powerful, inspiring journey from the worst times in her life to the new life she has created for herself.
譯文:生活有時候困難得難以置信,但又不容置疑。我們面臨的挑戰與困境似乎無法抵禦,試圖毀滅我們生活,甚至使你猶疑是否繼續走下去。但是你總有選擇的餘地。從人生低谷走向新生活的傑西卡·赫斯樂普,在這里與我們分享她啟迪心靈、充滿震撼力的生活之旅。
4、So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized, we would have done it differently.
譯文:想像一下你就是這個木匠,想像你正在建造這座房子,你每天釘進一顆釘子、安裝一塊板子或者築起一面牆。請用心對待吧,這是唯一一個你為自己打造的生活。即使你只在裡面住上一天,這一天也要活得有光彩、有尊嚴。正如格言所說,「生活是一個只有靠自己才能完成的項目。」
5、Time is like a river, the left bank is unable to forget the memories, right is worth grasp the youth, the middle of the fast flowing, is the sad young faint. There are many good things, buttruly belong to own but not much. See the courthouse blossom,honor or disgrace not Jing, hope heaven Yunjuanyunshu, has no intention to stay. In this round the world, all can learn to use a normal heart to treat all around, is also a kind of realm!
譯文:歲月就象一條河,左岸是無法忘卻的回憶,右岸是值得把握的青春年華,中間飛快流淌的,是年輕隱隱的傷感.世間有許多美好的東西,但真正屬於自己的卻並不多.看庭前花開花落,榮辱不驚,望天上雲卷雲舒,去留無意.在這個紛繞的世界裡,能夠學會用一顆平常的心去對待周圍的一切,也是一種境界!
6、People always confuse about the meaning of happiness, they don』t know how to define it. Some people think that when one has the successful career or does something that makes contribution to the society is the happiness. It is common that great acts are admired by the public and people are easy to feel the happiness. While in my opinion, happiness is very easy to achieve. When I stay with my family, we have the nice talk and I feel very happy. When I eat the delicious food that is cooked by my mother, I feel moved and happy. Happiness is around everywhere, we can feel it if we treat it right.
譯文:人們總是混淆幸福的含義,他們不知道如何定義幸福。有些人認為,當一個人有了成功的事業或做了對社會有所貢獻的事情時,那就是幸福。人們很欣賞偉大的行為,人們很容易感到幸福。在我看來,幸福是很容易實現的。當我和家人在一起時,我們的談話很愉快,我感到非常高興。當我吃媽媽做的美味的食物時,我感到很開心。幸福無處不在,只要我們善待它,我們就能感受到幸福。
7、When I am making mistakes, my parents will never be angry with me. I am so thankful to them for they are so tolerant with me. I learn many things from my parents, they show me how to be a tolerant person. They will not blame me for the small mistake that I make, instead, they will ecate me in the gentle way. Unlike some parents who are strict to their kids, they will be very angry and said the hurting words, making the children feel sad. Being tolerant to other people』s mistakes is the best way to solve the problem. People will appreciate the kind act and make things goes on the easy way.
譯文:當我犯錯誤的時候,我的父母永遠不會生我的氣。我非常感謝他們,因為他們對我很寬容。我從父母那裡學到很多東西,他們教我如何成為一個寬容的人。他們不會因為我犯的一個小錯誤而責備我,相反,他們會以溫和的方式教育我。不像一些對孩子要求嚴格的父母,他們會很生氣,說那些傷人的話,讓孩子們感到悲傷。寬容別人的錯誤是解決問題的最好辦法。人們會欣賞這種善舉,讓事情變得簡單。
8、Sometimes you dream to be a kind of happiness, sometimes the dream is also a kind of happiness; sometimes is a kind of happiness, sometimes the loss is also a kind of happiness;sometimes success is a kind of happiness, sometimes failure is also a kind of happiness. Sometimes the rich is a kind of happiness, sometimes poverty is also a kind of happiness. "Not happy" today, now can not be "happy", while it may be tomorrow or later become "happiness"!
