有关美国的都市小说英文版
⑴ 推荐好看的欧美小说
这个是近十年来被报刊评选出的100本好书
100 《道出真我)--切丽•布莱尔
英国首相夫人变身麦克白夫人。举国上下颇感意外。
99 《特德•休斯书信集)--克里斯托弗•里德(特德•休斯的撩人文字,从刺猬到星座十二宫,从亡妻Plath到诗人艾略特。
98 《Persepolis: 我在伊朗长大》(--玛嘉•莎塔碧(
描述一位爱听朋克摇滚的少女在伊朗长大的插画小说。
97 《昏迷者》(马克•比林汉姆(探长Tom Thorne's的第一次出游遭遇让受害者陷入昏迷的连环杀手。
96 《应召女郎日记》(一个伦敦高级应召女郎的独白。由博客日志集结成书,据传所有内容都是一位中年男记者杜撰出来的。
95 《万物简史》()--比尔•布莱森(Bill Bryson)
畅销游记作家解释宇宙大爆炸,黑洞和时间相关的一切。
94 《威彻尔先生的猜疑at Road Hill House--凯特•莎莫史克尔
有关维多利亚时期曾轰动一时的孩童谋杀案,一点儿也不煽情。获得塞缪尔•约翰逊奖。
93 《云图》( Cloud Atlas)--大卫•米切尔(
一部关于克隆,启示录,同性恋作曲家,核电站和贪慕虚荣出版商的精彩绝伦的后现代小说。
92 《家恨》(Bad Blood)--劳娜•塞奇(
已故评论家的感人回忆录,关于战后威尔士的一个不正常的家庭。
91 《深红色花瓣和白花瓣》( The Crimson Petal and the White)--米歇尔•法贝尔(
有关维多利亚时期的粗俗小说,法贝尔通过一个会写小说的妓女来描写当时的伦敦生活。
90 《不差钱》(No Expenses Spared)--罗伯特•温尼特&戈登•雷纳(Robert Winnett and Gordon Rayner)
Bantam, 2009 £14.99
从护城河清洗到房屋转手出售:搅动英国政坛的爆炸性丑闻。
89 《美味》(Appetite)--尼基尔•斯拉特(Nigel Slater)
Fourth Estate, 2000 £17.99
主厨绝妙的,充满诗意的文字大力推荐国民烹饪跟着感觉走。
88 《该死的联队》(the Damned Utd)--大卫•皮斯(David Peace)
Faber & Faber, 2006 £7.99
完美阐述布莱恩•克劳夫执教英国利兹联队44天的悲情闹剧
87 《法兰西组曲》(Suite Française)--作者:伊莱娜•内米洛夫斯基(Irène Némirovsky)译者:桑德拉•史密斯(Sandra Smith)
Chatto & Wins, 2006 £7.99
1940年后的法国悲惨生活,未完成的鸿篇巨制。
86 《斯图尔特:逆向人生》(Stuart: a Life Backwards)--亚历山大•马斯特斯(Alexander Masters )
Fourth Estate, 2005 £7.99
一个无家可归的流浪汉的倒叙传记。 作者斯图尔特反驳道“真他妈的没劲”。才怪,这书棒极了。
85 《小朋友》(the Little Friend)--唐娜•塔特(Donna Tartt)
Bloomsbury, 2002 £7.99
情节丰富,娓娓道来,引人入胜的南方哥特式悬疑小说。
84 《吃,射击,离开》(Eats, Shoots and Leaves )--琳•特拉斯(Lynne Truss)
Profile, 2003 £8.99
有点专横,十分诙谐幽默的标点符号入门书,教咱们使用并热爱标点符号。
83 《金斯莱•艾米斯的一生》(The Life of Kingsley Amis)--扎卡里•里德尔(Zachary Leader )
Jonathan Cape, 2006 £10.99
一代杰出的幽默小说家的全面传记,嗜酒和他的其他特质。
82 《Speech! Speech! 》--杰弗里•希尔(Geoffrey Hill)
Counterpoint, 2000 £6
“博识。苦痛。光。” 诗人杰弗里•希尔后期繁盛之作精彩继续。
81 《岛》(the Island)--维多利亚•希斯洛普(Victoria Hislop)
Headline Review, 2005 £7.99
首部以希腊小岛为背景的小说,理查德和朱迪夫妇俩的最爱。
80 《奥斯特里茨》(Austerlitz)--作者:温弗里德•格奥尔格•泽尔巴德(WG Sebald)译者:安西娅•贝尔(Anthea Bell)
2002, Penguin £9.99
对纳粹大屠杀展开实验性的虚构调查。
79 《女性福音》(Feminine Gospels)--卡罗尔•安•达菲(Carol Ann Duffy)
Picador, 2003 £8.99
一位未来桂冠诗人机智幽默,清晰易懂的诗歌作品集,主题为歌颂女性。
78 《夜巡者》(the Night Watch)--莎拉•华特斯(Sarah Waters)
Virago, 2006 £7.99
二战时期三个女同性恋的故事,这部曾获英国布克文学奖提名的小说巩固了华特斯的声誉。
77 《迷宫》(Labyrinth)--凯特•莫斯(Kate Mosse)
Orion, 2005 £7.99
在法国南部的一次考古发掘出的两具骷髅和埋藏的秘密构成的一组“达芬奇密码”。
76 《时间旅行者的妻子》(the Time Traveler's Wife)--奥黛丽•尼芬格(Audrey Niffenegger)
Jonathan Cape, 2004 £7.99
穿越时空的爱情小说,催人泪下,荡气回肠。
75 《我的回忆录》(My Booky Wook )--拉塞尔•布兰德(Russell Brand)
Hodder & Stoughton, 2007 £7.99
一个名人的出色回忆录:浪荡江湖的自嘲之作。
74 《第五个女人》(the Fifth Woman)--作者:赫宁•曼凯尔(Henning Mankell)(瑞典) 译者:史蒂芬•T•默里(Steven T Murray)
Harvill Secker, 2001 £7.99
厌世酗酒的警长韦兰德屡屡破案的侦探小说。
73 《伊斯兰教信徒》(The Islamist)--埃德•侯赛因(Ed Husain)
Penguin, 2007 £9.99
侯赛因在书中细述自己年轻时曾为狂热信徒的日子,政治家喜欢援引书中内容。
72 《可爱的骨头》(the Lovely Bones)--艾莉丝•希柏德(Alice Sebold)
