出版時(shí)間:2009-3 出版社:世界圖書出版公司 作者:Washington Irving 頁數(shù):255 譯者:羅慕謙
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前言
我常常在想:生活節(jié)奏加快了,我們讀書的時(shí)間越來越少了,我們休閑的方式似乎也不是閱讀了。然而,我經(jīng)常回味起小時(shí)候,自己坐在小桌前如饑似渴的讀著一本又一本的書。每每讀完一本,我就會(huì)快樂很多日子。我真的很懷念這種日子。也很期待還能有小時(shí)候讓我們著迷的書?,F(xiàn)在的生活五彩斑斕,似乎玩樂的東西很多,學(xué)習(xí)卻讓我們感到枯燥。我們真的需要一本于休閑和學(xué)習(xí)為一體的好書。記得著名的英語教育專家秦秀白先生說過:“就英語學(xué)習(xí)而言,一部英文小說其實(shí)就是英語建構(gòu)的一個(gè)‘虛擬世界’。走進(jìn)一部英文小說,你實(shí)際上就已經(jīng)‘生活’在一個(gè)‘英語世界’里了,還愁沒有東西可學(xué)?經(jīng)典作品要讀,寫得好的當(dāng)代通俗小說也要讀,因?yàn)楹笳叩恼Z言更新鮮,更有時(shí)代感?!眱?yōu)秀的小說能夠展現(xiàn)社會(huì)百態(tài)、人生智慧,蘊(yùn)涵深厚的文化背景知識。尤其是短篇小說,更是濃縮社會(huì)人生,字字珠璣的精華之作。翻開書籍雜志、網(wǎng)絡(luò)論壇,都會(huì)看到很多當(dāng)代英語大家對小說閱讀推崇有加。這對我們的啟示就是,要想真正提高外語水平,閱讀原版小說是必經(jīng)之路。閱讀原版長篇英文小說無疑是值得稱道的。然而,在各種考試、工作和學(xué)習(xí)的壓力之下,能堅(jiān)持下來并非易事。因而篇幅短小、故事性強(qiáng)而又富有文采的英語短篇小說成為千千萬萬依然對英語充滿熱情的學(xué)習(xí)者的上上之選。這便是《美國經(jīng)典短篇小說選讀》的初衷,《美國經(jīng)典短篇小說選讀》選擇8篇19世紀(jì)最具代表性的美國短篇小說作品,小說圖文并茂,文短意深,值得回味。編排上采用英漢對照,注釋采用腳注,部分疑難詞匯附有音標(biāo),適合閱讀和收藏,是休閑和學(xué)習(xí)的良師益友。為方便讀者閱讀,《美國經(jīng)典短篇小說選讀》將原文較長段落加以細(xì)分,行文間搭配名家插畫,令人在閱讀中也可嗅到藝術(shù)的清香。還猶豫什么呢?親愛的讀者朋友們,來吧,原汁原味的英語,絢麗優(yōu)美的譯文,讓我們一起享受這華美的饕餮盛宴吧。
內(nèi)容概要
短篇小說是美國早期的文學(xué)貢獻(xiàn),在19世紀(jì)初即已達(dá)到發(fā)展顛峰。短篇小說與美國生活方式極為相似:結(jié)構(gòu)簡潔,故事通常以單一背景為主,且篇幅短小,人物不多且情節(jié)緊湊。其中以華盛頓·歐文(Washington Irving)、霍桑(Nathaniel Hawthorne),以及愛倫·坡(Edgar Allan Poe)為最重要的短篇小說作家。他們不僅對美國文壇產(chǎn)生了深遠(yuǎn)的影響,其作品更是現(xiàn)代大學(xué)生必讀的經(jīng)典名著?! ”緯x了八篇18-20世紀(jì)最具代表性的美國短篇小說作品,小說的選篇依作者年代排列,完整收錄原著小說,帶領(lǐng)讀者進(jìn)入書中遨游?! 【幣派喜捎糜h對照,注釋采同頁注,附IPA音標(biāo),兼收欣賞與學(xué)習(xí)之效。為方便現(xiàn)代讀者閱讀,并將原文較長段落加以細(xì)分。行文間搭配名家插畫,令人愛不釋手,值得典藏。
作者簡介
作者:(美國)Washington Irving 譯者:羅慕謙
書籍目錄
1. Rip Van Winkle 李伯大夢2. The Birthmark 胎記3. The Cask of Amontillado 一桶阿蒙蒂拉多酒4. The Lightning-Rod Man 避雷專家5. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 卡拉韋拉斯郡馳名的跳蛙6. A Service of Love 愛的犧牲7. The Men in the Storm 風(fēng)雪淪落人8. Love of Life 熱愛生命
章節(jié)摘錄
插圖:He never smiled,he never frowned,he never changed hisvoice from the gentle-flowing key to which he tuned the initialsentence,he never betrayed the slightest suspicion of enthusiasm;but all through the interminable narrative there ran a vein ofimpressive earnestness and sincerity,which showed me plainlythat,so far from his imagining that there was any thing ridiculousor funny about his story,he regarded it as a really importantmatter,and admired itS two heroes as men of transcendentgenius in finesse.To me,the spectacle of a man drifting serenely along through such a queer yarn without ever smiling,was exquisitely absurd.As I said before,I asked him to tell me what he knew of Rev.Leonidas W.Smiley,and he replied as follows.I let him go on in his own way,and never interrupted him once: There was a feller here once bv the name of Jim Smiley,in the winter of'49 or may be it was the spring of'50 I don't recollect exactly,somehow,though what makes me think it was one orthe other is because I remember the big flume wasn't finished when he first came to the camp;but any wav,he was the curiosest man about always betting on any thing that turned up you ever see,if he could get any bodv to bet on the other side;and if he couldn’t,he’d change sides.Any way that suited the other man would suit him any way just so’s he got a bet,he was satisfied.But still he was lucky,uncommon lucky;he most always come out winner.He was always ready and laying for a chance;there couldn't be no solittry thing mentioned but that feller'd offer to bet on it,and-take any side you please,as I was just telling you.
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