譯文:有時你的夢想達到是一種幸福,有時夢想破滅也是一種幸福;有時得到是一種幸福,有時失去也是一種幸福;有時成功是一種幸福,有時失敗也是一種幸福.有時富有是一種幸福,有時貧窮也是一種幸福.「不幸福」今天或者現在不能成為「幸福」,而明天或者以後卻可能變成「幸福」!
❷ 推薦幾個簡單易讀的英文原版小說
推薦幾本小說,適合英語初學者或者喜歡通過看
英語小說提高英語水平的讀者:
1:Half girlfriend
是一本沒太多生僻單詞,容易閱讀的原版小說。
講述的是兩個印度年輕人愛情故事的小說。
開頭用倒敘的手法講訴男主來找作者並把女主
生前的日記交給他,但是作者擔心惹事拒絕日記,
後來因為好奇心的驅使看完日記並聯系男主,通過
男主的講述了解了這兩個年輕人的愛情經歷。
通過該小說可以稍微了解一下印度的歷史和文化,
是一本容易閱讀並感人的小說。
2:From the distance star
雖然是一本面向青少年閱讀的原版小說,但作為
成年人讀起來也覺得很吸引人。講述少女為了
拯救自己身患癌症面臨死亡的愛人,去找巫婆要來
葯劑,可是卻發現愛人變成了一個外星人的故事。
故事中女主不斷遇到很多困難,但同時也有很多的
好心人幫助了她,故事傳遞了一個思想是不要以貌取人,
也許有的人外表看起來很兇惡,很貧窮邋遢,
但其實他們的內心很善良,願意幫助別人。
3:say goodbye for now
在美國種族歧視的大環境背景下,講述了白人醫生
lucy和白人孩子pete與一對黑人父子因為一條受傷
的狗引發的故事。
四個不同的人,不一樣的苦難,他們的命運因為一隻狗被交織在一起,平靜又溫暖的故事。
❸ 英文原版愛情小說
牛津英語書蟲系 外語教學與研究出版
The Witches of Pendle 藩德爾的巫師
Huckleberry Finn 哈克貝利·費恩歷險記
Washington Square 華盛頓廣場
Agatha Christie 神秘女人 阿加莎.克里斯蒂
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A Little Princess 小公主
Jane Eyre 簡·愛
Cranford 克蘭福德
The Railway Children 鐵路少年
William Shakespeare 威廉·莎士比亞
Black Beauty 黑駿馬
Desert Mountain Sea 極限之旅
Dead Man's Island 亡靈島
Dracula 德拉庫拉
Ear-Rings from Frankfurt 法蘭克福的耳環
Far from the Madding Crowd 遠離塵囂
Kidnapped 誘拐
Frankenstein 弗蘭肯斯坦
Survive! 生存游戲
Justice 公正
The Elephant Man 象人
Skyjack 劫機
Dr JEKYLL and Mr Hyde 化身博士
The Prisoner of Zinda 曾達的囚徒
King Arthur 亞瑟王
Little Women 小婦人
Love or Money 愛情與金錢
The Hound of The Baskervilles 巴斯克維爾獵犬
Pride and Prejudice 傲慢與偏見
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 神秘及幻想故事集
Mystery in London 霧都疑案
Five Children and It 五個孩子和沙精
Oliver Twist 霧都孤兒
Remember Miranda 難忘米蘭達
Robin Hood 俠盜羅賓漢
Robinson Crusoe 魯賓孫漂流記
Goodbye Mr Hollywood 別了,好萊塢先生
Silas Marner 織工馬南
Sherlock Holmes and The Sport of Kings 福爾摩斯與賽馬
Stories From The Five Towns 五鎮故事
Great Expectations 遠大的前程
The Thirty-nine Steps 三十九級台階
The Coldest Place on Earth 世界上最冷的地方
The Jungle Book 森林王子
The Monkey's Paw 猴爪
The Omega Files 奧米茄文件
The Unquiet Grave 不平靜的墳墓
The President's Murderer 誰謀殺了總統
Sherlock Holmes and The Duke's Son 舍洛克福爾摩斯和公爵的兒子
The Ransom of Red Chief 紅酋長的贖金
The Scarlet Letter 紅字
The Secret Garden 秘密花園
The Star Zoo 星際動物園
The Three Strangers and Other Stories 三個陌生人