Little, Brown, 2002 £7.99
冷酷的,可怕的,坚强的:少女遭强暴后被谋杀,在天堂关注着自己的家人。大家都爱读这本书。
71 《地区与圆圈》(District and Circle) --西莫斯•希尼(Seamus Heaney)
Faber & Faber, 2006 £9.99
我们最爱诗人的又一畅销作品集。一如既往的机智诙谐,文字优美。
70 《伪科学》(Bad Science)--本•戈尔达莱(Ben Goldacre)
Fourth Estate, 2008 £8.99
一名伦敦医生兼记者揭露媒体宣传中的伪科学的书,颇具影响力。
69 《项塔兰》(Shantaram)--格雷戈里•大卫•罗伯茨(Gregory David Roberts)
Abacus, 2005 £9.99
曾经的银行抢劫犯,毒瘾者,罗伯茨描述印度生活的小说是基于自己的亲身经历,颇受间隔年学生的喜爱。
68 《别让我走》(Never Let Me Go)--石黑一雄(Kazuo Ishiguro)
Faber & Faber, 2005 £7.99
克隆人的存在即为别人提供移植器官。一部细腻生动,感人肺腑的小说,主题则是关于人人都要直面的死亡。
67 《翡翠城的皇家生活》(Imperial Life in the Emerald City )--拉吉夫•钱德拉塞卡兰(Rajiv Chandrasekaran)
Headline, 2006 £7.99
对美国重建伊拉克的评论,从突破艰难险阻,将权力移交伊拉克人民开始记述。
66 《防守》(My Defence)--阿什利•科尔(Ashley Cole)
Headline, 2006 £7.99
“当我听到£55,000时,差点没掉头就走。” 对阿森纳提出的月薪数目,科尔的反应反映出足球运动员的狮子大胃口。
65 《盲刺客》(The Blind Assassin )--玛格丽特•阿特伍德(Margaret Atwood)
Virago, 2000 £8.99
小说情节环环相扣,引人入胜。这部布克奖获奖作品为这十年间的文学实验性创作奠定了基调。
64 《撬动地球的Google》(the Google Story)--大卫•怀斯(David Vise)
Macmillan, 2005 n/a
极客致富记:控制世界信息的脉动。
63 《给男孩看的危险读物》(the Dangerous Books for Boys)--康恩•伊戈尔登&哈尔•伊戈尔登(Conn and Hal Iggulden)
HarperCollins, 2006 £17.99
书中突出强调了十年间对异想天开的渴望和过去假想的快乐。
62 《半轮黄日》(Half of a Yellow Sun )--奇玛曼达•恩戈奇•阿迪契(Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)(尼日利亚)
Fourth Estate, 2006 £7.99
将尼日利亚丑陋的一面变成一部感人小说。
61 《瓦解》(Dissolution)--CJ•萨姆森(CJ Samson)
Viking, 2003 £7.99
结合十年间的两大热门主题:犯罪和都铎王朝。
60 《剥洋葱》(Peeling the Onion)--作者:君特•格拉斯(Günter Grass)(德国) 译者:迈克尔•亨利•海姆(Michael Henry Heim )
Harvill Secker, 2007 £9.99
作者揭露自己曾参加武装党卫军的经历。
59 《家有女神》(How to Be a Domestic Goddess )--尼格拉•劳森(Nigella Lawson)
Chatto & Wins, 2000 £15.99
美味可口的食物和精美文字的俏皮组合。
58 《美丽曲线》(The Line of Beauty )--艾伦•霍林赫斯特(Alan Hollinghurst)
Picador, 2004 £7.99
将同性恋小说推向主流世界,嘲讽撒切尔夫人当政时期的英国。
57 《海边的卡夫卡》--作者:村上春树(Haruki Murakami)译者:菲利普•加布里尔(Philip Gabriel)
Harvill Secker, 2005 £7.99
会说话的猫,巨大邪恶的鼻涕虫,不明飞行物,神话中的无人荒地和模棱两可的性欲,读者们为之欣喜若狂。
56 《陷入混沌》(Descent into Chaos)--阿哈玛•拉希德(Ahmed Rashid)
Allen Lane, 2008 £10.99
洞悉9/11后的阿富汗。
55 《狼厅》(Wolf Hall)--希拉里•曼特尔(Hilary Mantel)
Fourth Estate, 2009 £16.99
将历史小说放在文学界的聚光灯下,一部不可思议的都铎王朝长篇小说。
54 《反美阴谋》(The Plot Against America )--菲利普•罗斯(Philip Roth)
Jonathan Cape, 2004 £7.99
罗斯影响广泛的小说影射当代美国政治,虚构有纳粹主义倾向的查尔斯•林德伯格(Charles Lindbergh)(译者注:,美国著名飞行家,曾驾驶一架“圣路易斯精神”号飞机,不间断飞行33.5小时,完成了人类首次从纽约到巴黎横跨大西洋的壮举,成为世界航空史上划时代的英雄人物。)成为美国总统。
53 《白热化:动荡六零年代的英国》(White Heat: a History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties)--多米尼克•桑德布鲁克(Dominic Sandbrook)
Little, Brown, 2006 £11.99
历史书中的领袖讲述六零年代的故事。
52 《路》(the Road)--科马克•麦卡锡(Cormac McCarthy)
Picador, 2006 £7.99
一部发生在毁灭世界的末日小说,定义了这一个十年的恐惧情绪和对希望的渴求。
51 《爱维娜•嘉莉的日记1987-1992》--爱维娜•嘉莉(Edwina Currie)
Little, Brown, 2002 n/a
谁会想到呢?揭秘爱维娜•嘉莉与英国前首相约翰•梅杰的风流韵事。
50 《绘画大师马蒂斯》(Matisse the Master)--希拉里•斯珀林(Hilary Spurling)