The White Stones 白色巨石
The Wind in the Willows 風語河岸柳
The Wizard of Oz 綠野仙蹤
Henry VIII and His Six Wives 亨利八世和他的六個妻子
Tooth and Claw 牙齒和爪子
Treasure Island 金銀島
Under The Moon 在月亮下面
Vampire Killer 吸血鬼獵手
White Death 白色死亡
Wuthering Heights 呼嘯山莊
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 亞瑟王朝里的美國人
The Phantom of The Opera 歌劇院的幽靈
David Copperfield 大衛.科波菲爾
Give Us the Money 把錢拿出來
Gulliver' Travels 格列佛游記
Mutiny On The Bounty 邦蒂號暴動
The Canterville Ghost 坎特維爾幽靈
Anne and Green Gables 格林·蓋布爾斯來的安妮
The Woman in White 白衣女人
A Christmas Carol 聖誕歡歌
Chemical Secret 化學秘密
The Piciure of Dorian Gray 多里安·格雷的畫像
The Murders in the Rue Margue 莫爾格街兇殺案
Orca 逆戟鯨
Tess 苔絲
The Bionte Story 勃朗特一家的故事
The Love of A King 一個國王的愛情故事
The Call of The Wild 野性的呼喚
Mary Queen of Scots 蘇格蘭瑪麗女王
Three Men in A Boat 三怪客泛舟記
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 愛麗絲漫遊奇境記
Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp 阿拉丁和神燈
Through The Looking-Glass 愛麗絲鏡中世界奇遇記
A Tale of Two Cities 雙城記
這是本系列所有書目
❹ 有什麼好看的短一點的英文小說MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
如果想看易懂的,還是不要挑戰歐亨利比較好。。。。挑語言比較簡單的,多看幾本小說自然能看出來。。。。。。。
只說我自己看過的吧。我也比較喜歡看現代英文小說多些。
《小公主》---說的是一個小孤兒的故事,兒童文學。語言還算簡單。我記憶中覺得有點長(可能是我第一個啃下的英文原著吧)。目前已改編成電影。(好像故事背景是近代的英國或法國)
《瓶中信》--有點老的純愛小說,相當有名,中篇小說。。。。。語言依然簡單,但是有人評論說語言很優美。內容不瓊瑤。中年離婚女人和喪妻男人的因為一個漂流瓶引發的愛情故事。有電影的~(ps:故事時間發生的是現代的美國)
《三十九級台階》--語言還算簡單,有一些生詞,中篇小說。以世界大戰為(忘記是一戰還是二戰了)背景的偵探小說。我認為對那段歷史不熟悉是我最主要的閱讀障礙。也電影化了。
《夏洛特的網》--語言很簡單的,因為是兒童讀物嘛,篇幅不長,大概算短篇小說。豬和蜘蛛的友情,不過貴在內容很好。依然給力的電影化了。
《動物農庄》--偏政治題材的一部小說,中短篇的長度。作者虛構了一個農庄動物起義以後開始共產主義的故事。因為小說題材的嚴肅性給作者帶來了很高的聲望。嗯,其實還蠻好看的。生詞不多。
《京華煙雲》--林語堂原著(英文版)長篇小說,我沒有看完的小說,看了一半,相當精彩呢。已電視劇化了。背景是中華大陸清末民國初的家族故事。有一定量生詞,書也很有點厚度,出場人物眾多。。。。。
《小王子》、《老人與海》--如雷貫耳的文,我也不能免俗了,推薦理由,文字清新朴實,表達的意義卻能那麼豐富,真讓人驚奇。
以上的一些是我覺得還可以的電子書格式的,網上隨便都能搜索到的。(京華煙雲的可能少點)
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實體書部分
偏愛讀實體書,但是好多已經出版的實體書都是經典小說,古典小說,我有那麼一點興趣缺缺阿。
《簡。薩默斯的日記》--書荒時看的一本書,哎,說的是孀居中年女性和孤獨的老女人的友誼。。。。。。。因為很多都是些心理描寫,╮(╯▽╰)╭,我興趣不大,中途放棄。。。。。。其實文字還是比較簡單優美的,主要是我興趣不大,也算是現代小說中比較有名的吧。
剩下的一些,我都是從圖書館搞到的現代小說,非名著,語言比較簡單,敘事性比較強,篇幅很短。分別有兩個系列我比較喜歡。
(1)南師——康乃馨英語文庫(據說是面向初中生的。。。。。。。我雷。。。。。面對這套書回想一下,我初中的詞彙量真小阿)