Hamish Hamilton, 2005 £12.99
对绘画大师奇迹一生的探寻第二卷。斯帕林的传记乃是艺术界的一块丰碑。
49 《经历》(Experience)--马丁•艾米斯(Martin Amis )
Jonathan Cape, 2000 £9.99
马丁•艾米斯原汁原味的生活写照,包括他同父亲的关系。
48 《最好年月:丘吉尔的戎马生涯》(Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord )--马克斯•哈斯丁(Max Hastings)
HarperPress, 2009 £22.99
大烟枪丘吉尔被描写成拯救英国与水深火热之中的大英雄。
47 《非常瘦身》(I Can Make You Thin)--保罗•麦肯纳(Paul McKenna)
Bantam, 2006 £7.99
如果还需要证明我们是如何痴迷于减肥瘦身,这本书是不二选择。
46 《原味主厨的回归》(The Return of the Naked Chef)--杰米•奥利弗(Jamie Oliver)
Michael Joseph, 2000 £12.99
金童的厨艺展示。让男人们系上围裙下厨房,烧烤箱靠边站(厨房才是王道)。同女权斗士杰梅茵•格里尔一样具有号召力。
45 《重返艳阳下》(It’s Not About the Bike )--兰斯•阿姆斯特朗(Lance Armstrong)
Yellow Jersey, 2000 £8.99
他是来自得克萨斯州的自行车手,他战胜了癌症,赢得环法自行车赛冠军。过去十年他顽强抗争癌症的事迹激励过无数运动员。
44 《我们需要谈谈凯文》(We Need to Talk About Kevin)--莱昂内尔•施赖弗(Lionel Shriver)
Serpent’s Tail, 2003 £7.99
一个女人的儿子在学校大开杀戒,颇具争议性的桔子文学奖获奖作品。
43 《琥珀望远镜》(The Amber Spyglass )--菲利普•普尔曼(Philip Pullman)
Scholastic, 2001 £8.99
《黑暗物质》三部曲精彩绝伦的终极之作,让我们对儿童文学刮目相看。
42 《牛津国家人物传记词典》(Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)--H•G•马修&布莱恩•哈里森编著(H•G Matthew and Brian Harrison)
OUP, 2004 n/a
全书分60册,包含50,000份人物传记,共6000万字。记录不能被遗忘的人物。
41 《音乐房间》(the Music Room)--威廉•法因斯(William Fiennes)
Picador, 2009 £12.99
记录了作者和他患有癫痫症的哥哥在布劳顿城堡度过的童年时光,一本美丽质朴的回忆录。
40 《傻瓜的金子》(Fool’s Gold )--吉莲•邰蒂(Gillian Tett)
Little, Brown, 2009 £16.99
邰蒂认为是银行家的贪婪,而非金融衍生产品引发了信贷危机。
39 《王室职责》(A Royal Duty )--保罗•伯勒尔(Paul Burrell)
Michael Joseph, 2003 £6.99
王室生活揭秘。
38 《百万碎片(岁月如沙)》(A Million Little Pieces )--詹姆士•弗雷(James Frey)
John Murray, 2004 £7.99
在奥普拉的脱口秀中承认其回忆录的内容都是谎言,弗雷说出了痛苦回忆录的真相。
37 《终点前某处》(Somewhere Towards the End)--黛安娜•阿西尔(Diana Athill )(91岁)
Granta, 2008 £7.99
毫不煽情的描写老年生活,其坦率清晰的散文实乃十年间回忆录的登峰之作。
36 《生命的奇迹》(Miracles of Life)--詹姆斯•格雷厄姆•巴拉德(JG Ballard)
Fourth Estate, 2008 £7.99
这部回忆录向人们展示了巴拉德非同寻常的经历对其作品和心灵的影响,饱含深情,令人震惊。
35 《局内人》(the Insider)--皮尔斯•摩根(Piers Morgan)
Ebury, 2005 £7.99
星探摩根成名前是怎样的人,跟着作者去窥探一番。
34 《伊丽莎白一世》(Elizabeth)--大卫•斯达克(David Starkey )
Chatto & Wins, 2000 £8.99
成为“荣光女王”前公主的动荡岁月,给这部传记增色不少。
33 《第二人生》(Second Lives)--蒂姆•盖斯特(Tim Guest)
Hutchinson, 2007 £7.99
已故蒂姆•盖斯特对虚拟世界的自由模式的透彻解析。
32 《暮色》(Twilight )--斯蒂芬妮•梅耶(Stephenie Meyer)
Atom, 2005 £6.99
散文技巧匮乏。吸血鬼爱情小说掀起年轻人的阅读风潮。
31 《情色度假村》(Platform)--作者:米歇尔•维勒贝克(Michel Houellebecq)(法国)译者:弗兰克•韦恩(Frank Wynne)
这部描写买春旅游的小说引起了有关伊斯兰教的争议,概括了我们所处时代死气沉沉的道德观。
30 《丑闻笔记》(Notes on a Scandal )--佐伊•海勒(Zoë Heller )
Viking, 2003 £8.99
不可靠的叙述者为这部扣人心弦的小说注入新的活力,内容关乎女性之间的迷恋,未成年性行为和压抑的激情。
29 《一生的工作》(A Life's Work)--蕾切尔•卡斯克(Rachel Cusk )
对母亲身份坦诚而又些许无奈的叙述,向人们介绍了家庭写作的一种新体裁。
28 《柏林》(Berlin)--安东尼•比弗(Antony Beevor )
Penguin, 2002 £9.99
二战末期柏林沦陷的悲壮历史。
27 《砖石小径》(Brick Lane)--莫妮卡•阿里(Monica Ali )
一个孟加拉女人在伦敦东区的生活。作者阿里被誉为新一代的扎迪•史密斯。
26 《向盖亚致敬》(Homage to Gaia )--詹姆斯•洛夫洛克(James Lovelock)
地球是个会呼吸的有机体:这是众多关于环境,关于地球末日中的一本科普书。
25 《杀人犯》(Homicide)--大卫•西蒙(David Simon)
Canongate, 2008 £8.99
《火线》创作者的最新力作,在犯罪猖獗的巴尔的摩市随同警察一起破案进行报道。
24 《纠正》(the Corrections)--乔纳森•弗兰岑(Jonathan Franzen)
Fourth Estate, 2001 £8.99
美国中西部的一对夫妇和他们三个成年子女:具有时代特征的充满争议性的家庭长篇小说。
23 《布莱尔的时代》(The Blair Years )--阿拉斯代尔•坎贝尔(Alastair Campbell)
Hutchinson, 2007 £11.99
这本日记不够审慎,非常粗俗,有点自负,但是相当引人入胜。
22 《影子写手》(The Ghost)--罗伯特•哈里斯(Robert Harris)
Hutchinson, 2007 £7.99
一部关于首相代笔者的扣人心弦的政治惊悚小说。
21 《魔鬼经济学》(Freakonomics)--史蒂文•莱维特 & 斯蒂芬•J•杜布纳(Steven Levitt and Stephen J Dubner)
Allen Lane, 2005 £9.99
将“枯燥无味的科学(经济学)”写得通俗易懂,写得与我们的生活息息相关。
20 《肖特的原创文集》--本•肖特(Ben Schott)
Bloomsbury, 2002 £10.99
这些价值不大,仅供消遣的资料可以在《每日电讯报》周末版上找到来源。
19 《雪》(Snow)--作者:奥尔罕•帕慕克(Orhan Pamuk)(土耳其) 译者:莫琳•弗雷丽(Maureen Freely)
Faber & Faber, 2004 £8.99
一个政治流亡者回到土耳其,直面一个日益衰败的国家。
18 《追风筝的人》(the Kite Runner)--卡勒德•胡塞尼(Khaled Hosseini)
Bloomsbury, 2004 £7.99
笨重的文字描述一个悲痛酸楚的故事,这本关于一个阿富汗男孩的应景小说成为畅销书。
17 《麦道夫:盗走650亿的人》(Madoff: the Man Who Stole $65 billion)--伊•恩亚温卢德(Erin Arvedlund)
Penguin, 2009 £9.99
被忽视的告密者深入调查巨骗背后的故事。
16 《第一夫人侦探事务所》(The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency )--亚历山大•麦考尔•史密斯(Alexander McCall Smith)
Abacus, 1998 £7.99
平装本的小说也会如此大受欢迎。书中女主角兰马翠1998年问世,至今仍魅力不减当年。
15 《萨缪尔•毕博思》(Samuel Pepys )--克莱尔•托玛林(Claire Tomalin)
Viking, 2002 £10.99
人人都爱的复辟时期日记作者的权威传记。
14 《童年》(1997),《青年》(2002),《夏日时光》(2009)--JM•库切(JM Coetzee)
Harvill Secker £7.99 each
挑战传统小说体裁的虚构式回忆录三部曲,文字优美。
13 《9/11调查报告》(9/11 Commission Report)
WW Norton, 2004 £6.99
兼具文学可读性和写实性,好评连连。
12 《我的自传》(Jade: My Autobiography )--杰德•古迪(Jade Goody)
HarperCollins, 2006 £7.99
我们恨她,但也爱她。这位“非名人”名人的众多回忆录的开篇之作。
11 《引爆点》(The Tipping Point )--马尔科姆•格拉德威尔(Malcolm Gladwell)
Abacus, 2000 £7.99
对文化现象如何发生的精彩阐述。书名已成为流行新词汇。
10 《带龙纹身的女孩》(The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)--作者:斯蒂格•拉森(Stieg Larsson)(瑞典) 译者:雷格•基兰德(Reg Keeland)
Maclehose Press, 2008 £6.99
一个记者和一个朋克女孩组成的最不靠谱的侦探搭档,一同探寻瑞典社会的阴暗深处。
9 《赎罪》(Atonement)--伊恩•麦克尤恩(Ian McEwan)
Jonathan Cape, 2001 £7.99
布里奥妮•塔丽斯撒了个谎并为此后悔终生。元小说式,充满乡村气息的战争小说一跃成为畅销文学作品。
8 《白牙》(White Teeth )--扎迪•史密斯(Zadie Smith)
Hamish Hamilton, 2000 £7.99
史密斯用尖锐诙谐的笔法描写两个朋友在伦敦紧密相连的生活。移民的困窘遭遇嘲讽与同情。
7 《荒野侦探》(The Savage Detectives )--作者:罗贝托•波拉尼奥(Roberto Bolaño)(智利) 译者:娜塔莎•维穆尔
Picador, 2007 £8.99
这本引人入胜的小说讲述的是一段探寻“本能现实主义”发起者的旅程,充分展示了波拉尼奥充满神奇魔力的文字之美。他将此书称之为“写给我这一代人的情书”。
6 《成为乔丹》(Being Jordan)--凯蒂•普莱斯(Katie Price)
John Blake, 2004 £7.99
凯蒂•普莱斯正向出版界发展,创作了儿童书,小说和四部自传,这是第一部,也是最露骨的一部。
5 《上帝的错觉》(The God Delusion)--理查德•道金斯(Richard Dawkins )
Bantam, 2006 £8.99
理查德•道金斯说,信仰上帝不仅是毫无道理可言,而且还危害社会。不管你赞同与否,这本书都是对全世界最普遍信仰的巨大冲击。
4 《怪才的荒诞与忧伤》(A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius )--戴夫•艾格斯(Dave Eggers)
Picador, 2000 £7.99
“创作型”回忆录的先驱之作,此书记录了在父母罹患癌症去世后,艾格斯同他年幼兄弟姐妹的生活。大胆的创作,荒诞不经,一种全新的写作风格。
3 《达芬奇密码》(The Da Vinci Code)--丹•布朗(Dan Brown)