共7本書,相對都比較短,在50-200頁左右,全英文讀本無中文翻譯。
《寶嘉康蒂》、《愛犬尋覓記》、《父輩的土地》、《可樂和吻》、《情系澳洲》(我個人認為最好看的一本)、《淘金路上》、《穆爾提默的塗鴉》。
(2)外研社·劍橋英語原創讀物(好吧,總算有說是除了初中生也面向高中生,額,依然看得津津有味)
分級讀物。這套的書更多些。題材更現代一點,更廣泛,情節更精彩一點。有探險,偵探,愛情,科幻。高分級的讀物相對篇幅也比較長。可惜我這里的圖書館收錄的不全,目前我也只能看到大部分的小說而已。
冰凍的比薩、野獸傳說、洛根的選擇、阿姆斯特丹匪幫、叢林愛情故事、女督察洛根、永不離分、戰爭孤兒、出賣
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另外實體書的話,有些出版社還出版了一些由老外縮寫的名著。其實還是有看頭的。篇幅也相對較短小,易讀。
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最後還有看看漫畫,我喜歡看《丁丁歷險記》(The Adventure of Tintin)。主要是字很少,哈哈。有出系列動畫片。
另外,歐美的漫畫取材也很眾多,有一部漫畫《遠山的棄兒》(Freaks Of The Heartland),說了一個專出怪胎的村莊中兄弟倆的故事,故事很陰暗,倒也很溫情。很有點深度的。。。。。
如果喜歡日漫,可以上網看日漫英文版。。。。。。。喜歡歐美漫也可以上網搜歐美漫(像《英雄》、《超人》、《蝙蝠俠》、《蜘蛛俠》都可以找到的)
❺ 有什麼好看的英語愛情小說
《傲慢與偏見》Pride and prejudice 簡·奧斯汀
《理智與情感》Sense and sensibility 簡·奧斯汀
(半個世紀的經典之作。個人認為傲慢與偏見的英文版看起來十分有味道。)
《島》Island 維多利亞·希斯洛普 2010年風靡全球之作。她筆下不僅僅是愛情。
《老土的女孩兒》An Old-Fashioned Girl 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特 一個老土、善良、有思想的女孩兒,收獲一份簡單、幸福、遲來的愛情。
《呼嘯山莊》Wuthering Heights 艾米莉·勃朗特 暴風雨一般肆虐、令人窒息的愛情。
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這些都是經過時間篩選出來的愛情小說經典,希望能幫到你!
❻ 英文短篇美文
閱讀是個體語言學習中一項十分重要的基本技能,同時也是個體獲取知識和資訊的基本手段之一。下面是我帶來的經典英語短篇美文,歡迎閱讀!
經典英語短篇美文篇一
小溪的魅力Attraction of Creeks
Nearly everybody has a creek in his or her past, a secret waterway where one spent the spring of one』s youth.
幾乎每一個人的過去都流淌著一條小溪,它發源於少年時代,一路潺潺絮語而來。
An old man』s voice weakens as he talks of a boyhood creek in Louisian where he swam and fished. A woman feels suddenly at home again as she remembers catching fish in the creek behind her parents』 house.
一位老人談起他孩提時在路易斯安那故鄉的小溪里游泳、釣魚時,語調便柔和起來。一位婦女一想起在她父母屋後的小溪里捉魚的情景,頓時感到重新回到了故鄉。
My creek wound between Grandfather』s garden and a neighbor』s hillside pasture. Its banks were shaded by cottonwood3 and redwood trees. On hot summer days the clear and cold water flowed over the little beaches where I fished.
我心中的小溪蜿蜒流淌在祖父的花園和鄰居山腰的草地之間,三角葉楊和紅杉將兩如猛戚岸遮得嚴嚴實實,密不透風。英語美文炎炎夏日,清澈透涼的溪水靜靜地流過散滿礫石的小沙灘,我就在那兒釣魚知兄。
Nothing historic ever happened in these creeks, but they are deep in memory. These creeks are bigger than they seem. They are a part of our hearts and minds more than powerful rivers.