Corgi, 2003 £7.99
丹•布朗也许不擅长写作,但却懂得如何吸引读者的眼球。将有关耶稣的阴谋论融合一起构成的惊悚小说,其销量堪比《圣经》,让世界为之亢奋激动。
2 《我父亲的梦想》(Dreams from My Father)--贝拉克•奥巴马
Canongate, 2007 £8.99
该书最早于1995年在美国面世,在第一位黑人总统登台前此书在英国引起巨大反响。这部回忆录是对父亲(奥巴马两岁时离开的)和种族认同感的探寻。此书为未来政客出书的衡量标准。
1 《哈利波特与死亡圣器》
⑵ 求暮光之城英文版全集小说
链接: https://pan..com/s/1hJjOx_P93hwYR3rLDm4qOw 提取码: 45ns复制这段内容后打开网络网盘手机App,操作更方便哦
作品简介:《暮光之城》是美国作家斯蒂芬妮·梅尔(StephenieMeyer)写的系列小说,包括《暮色》、《新月》、《月食》、《破晓》以及番外《布里·坦纳第二次短暂生命》、《暮色重生》和《午夜阳光》。
⑶ 推荐几部英美小说(附英文版作品简介 、人物介绍以及人物关系,在网上帮我找找就行啦)
1 哈克贝利·弗恩历险记——马克·吐温
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
哈克贝利是一个聪明、善良、勇敢的白人少年。他为了追求自由的生活,逃亡到密西西比河上。在逃亡途中,他遇到了黑奴吉姆。吉姆是一个勤劳朴实、热情诚实、忠心耿耿的黑奴,他为了逃脱被主人再次卖掉的命运,从主人家中出逃。他们一起漂流在密西西比河上,过着自由自在的生活,两人成了好朋友。哈克贝利为了吉姆的自由,历尽千辛万苦,最后得知,吉姆的主人已在遗嘱里解放了他。小说中,哈克贝利和吉姆的性格鲜明突出,形象栩栩如生。全篇的现实主义描绘和浪漫主义抒情交相辉映,尖锐深刻的揭露、幽默辛辣的讽刺以及浪漫传奇的描写浑然一体,形成了马克·吐温独特的艺术风格。
2 纯真年代——华顿
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
伊迪丝·沃顿1921年获得普立策文学奖的小说,她也是普立策奖历史上首度获奖的女性作家。
小说的主要情节发生在19世纪70年代末80年代初的纽约上流社会。那是伊迪丝度过童年与青春的地方,她在那儿长大成人,进入社交界,订婚又解除婚约,最后嫁给波士顿的爱德华华顿,并度过了婚后的最初几年。时隔40年后,作为小说家的她回顾养育过她也束缚过她的那个社会,她的感情是复杂的,既有亲切的眷恋,又有清醒的针砭。作家把那个时代的纽约上流社会比作一个小小的金字塔,它又尖又滑,很难在上面取得立足之地。处在塔顶,真正有贵族血统的只有二三户人家:华盛顿广场的达戈内特祖上是正宗的郡中世家;范德卢顿先生是第一任荷兰总督的嫡孙,他家曾与法国和英国的几家贵族联姻;还有与德格拉斯伯爵联姻的拉宁一家。他们是上流社会的最高阶层,但显然已处于日薄西山的衰败阶段。上流社会的中坚力量是以明戈特家族、纽兰家族、奇弗斯家族为代表的名门望族,他们的祖辈都是来自英国或荷兰的富商,早年在殖民地发迹,成为有身份有地位的人物。比如纽兰·阿切尔的一位曾外祖父曾参与过独立宣言的签署,还有一位曾在华盛顿部下任将军。正如阿切尔太太所说的,“纽约从来就是个商业社会”,占支配地位的是这些殷实的富商。处于金字塔底部的是富有却不显贵的人们,他们多数是内战之后崛起的新富,凭借雄厚的财力,通过联姻而跻身上流社会。作者从亲身经历与熟悉的环境中提炼素材,塑造人物,将作品题材根置于深厚的现实土壤中。尤其通过博福特命运浮沉这一线索与主人公爱情悲剧的主线相互映衬,使一个看似寻常的爱情故事具备了深刻的社会现实意义。
3 白鲸——梅尔维尔
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
《白鲸》是美国十九世纪浪漫主义小说家梅尔维尔的代表作。在美国文学史和世界文学史上,《白鲸》都是一部经典的著作,一部伟大的小说,是研究美国文学的一部必读书。《白鲸》展示给我们的是船长亚哈为追杀白鲸带领佩阔德号及其般员为复仇而走向毁灭的过程。书中以象征主义及寓言体的写作方式向我们展示了一部十九世纪美国的真实画面。从人与自然的抗争中亚哈的悲剧,人与人的关系中所体现的悲剧两个角度可以揭示《白鲸》所表现的时代特征及所蕴涵的悲剧实质。
4 红字——纳撒尼尔·霍桑
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
19世纪美国浪漫主义作家霍桑的长篇小说。创作于1851年。小说以两百多年前的殖民地时代的美洲为题材,但揭露的却是19世纪资本主义发展时代美利坚合众国社会典法的残酷、宗教的欺骗和道德的虚伪。主人公海丝特被写成了崇高道德的化身。她不但感化了表里不一的丁梅斯代尔,同时也在感化着充满罪恶的社会。至于她的丈夫奇林渥斯,小说则把他写成了一个一心只想窥秘复仇的影子式的人物。他在小说中只起情节铺垫的作用。
小说惯用象征手法,人物、情节和语言都颇具主观想象色彩,在描写中又常把人的心理活动和直觉放在首位。因此,它不仅是浪漫主义小说的代表作,同时也被称作是美国心理分析小说的开创篇。
5 最后的莫希干人——库柏
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
《最后的莫希干人》是《皮裹腿故事集》中最出色的一部。故事发生在十八世纪五十年代末期,英法两国为争夺北美殖民地而进行的“七年战争”的第三年,地点是在赫德森河的源头和乔治湖一带。对于印第安人的被杀戮和印第安部落的消亡,作者的心情是十分沉重的,他深深怀着同情和愤慨。他写道:“莫希干人的领土,是被欧洲人侵占去的美洲大陆的第一块地盘,因而,莫希干人就第一个成了离乡背井的人。面临着文明的推进,也可以说,文明的入侵,所有印第安部落的人民,就像他们故土林木上的绿叶在刺骨的严寒侵凌下纷纷坠地一样,日益消亡,看来这已成为落到他们头上的不可避免的命运。有足够的历史事实可以证明,这幅惨像并非虚妄之作。”
作者把本书取名为《最后的莫希干人》,就有着令人心酸的悲哀音调。正直、勇敢的莫希干人恩卡斯和美丽善良的科拉之死,也不无更深的寓意:随着他们的死去,他们心灵上的那种美德和纯洁的感情也消亡了,留下的只是笼罩在美洲大地上的那些贪婪、残暴的恶意和邪念。
6 小妇人——路易莎·奥尔科特
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