在這些記憶中的小溪里從來沒有發生過什麼驚天動地的大事,然而,它們深深紮根於記憶中。它們比看上去要博大得多。與洶涌澎湃的大河相比,小溪更深深地融入我們的大腦和心靈。
While rivers are heavy, creeks are clear, innocent, lively and full of dreams and promise.anwenw A child can paddle across them without a parent』s warnings. You can go to it alone, catch fish in it and swing from the ropes along its banks. Creeks belong to childhood, drawing you into a wider world, teaching you the curve of the earth.
大河積淀厚重,深不可測;小溪則清澈、純凈、活潑,充滿了夢想和渣陵希望。孩子們不必擔心父母的告誡即可涉水而過。你可以獨自去小溪中捉魚,在岸邊繫上繩子盪鞦韆。小溪屬於童年,將孩子們帶入一個更加廣闊的世界,讓你領略到大地起伏的輪廓。
Poet Robert Frost once wrote: It flows between us, over us and with us. And it is time, strength, tone, light, life and love.
詩人羅伯特·弗羅斯特寫道:"小溪流淌著,在我們之中,在我們之上,跟我們融為一體。小溪是時間、力量、樂曲、光明、生命和愛。"
經典英語短篇美文篇二
心存感激Be Thankful
Be Thankful that you don't already have everything you desire. If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
心存感激吧,因為你沒有得到所有期望得到的,如果都有了的話,那還有什麼值得期盼呢?
Be thankful when you don't know something, for it gives you opportunities to learn.
心存感激吧,因為你總有未知,才使你有機會去學習;
Be thankful for the difficult times. During those times you grow.
心存感激吧,因為有艱苦的時期才使得你成長;
Be thankful for your limitations, anwenw because they give you opportunities for improvement.
因你的力所不及而心存感激吧,正因為如此,你才有機會進步。
Be thankful for your mistakes. They will teach you valuable lessons.
因每一次全新挑戰而心存感激吧,正因為如此,你的力量得以增強,性格得以塑造。
It's easy to be thankful to the good things. A life of rich fulfillment es to those who are also thankful for the setbacks.
因你所犯之錯而心存感激吧,正因如此,你才得到了寶貴的經驗。
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles, and they can bee your blessings.
因疲憊和厭倦而心存感激吧,因為這意味著你做了改變。
經典英語短篇美文篇三
甜美的九月Sweet September
September is more than a month; it is a season in itself.
九月不僅僅是一個月份,它還是一個季節。
It begins with August』s leftovers and ends with October』s preparations, but along the way it achieves its own special satisfactions. September —in its own time, at its own pace —begins with the closing of the summer.
它始於八月的余熱,終於十月繁忙的准備,但在這之間,它帶來了異常的滿足。九月,伴著它的時令,踩著它的節拍,翩然而至,宣告夏季的結束。
With September we begin to feel the autumn. It creeps in on misty dawns and disappears on hot afternoons. anwenw It creeps into the treetops and the leaves, then rides a tuft of thistledown across the valley and away. It sits on a hilltop and cries like an October owl in the sk. It plays with the wind. September is like a busy squirrel in a tree, and sometimes like a lazy river. It is summer』s ripeness and richness that brought to a sweet September.
九月悄然給我們捎來了一絲秋意。它無聲無息地浸入霧濛濛的清晨,卻又在陽光煦暖的午後沒了蹤影。它躡手躡腳地跨過樹梢,掠過些許葉子,又輕踏一簇毛薊繞過山谷而去。它獨棲山頂,像十月黃昏中貓頭鷹的鳴叫;又同微風嬉戲。時而如樹上的松鼠,忙得不亦樂乎;時而如慵懶的小溪,汩汩流淌。夏季的成熟與豐饒成就了甜美的九月。
Some of the rarest days of the year e in September, fortably cool but pulsing with life, with clear and clean skies, anwenw pure air and wind free of st. The fields still *** ell of the sweetness of cut grass. September』s flowers are less varied than those of the spring, but so abundant that they make September a second May. The goldenrod, flowering by mid-August, reaches its peak of golden abundance in early September. Late thistles show their purple everywhere, and asters4 blossom along the roadsides, in meadows, on hilltops, even in cities.