这部小说以家庭生活为描写对象,以家庭成员的感情纠葛为线索,描写了马奇一家的天伦之爱。马奇家的四姐妹中,无论是为了爱情甘于贫困的梅格,还是通过自己奋斗成为作家的乔,以及坦然面对死亡的贝思和以扶弱为己任的艾米,虽然她们的理想和命运都不尽相同,但是她们都具有自强自立的共同特点。描写了她们对家庭的眷恋;对爱的忠诚以及对亲情的渴望。马奇一家有四个姐妹,生活清贫、简单而又温馨。四组妹性格迥异;老大梅格漂亮端庄,有些爱慕虚荣;老二乔自由独立,渴望成为作家,老三贝丝善良羞涩,热爱音乐,老四埃米聪慧活泼,爱好艺术,希望成为一名上流社会的“淑女”。
所有时代的所有少女成长过程中所要面对的经历的,都可以在这本书中找到:初恋的甜蜜和烦恼,感情与理智的译,理想和现实的差距,贫穷与富有的矛盾。
7 野性的呼唤——杰克·伦敦
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
《野性的呼唤》是杰克·伦敦最负盛名的小说。故事主要叙述一只强壮勇猛的狼狗巴克从人类文明社会回到狼群原始生活的过程。巴克是一头体重140磅的十分强壮的狗。他本来在一个大法官家里过着优裕的生活,后来被法官的园丁偷走,辗转卖给邮局,又被送到阿拉斯加严寒地区去拉运送邮件的雪橇。巴克最初被卖给两个法裔加拿大人。这些被买来的狗不仅受到了冷酷的人类的虐待,而且在狗之间为了争夺狗群的领导权,也无时不在互相争斗、残杀。由于体力超群、机智勇敢,巴克最终打败斯比茨成为狗群的领队狗。他先后换过几个主人,最后被约翰·索顿收留。那是在巴克被残暴的主人哈尔打得遍体鳞伤、奄奄一息时,索顿救了他,并悉心为他疗伤。在索顿的精心护理下巴克恢复得很快,由此他们之间产生了真挚的感情。巴克对索顿非常忠诚,他两次不顾生命危险救了索顿的命,并在索顿和别人打赌时,拼命把一个载有一千磅盐的雪橇拉动,为索顿赢了一大笔钱。不幸的是,在淘金的过程中,索顿被印第安人杀死。狂怒之下,巴克咬死了几个印第安人,为主人报了仇。这时恩主已死,他觉得对这个人类社会已无所留恋。况且,一段时期以来,荒野中总回荡着一个神秘的呼唤声。这个声音吸引着他。最终,他回应着这个声音,进入森林,从此与狼为伍,过着原始动物的生活。但他不忘旧谊,仍然定期到主人的葬身之处去凭吊。
8 汤姆叔叔的小屋——哈里特·比彻·斯托
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
出生于康涅狄格州的斯托夫人,是哈特福德女子学院(Hartford Female Academy)的一名教师,同时,她也是一位积极的废奴主义者。全书围绕着一位久经苦难的黑奴汤姆叔叔的故事展开,并描述了他与他身边人——均为奴隶与奴隶主——的经历。这部感伤小说深刻地描绘出了奴隶制度残酷的本质;并认为基督徒的爱可以战胜由奴役人类同胞所带来的种种伤害。
《汤姆叔叔的小屋》这部小说是19世纪最畅销的小说(以及第二畅销的书,仅次于最畅销的书《圣经》)并被认为是刺激1850代废奴主义兴起的一大原因。在它发表的头一年里,在美国本土便销售出了三十万册。《汤姆叔叔的小屋》对美国社会的影响是如此巨大,以致在南北战争爆发的初期,当林肯接见斯托夫人时,曾说到:“你就是那位引发了一场大战的小妇人。”后来,这句话为众多作家竞相引用。
《汤姆叔叔的小屋》以及受其启发而写作出的各种剧本,还促进了大量黑人刻板印象的产生,不少的这些形象在当今都为人们所熟知。譬如慈爱善良的黑人保姆、黑小孩的原型、以及顺从、坚忍并忠心于白人主人的汤姆叔叔。最近几十年来,《汤姆叔叔的小屋》中的这些消极成分,已在一定程度上弱化了这本书作为“重要的反奴隶制工具”的历史作用。
⑷ 美国,英国有什么都市言情小说吗
暮光之城 吸血鬼日记 时光旅行者的妻子 穿prada的女魔头 。。。基本上很多书都是言情
⑸ 欧美都市小说
丹·布郞的《达芬奇密码》相信你看了会有所收获的。 还有本哲理小说,挪威作家 乔斯坦.贾德《苏菲的世界》 马克.吐温的《汤姆.索亚历险记》、《哈克贝里.芬历险记》、《百万英镑的钞票》…… 现在的网络小说,还是新新人类的书没怎么看。也不知道哪些值得看。一个叫ZT的《理工大风流往事》蛮搞笑的。安妮宝贝的《告别,微安》 …… 呵呵,太多了,难得写啦。这些小说并没按我喜欢的程度排名,想到什么就写什么啦。这些都是我很久前看的,现在很久都没看书了,真怀念以前静静的看书,傻傻的思考的日子…… 别人的意见也许并不重要,只要你看了,才知道自己喜欢什么,什么是适合自己的。当然,看看别人都看了什么书,给自己一个参考是很不错的。说不定我也会考虑去看大家提起的书呢!^_^ 可以交流一下感想啊!
⑹ 著名的英文小说都有哪些
著名的英语小说
《Ahauntedhouse》——英国著名意识流小说女作家伍尔夫的作品。
《Billybudd》——hermanmelville的作品。
《Goodwives》——十九世纪美国出色的女作家alcott的作品。
《Kim》——诺贝尔奖金获得者、英国作家吉卜林的作品。
《Moonfleet》——j.meade-falkner的作品。
《Northangerabbey》——十九世纪英国著名女作家奥斯汀的作品。
《Persuasion》——十九世纪英国著名女作家奥斯汀的小说。
《Princeotto》——英国作家史蒂文森的作品。
《Rocking-horsewinner》——英国作家劳伦斯的作品。
《Stalkyandcompany》——诺贝尔奖金获得者、英国作家吉卜林的作品。
《Theassignation》——美国神秘小说家爱伦坡的作品。
《Thecaskofamontillado》——美国神秘小说家爱伦坡的作品。
《Thechimes》——英国作家狄更斯的作品。
《Thecricketonthehearth》——英国作家狄更斯的作品。
《Thedynamiter》——英国作家史蒂文森的作品。
《Themillonthefloss》——英国作家乔治.艾略特的作品。
《Thephantomoftheopera》——gastonleroux的作品。
《Thepitandthepenlum》——美国神秘小说家爱伦坡的作品。
《Theransomofredchief》——美国作家欧亨利的小说。
《Thetell-taleheart》——美国神秘小说家爱伦坡的作品。
《Thetenantofwildfellhall》——安.勃朗特的小说。她是勃朗特三姐妹中最小的一位.