九月給我們帶來了一年中最難得的時光:晴空萬里,秋高氣爽,清風徐來,一塵不染,生命與季節一起脈動。草場上散發著清新綠草的清香。九月花草種類不及春天,但亦是百花爭榮,彷彿另一個五月。黃花在八月中旬含苞欲放,待到九月初花重四野,遍地金黃。晚薊卻爭紫斗艷,引人入勝。紫菀處處綻放,在小路旁,草場中,山頂上,甚至在市區里。
We think of spring as the time of miracles, but September is also a lasting wonder.
春天是個充滿奇跡的季節,但九月也是一種永恆的奇跡。
❼ 有什麼英語短篇小說推薦
1. 「A Good Man is Hard to Find,」 Flannery O』Connor
Few short stories have stuck with us as much as this one, which is probably O'Connor's most famous work — and with good reason. The Misfit is one of the most alarming serial killers we've ever met, all the more so for his politeness, and the story』s moral is so striking and terrifying that — whether you subscribe to the religious undertones or not — a reader is likely to finish and begin to reexamine their entire existence. Or at least we did, the first time we read it.
《好人難尋》這篇小說是奧康納最為著名的作品,很少有其他短篇小說能像這篇一樣給我們帶來震撼。無論你是否能明了宗教般的潛在含義,看完這篇小說讀者都會開始或是結束對存在的檢視。
2. 「The School,」 Donald Barthelme
This story is very short, but pretty much perfect in every way. Though Barthelme is known for his playful, post modern style, we admire him for his ability to shape a world so clearly from so few words, chosen expertly. Barthelme never over explains, never uses one syllable too many, but effortlessly leads the reader right where he wants her to be. It's funny, it's absurdist, it's sad, it's enormous even in its smallness. It may be this writer』s favorite story of all time. You should read it.
這篇小說很短,但是堪稱完美。巴塞爾姆的優秀就在於他能用精選的極少幾個文字就為我們敘述了一個世界。他很少過多地解釋,就把讀者帶到了他想要你去地方。
3. 「In The Penal Colony,」 Franz Kafka
Kafka called this one his「dirty story,」and thought it imperfect, but it's one of our favorites of his (though we also recommend 「The Hunger Artist」and「A Country Doctor」). It's so obviously a story about writing, in some ultimate way — a machine punishes its victims by writing on them over and over until their bodies give out — but its as if, while the body is the source of every problem in the tale, every weakness, it is also the only place where true knowledge can be translated.
卡夫卡稱自己的這篇小說是一個「很臟的故事」,認為並不完美,但是這個短篇確實我們的最愛之一。在小說中,我們可以體會到,身體是一切問題和弱點的根源,但身體也是唯一能轉化真知的地方。
4. 「Signs and Symbols,」Vladimir Nabokov
Another short one, we revere this story for its ability to turn every tiny detail into a portentous disaster, not to mention the fact that it's penned in Nabokov's effortlessly gorgeous, silvery prose. An old Jewish couple goes to visit their son in the mental hospital, only to be turned away because he has attempted to kill himself. And that's it, really. They go home and look though a photo album, eat some jam. The phonerings. But the whole thing is, perhaps, both a comment on the nature of insanity and the nature of the short story itself, with all its rules and strangeness and banality. And all its symbols, of course.
我們喜歡這篇小說的原因就在於,這個故事有能力把每個細微的細節瞬間變為一場災難,而Nabokov在寫這篇小說用的是輕松華麗水銀瀉地般的散文風格。
5. 「Gooseberries,」 Anton Chekhov
Chekhov's stories are indisputably among the greats, and this one, written rather late, is one of our favorites. Chekhov probes at both the frailty and the worth of humanity, not to mention the natureof life, both for the fortunate and the unfortunate. But like most of Chekhov's stories, there's no clear moral, there's no obvious takeaway. Some men sit around and discuss their thoughts, and we listen, mulling over the subtleties for ourselves.
契科夫的小說無疑是最偉大的作品之一,而這篇是我們的最愛。這篇小說像他的其他小說一樣,沒有清晰的道德標准,我們只是靜靜地看著幾個人圍坐著,討論他們的思想。
6. 「Sea Oak,」 George Saunders
「Sea Oak」 is Saunders's favorite of his own stories, we've heard, so because we find it so hard to choose among them, we've included it here on his own recommendation. Absurdist and satirical, and including at least one zombie shouting at her housemates to get laid, it's a weird one. But it's also concerned with placelessness, with family, with poverty, and like all of Saunders's stories, has a good, thumping heart under all that darkness and fun-poking.
這部小說是桑德斯最為喜愛的一步短篇,這也是我們聽說的。因為我們很難做出選擇,因此就把他自己的推介放在了這里。這部小說充滿了荒誕和諷刺,但是也關心家庭和貧窮等問題。像他的其他小說一樣,在黑暗和取笑中,也暗含著美好和快樂。
7. 「The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,」 Ursula K. LeGuin
LeGuin's parabolic tale, which won the Hugo Award for best short story in 1974, is a weird, spacious story about a city that seems to be a utopia — except for its one flaw, the single child that must always be kept in darkness and wretched misery so that the others may all live happily. Most of the citizens eventually accept this, but some do not, and silently leave the city, vanishing into the world around. Strange but pointed, Le Guin is a master of her genre.
勒古這部寓言般的短篇小說獲得過1974年的「雨果獎」,是關於一個類似烏托邦的城市的荒誕又宏大的故事。
8. 「The Veldt,」 Ray Bradbury
This tale, from one of the greatest science fiction writers in history, is deliciously wicked. Though it was written in 1950, this kind of story — of children driven mad by want, of technology turning on its masters — will never get old. Until technology actually turns on us, that is. Then we probably won't want to hear about it.
布萊伯利作為歷史上最富盛名的科幻小說家,這篇小說也是通過精心編寫的。
9. 「The Bear Came Over the Mountain,」 Alice Munro
The undisputed queen of the short story, Alice Munro』s work is stark and often heartbreakingly raw, and this story of memory loss and the aching tenderness of human interaction is no different. Fun fact: this story was adapted into the film 「Away from Her」, starring Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent.
門羅是毫無爭議的短篇小說女王,她的作品有一種朴實風格,常常帶著心跳般的粗獷,這篇關於喪失記憶以及人類互動中的痛苦和柔弱的小說也不例外。
10. 「The Nose,」 Nikolai Gogol