《艾玛》——十九世纪英国著名女作家奥斯汀的作品。
《傲慢与偏见》——十九世纪著名英国女作家奥斯汀的代表作。
《奥赛罗》——英国戏剧大师莎士比亚的四大悲剧之一。描写武将奥赛罗中了部下伊阿古的奸计,因嫉妒发狂而杀死妻子,自己也自杀身亡。
《巴斯克威尔的猎犬》——英国侦探小说大师柯南道尔的福尔摩斯探案集中著名的一篇小说。
《变形记》——卡夫卡的名作。
《波洛圣诞探案记》——阿加莎.克里斯蒂著。
《丛林丛书》——英国作家吉卜林的名著。
《道林.格雷的肖像》——这是英国作家王尔德唯一的长篇小说。
《第三十九级台阶》——著名一战间谍片。
《都柏林人》——英国意识流小说大师乔伊斯的名著。
《儿子和情人》——以心理分析见长的英国作家劳伦斯的著名小说。
《福尔摩斯探案之海军协定》——英国作家柯南道尔著。
《浮士德》——德国作家歌德的名作。
《哈克贝利芬恩历险记》——美国著名作家马克吐温的名著。
《哈姆雷特》——英国戏剧大师莎士比亚的四大经典悲剧之一。这部描述丹麦王子复仇的作品使伊莉莎白王朝的戏剧达到了最高峰。
《海底两万里》——法国科学幻想小说大师儒勒凡尔纳的名著。
《黑郁金香》——法国作家大仲马的名著,曾被拍成电影。
《呼啸山庄》——英国女作家艾密莉勃朗特的名著。
《呼啸山庄》——英国女作家艾米莉.勃朗特的代表作。小说描述了一个因贫富悬殊造成的爱情悲剧。
《化身博士》——英国小说家史蒂文森的名著。
《环绕地球八十天》——法国科学幻想小说大师儒勒.凡尔纳的著名小说。
《基督山伯爵》——法国作家大仲马的名著。
《吉姆爷》——josephconrad的名著。
《金银岛》——英国小说家史蒂文森的名著。
《卡斯特桥市长》——英国作家哈代的名著。
《坎特伯雷故事》——英国作家乔叟的名著。
《李尔王》——英国戏剧大师莎士比亚的四大悲剧之一。描写的是不列颠老王李尔的悲剧。
《恋爱中的女人》——英国作家劳伦斯的作品。
《鲁宾逊飘流记》——英国作家笛福的名作。
《罗蜜欧与朱丽叶》——英国戏剧大师莎士比亚的经典悲剧之一。曾被多次拍成电影。
《麦克白》——英国戏剧大师莎士比亚的四大悲剧之一。描写苏格兰勇将麦克白的悲剧。
《麦琪的礼物》——美国著名短篇小说家欧亨利的著名作品。
《梦的解析》——弗洛伊德的名著。
《命案目睹记》——阿加莎.克里斯蒂著。
《匹克威克外传》——英国现实主义作家狄更斯的作品。
《三剑客》——法国作家大仲马的名著。
《圣诞颂歌》——英国作家狄更斯的作品。
《双城记》——英国现实主义小说大家狄更斯的名著
《苔斯》——英国作家哈代的名著。改编自小说的电影曾轰动一时。
《汤姆索耶历险记》——美国著名作家马克吐温的名著。
《汤姆索耶历险记》——美国幽默小说大师马克吐温的代表作。
《铁面人》——法国作家大仲马的著名小说,曾被拍成电影。
《无名的裘德》——英国作家托马斯.哈代的名作。
《野性的呼唤》——美国作家杰克伦敦的名作。
《一个青年艺术家的肖像》——英国意识流小说大师乔伊斯的著名小说。
《远大历程》——英国著名现实主义作家狄更斯的名作。
《月亮石》——英国小说家柯林斯的作品。
《最后一个莫希干人》——讲述北美洲印第安土族居民的神奇故事。小说曾被拍成电影。
⑺ 急求美国著名小说的简介(要用英文)
Mammon and the Archer2007-04-08 15:50Old Anthony Rockwall, retired manufacturer and proprietor of Rockwall's Eureka Soap, looked out the library window of his Fifth Avenue mansion and grinned. His neighbour to the right--the aristocratic clubman, G. Van Schuylight Suffolk-Jones--came out to his waiting motor-car, wrinkling a contumelious nostril, as usual, at the Italian renaissance sculpture of the soap palace's front elevation.
"Stuck-up old statuette of nothing doing!" commented the ex-Soap King. "The Eden Musee'll get that old frozen Nesselrode yet if he don't watch out. I'll have this house painted red, white, and blue next summer and see if that'll make his Dutch nose turn up any higher."
And then Anthony Rockwall, who never cared for bells, went to the door of his library and shouted "Mike!" in the same voice that had once chipped off pieces of the welkin on the Kansas prairies.
"Tell my son," said Anthony to the answering menial, "to come in here before he leaves the house."
When young Rockwall entered the library the old man laid aside his newspaper, looked at him with a kindly grimness on his big, smooth, ruddy countenance, rumpled his mop of white hair with one hand and rattled the keys in his pocket with the other.
"Richard," said Anthony Rockwail, "what do you pay for the soap that you use?"
Richard, only six months home from college, was startled a little. He had not yet taken the measure of this sire of his, who was as full of unexpectednesses as a girl at her first party.
"Six dollars a dozen, I think, dad."
"And your clothes?"
"I suppose about sixty dollars, as a rule."
"You're a gentleman," said Anthony, decidedly. "I've heard of these young bloods spending $24 a dozen for soap, and going over the hundred mark for clothes. You've got as much money to waste as any of 'em, and yet you stick to what's decent and moderate. Now I use the old Eureka--not only for sentiment, but it's the purest soap made. Whenever you pay more than 10 cents a cake for soap you buy bad perfumes and labels. But 50 cents is doing very well for a young man in your generation, position and condition. As I said, you're a gentleman. They say it takes three generations to make one. They're off. Money'll do it as slick as soap grease. It's made you one. By hokey! it's almost made one of me. I'm nearly as impolite and disagreeable and ill-mannered as these two old Knickerbocker gents on each side of me that can't sleep of nights because I bought in between 'em."
"There are some things that money can't accomplish," remarked young Rockwall, rather gloomily.
"Now, don't say that," said old Anthony, shocked. "I bet my money on money every time. I've been through the encyclopaedia down to Y looking for something you can't buy with it; and I expect to have to take up the appendix next week. I'm for money against the field. Tell me something money won't buy."
"For one thing," answered Richard, rankling a little, "it won't buy one into the exclusive circles of society." "Oho! won't it?" thundered the champion of the root of evil. "You tell me where your exclusive circles would be if the first Astor hadn't had the money to pay for his steerage passage over?"
Richard sighed.
"And that's what I was coming to," said the old man, less boisterously. "That's why I asked you to come in. There's something going wrong with you, boy. I've been noticing it for two weeks. Out with it. I guess I could lay my hands on eleven millions within twenty-four hours, besides the real estate. If it's your liver, there's the Rambler down in the bay, coaled, and ready to steam down to the Bahamas in two days."
"Not a bad guess, dad; you haven't missed it far."
"Ah," said Anthony, keenly; "what's her name?"
Richard began to walk up and down the library floor. There was enough comradeship and sympathy in this crude old father of his to draw his confidence.
"Why don't you ask her?" demanded old Anthony. "She'll jump at you. You've got the money and the looks, and you're a decent boy. Your hands are clean. You've got no Eureka soap on 'em. You've been to college, but she'll overlook that."
"I haven't had a chance," said Richard.
"Make one," said Anthony. "Take her for a walk in the park, or a straw ride, or walk home with her from church Chance! Pshaw!"
"You don't know the social mill, dad. She's part of the stream that turns it. Every hour and minute of her time is arranged for days in advance. I must have that girl, dad, or this town is a blackjack swamp forevermore. And I can't write it--I can't do that."
"Tut!" said the old man. "Do you mean to tell me that with all the money I've got you can't get an hour or two of a girl's time for yourself?"
"I've put it off too late. She's going to sail for Europe at noon day after to-morrow for a two years' stay. I'm to see her alone to-morrow evening for a few minutes. She's at Larchmont now at her aunt's. I can't go there. But I'm allowed to meet her with a cab at the Grand Central Station to-morrow evening at the 8.30 train. We drive down Broadway to Wallack's at a gallop, where her mother and a box party will be waiting for us in the lobby. Do you think she would listen to a declaration from me ring that six or eight minutes under those circumstances? No. And what chance would I have in the theatre or afterward? None. No, dad, this is one tangle that your money can't unravel. We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer. There's no hope of getting a talk with Miss Lantry before she sails."
"All right, Richard, my boy," said old Anthony, cheerfully. "You may run along down to your club now. I'm glad it ain't your liver. But don't forget to burn a few punk sticks in the joss house to the great god Mazuma from time to time. You say money won't buy time? Well, of course, you can't order eternity wrapped up and delivered at your residence for a price, but I've seen Father Time get pretty bad stone bruises on his heels when he walked through the gold diggings."
That night came Aunt Ellen, gentle, sentimental, wrinkled, sighing, oppressed by wealth, in to Brother Anthony at his evening paper, and began discourse on the subject of lovers' woes.
"He told me all about it," said brother Anthony, yawning. "I told him my bank account was at his service. And then he began to knock money. Said money couldn't help. Said the rules of society couldn't be bucked for a yard by a team of ten-millionaires."
"Oh, Anthony," sighed Aunt Ellen, "I wish you would not think so much of money. Wealth is nothing where a true affection is concerned. Love is all-powerful. If he only had spoken earlier! She could not have refused our Richard. But now I fear it is too late. He will have no opportunity to address her. All your gold cannot bring happiness to your son."
At eight o'clock the next evening Aunt Ellen took a quaint old gold ring from a moth-eaten case and gave it to Richard.
"Wear it to-night, nephew," she begged. "Your mother gave it to me. Good luck in love she said it brought. She asked me to give it to you when you had found the one you loved."
Young Rockwall took the ring reverently and tried it on his smallest finger. It slipped as far as the second joint and stopped. He took it off and stuffed it into his vest pocket, after the manner of man. And then he 'phoned for his cab.
At the station he captured Miss Lantry out of the gadding mob at eight thirty-two.
"We mustn't keep mamma and the others waiting," said she.
"To Wallack's Theatre as fast as you can drive!" said Richard loyally.
They whirled up Forty-second to Broadway, and then down the white- starred lane that leads from the soft meadows of sunset to the rocky hills of morning.
At Thirty-fourth Street young Richard quickly thrust up the trap and ordered the cabman to stop.
"I've dropped a ring," he apologised, as he climbed out. "It was my mother's, and I'd hate to lose it. I won't detain you a minute--I saw where it fell."
In less than a minute he was back in the cab with the ring.
But within that minute a crosstown car had stopped directly in front of the cab. The cabman tried to pass to the left, but a heavy express wagon cut him off. He tried the right, and had to back away from a furniture van that had no business to be there. He tried to back out, but dropped his reins and swore tifully. He was blockaded in a tangled mess of vehicles and horses.
One of those street blockades had occurred that sometimes tie up commerce and movement quite suddenly in the big city.
"Why don't you drive on?" said Miss Lantry, impatiently. "We'll be late."
Richard stood up in the cab and looked around. He saw a congested flood of wagons, trucks, cabs, vans and street cars filling the vast space where Broadway, Sixth Avenue and Thirly-fourth street cross one another as a twenty-six inch maiden fills her twenty-two inch girdle. And still from all the cross streets they were hurrying and rattling toward the converging point at full speed, and hurling thcmselves into the struggling mass, locking wheels and adding their drivers' imprecations to the clamour. The entire traffic of Manhattan seemed to have jammed itself around them. The oldest New Yorker among the thousands of spectators that lined the sidewalks had not witnessed a street blockade of the proportions of this one.
"I'm very sorry," said Richard, as he resumed his seat, "but it looks as if we are stuck. They won't get this jumble loosened up in an hour. It was my fault. If I hadn't dropped the ring we--"Let me see the ring," said Miss Lantry. "Now that it can't be helped, I don't care. I think theatres are stupid, anyway."
At 11 o'clock that night somebody tapped lightly on Anthony Rockwall's door.
"Come in," shouted Anthony, who was in a red dressing-gown, reading a book of piratical adventures.
Somebody was Aunt Ellen, looking like a grey-haired angel that had been left on earth by mistake.
"They're engaged, Anthony," she said, softly. "She has promised to marry our Richard. On their way to the theatre there was a street blockade, and it was two hours before their cab could get out of it.
"And oh, brother Anthony, don't ever boast of the power of money again. A little emblem of true love--a little ring that symbolised unending and unmercenary affection--was the cause of our Richard finding his happiness. He dropped it in the street, and got out to recover it. And before they could continue the blockade occurred. He spoke to his love and won her there while the cab was hemmed in. Money is dross compared with true love, Anthony."
"All right," said old Anthony. "I'm glad the boy has got what he wanted. I told him I wouldn't spare any expense in the matter if--"
"But, brother Anthony, what good could your money have done?"
"Sister," said Anthony Rockwall. "I've got my pirate in a devil of a scrape. His ship has just been scuttled, and he's too good a judge of the value of money to let drown. I wish you would let me go on with this chapter."
The story should end here. I wish it would as heartily as you who read it wish it did. But we must go to the bottom of the well for truth.
The next day a person with red hands and a blue polka-dot necktie, who called himself Kelly, called at Anthony Rockwall's house, and was at once received in the library.
"Well," said Anthony, reaching for his chequebook, "it was a good bilin' of soap. Let's see--you had $5,000 in cash."
"I paid out $3OO more of my own," said Kelly. "I had to go a little above the estimate. I got the express wagons and cabs mostly for $5; but the trucks and two-horse teams mostly raised me to $10. The motormen wanted $10, and some of the loaded teams $20. The cops struck me hardest--$50 I paid two, and the rest $20 and $25. But didn't it work beautiful, Mr. Rockwall? I'm glad William A. Brady wasn't onto that little outdoor vehicle mob scene. I wouldn't want William to break his heart with jealousy. And never a rehearsal, either! The boys was on time to the fraction of a second. It was two hours before a snake could get below Greeley's statue."
"Thirteen hundred--there you are, Kelly," said Anthony, tearing off a check. "Your thousand, and the $300 you were out. You don't despise money, do you, Kelly?"
"Me?" said Kelly. "I can lick the man that invented poverty."
Anthony called Kelly when he was at the door.
"You didn't notice," said he, "anywhere in the tie-up, a kind of a fat boy without any clothes on shooting arrows around with a bow, did you?"
"Why, no," said Kelly, mystified. "I didn't. If he was like you say, maybe the cops pinched him before I got there."
"I thought the little rascal wouldn't be on hand," chuckled Anthony. "Good-by, Kelly."
⑻ 经典英文小说
《儿子和情人》《蝴蝶梦》《基督山伯爵》《飘》《战争与和平》《鲁滨逊漂流记》
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