Gogol might be the oldest writer on this list, but he』s also one of the weirdest — in a good way. Nabokov once wrote, 「In Gogol…the absurd central character belongs to the absurd world around him but, pathetically and tragically, attempts to struggle out of it into the world of humans — and dies in despair.」 What else can an absurd noseless man do, after all?
果戈里應該是這個書單上最久遠的作家了,但是他也是最荒誕的小說家之一。納博科夫曾近這樣寫道:「在果戈里的作品中,荒誕的人物屬於他周圍荒誕的世界,但是卻可憐兮兮且悲慘地要逃離他的世界,最終死於絕望」。
❽ 好看英文言情小說
1維多利亞·荷特 <<米蘭夫人>>
2 潔西卡·格拉斯 <<復仇天使>>
3 蕾維爾·史賓瑟 <<甜甜的苦>>
4 茱迪·麥娜 << 夜之私語>>
5 凱西·威廉斯 <<純情夢醒時>>
我個人看過的是禾林系列,應該上Google上面就可以找到英文版的。個人認為禾林系列比較好。
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1919年1月29日,加拿大出版商理查德·邦尼卡斯創辦了禾林(Harlequin)出版公司,從此禾林出版公司便以浪漫小說形式把一個個愛情傳奇送給讀者,讀者中人數最多的是女性,禾林浪漫愛情小說已擄獲了全球兩億女性的芳心。禾林浪漫愛情小說以愛情、親情、激情、奇情為題材,雜糅歐洲戀情、懸念刺激、歷險系列,大大吊起了女性讀者的胃口。�
早期的禾林出版公司規模不大,出版物大多是從英國、美國購買的各種各樣的平裝書——偵探、西部傳奇、古典小說的版權。1957年,禾林開始購買佔英國浪漫小說市場85%的米爾思出版公司的浪漫小說版權。邦尼卡斯的太太瑪麗以一個女性的直覺認為這些以喜劇收場的浪漫愛情小說會有很好的市場前景,建議公司著重於出版浪漫愛情小說。禾林出版公司非常重視這一建議,1964年,禾林開始專注於浪漫愛情小說,以後的時間里終於以愛情小說在世界打開了知名度。� 如今在國外不少國家和地區,禾林就是愛情的代名詞,禾林賺取的女性的笑靨和眼淚比任何一家出版公司都多。曾經做過統計,進入90年代,禾林一天銷售的浪漫愛情小說堆積起來的總高度是紐約世界貿易中心的5倍。1957年至1992年禾林小說在全球出售43億本。1992年,當加拿大幾乎所有出版公司都要靠政府補貼才能生存下去的時候,禾林卻創下了6200萬美元的凈利,禾林浪漫愛情小說佔了世界愛情小說市場的80%。�
禾林作為世界浪漫系列小說最成功的出版商,其出版理念和操作方式頗值得玩味。�
配合讀者的口味寫書�
禾林有自己的簽約作家1000多位,另外每年還可收到投稿約一萬件。這些簽約作家的職責就是為禾林創作深受讀者喜愛的浪漫小說。如果作品驗收合格,所得稿酬相當優厚。在挑選作家作品時,禾林注重內容的創意,文字的掌握能力,作者的身世背景以及塑造人物個性的能力,並以各地讀者的口味規模題材。此外,禾林在加拿大、美國、英國三大編輯部經常舉辦巡迴講座、寫作研討會,還出版寫作指南和錄音帶,提供給有潛力的新手參考,而這些指南每年又會吸引上萬份投稿,禾林再從中挑選十分之一的新手,簽約為基本作家。禾林與作家的關系還有一點值得一提,即禾林對作家的筆名有5—7年的所有權,成名的作家不能帶著筆名到別的出版社工作。�
嚴密的市場調查�
禾林去年在全世界銷售禾林浪漫愛情小說一億七千五百萬冊,這是一個十分驚人的數字,創造這一業績除綜合運作成功之外,周密的市場調查是禾林成功的核心秘密。�
以北美市場來說,禾林每兩年進行一次消費趨勢和讀書習慣的市場調查,是禾林測知讀者興趣所在的依據。此外,讀者來信,零售業者的座談會,或是針對特殊團體的問卷,也都是是推出新系列的依據。�
對書而言,它的銷售場所似乎永遠是書店。禾林通過市場調查,了解到禾林的讀者大多是常常出入店鋪的女性,所以禾林大膽將書從書店帶入超級市場、葯店、百貨商店、雜貨店、日用品中心和平價批發市場等女性常去的地方,使讀者能方便地買到。1975年,禾林又打破以往藉助平面媒體銷書的慣例,成為北美地區第一家使用電視媒體作宣傳的出版公司。禾林每年將凈利的10%作為促銷費用,廣泛利用各種媒體,並舉辦各種活動擴大影響。1989年柏林牆倒塌後,禾林德國合作公司免費送72萬本小說給來自東德的人,結果僅在短短的一個下午就開拓了東德市場,接著東歐國家像骨牌效應似一個個接受了禾林。在匈牙利,禾林小說剛印好,書商們就迫不及待地要求付款;波蘭在一星期內賣書30萬本。禾林根據市場,又推出「愛不釋手」、「戀戀星辰」、「紅塵經典」系列。目前,禾林出版公司看好中國圖書市場,經禾林對中國市場的調查,選中春風文藝出版社為其在中國的版權貿易合作夥伴,計劃2000年一月首推禾林浪漫愛情小說中文版,並由此形成定式,每逢單月20日必有新書上市。�
從歐洲市場的直接操作情況來看,浪漫愛情確實是全球性的語言。但中國的愛情似與古老的歷史有關,愛得相對艱難和沉重,禾林的浪漫愛情將會有別於我們傳統意義上愛情格式,它上演的是輕松喜劇,使讀書的意義從道德說教變成了輕松娛樂,像吃一道甜點,喝一杯冰鎮礦泉水。