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Agnes Grey（II） 艾格妮絲·格雷（英文版）

AgnesGreybyEAnneBront?isanovelin1847whichisaboutagovernessofthatnameandissaidtobebasedonBront?'sownexperiencesinthefield.ItwasBront?'sfirstnovel.SimilartohersisterCharlotte'snovelJaneEyre,thisisanovelthataddresseswhattheprecariouspositionofgovernessentailedandhowitaffectedayoungwoman.TheIrishnovelistGeorgeMoorepraisedAgnesGreyas"themostperfectprosenarrativeinEnglishletters."AgnestravelstoWellwoodhousetoworkfortheBloomfieldfamily.ThechoiceofcentralcharacterallowsAnnetodealwithissuesofoppressionandabuseofwomenandgovernesses,isolationandideasofempathy.Anadditionalthemeisthefairtreatmentofanimals.AgnesGreyalsomimicssomeofthestylisticapproachesofbildungsromans,employingideasofpersonalgrowthandcomingtoage,butrepresentingacharacterwhoinfactdoesnotgaininvirtue.

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Twenty Years After（I） 達(dá)爾達(dá)尼央浪漫曲之二：二十年后（上）（英文版）

TwentyYearsAfterisanovelbyAlexandreDumas.AbookofThed'ArtagnanRomances,itisasequeltoTheThreeMusketeersandprecedesTheVicomtedeBragelonne(whichincludesthesub-plotManintheIronMask).ThefantasticadventuresoftheThreeMusketeerscontinue-startingwithanintriguesurroundingD'Artagnanwhohas,fortwentyyears,remainedalieutenant.ThenovelfollowseventsinFranceduringtheFronde,duringthechildhoodreignofLouisXIV,andinEnglandneartheendoftheEnglishCivilWar,leadinguptothevictoryofOliverCromwellandtheexecutionofKingCharlesI.Throughthewordsofthemaincharacters,particularlyAthos,Dumascomesoutonthesideofthemonarchyingeneral,oratleastthetextoftenpraisestheideaofbenevolentroyalty.HismusketeersarevaliantandjustintheireffortstoprotectyoungLouisXIVandthedoomedCharlesIfromtheirattackers.

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Metamorphosis

TheMetamorphosisfirstpublishedin1915,ithasbeencitedasoneoftheseminalworksoffictionofthe20thcenturyandisstudiedincollegesanduniversitiesacrosstheWesternworld.Thestorybeginswithatravelingsalesman,GregorSamsa,wakingtofindhimselftransformedintoalarge,monstrousinsect-likecreature.ThecauseofSamsa'stransformationisneverrevealed,andKafkahimselfnevergaveanexplanation.TherestofKafka'snovelladealswithGregor'sattemptstoadjusttohisnewconditionashedealswithbeingburdensometohisparentsandsister,whoarerepulsedbythehorrible,verminouscreatureGregorhasbecome.

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Mary Barton（I） 瑪麗·巴頓（英文版）

MaryBartonisthefirstnovelpublishedin1848byEnglishauthorElizabethGaskell.ThestoryissetinManchester,anddealswiththedifficultiesfacedbytheVictorianlowerclass.Itissubtitled'ATaleofManchesterLife'.Gaskell'sdesiretoaccuratelyrepresentthepovertyofindustrialManchesterisevidentinarecordofavisitshemadetothehomeofalocallabourer.ItisasubjectofsomedebatewhetherthefirstpersonnarratorinMaryBartonissynonymouswithGaskell.ThestorybeginsinManchester,whereweareintroducedtotheBartonsandtheWilsons,twoworking-classfamilies.JohnBartonisaquestionerofthedistributionofwealthandtherelationsbetweenrichandpoor.Soonhiswifedies—heblamesitonhergriefoverthedisappearanceofhersisterEsther.HavingalreadylosthissonTomatayoungage,Bartonislefttoraisehisdaughter,Mary,aloneandnowfallsintodepressionandbeginstoinvolvehimselfintheChartist,trade-unionmovement.

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Poor Folk（III）窮人（英文版）

PoorFolkisthefirstnovelbyFyodorDostoyevsky,writtenoverthespanofninemonthsbetween1844and1845.InspiredbytheworksofGogol,Pushkin,andKaramzin,aswellasEnglishandFrenchauthors,PoorFolkiswrittenintheformoflettersbetweenthetwomaincharacters,MakarDevushkinandVarvaraDobroselova,whoarepoorsecondcousins.Thenovelshowcasesthelifeofpoorpeople,theirrelationshipwithrichpeople,andpovertyingeneral,allcommonthemesofliterarynaturalism.AdeepbutoddfriendshipdevelopsbetweenthemuntilDobroselovalosesherinterestinliterature,andlaterincommunicatingwithDevushkinafterarichwidowerMr.Bykovproposestoher.WhileVissarionBelinskydubbedthenovelRussia'sfirst"socialnovel"andAlexanderHerzencalleditamajorsocialistwork,othercriticsdetectedparodyandsatire.

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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque（I） 怪誕蔓藤花紋的傳說(shuō)怪異故事集（英文版）

TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesqueisacollectionofpreviously-publishedshortstoriesfromthedarkpenofEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedin1840.Inhispreface,Poewrotethenow-famousquotedefendinghimselffromthecriticismthathistaleswerepartof"Germanism".Hewrote,"Ifinmanyofmyproductionsterrorhasbeenthethesis,ImaintainthatterrorisnotofGermanybutofthesoul".ThecollectionwasdedicatedtoColonelWilliamDrayton,anonymousauthorofTheSouthVindicatedfromtheTreasonandFanaticismoftheNorthernAbolitionists.PoeprobablyhadseenthetermsusedbySirWalterScottinhisessay"OntheSupernaturalinFictitiousComposition".BothtermsrefertoatypeofIslamicartusedtodecoratewalls,especiallyinmosques.Theseartstylesareknownfortheircomplexnature.Poehadusedtheterm"arabesque"inthissenseinhisessay"ThePhilosophyofFurniture".

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Little Dorrit（V） 小杜麗（英文版）

LittleDorritbyCharlesDickensisoriginallypublishedinserialformbetween1855and1857.ThestoryfeaturesAmyDorrit,youngestchildofherfamily,bornandraisedintheMarshalseaprisonfordebtorsinLondon.ArthurClennamencountersherafterreturninghomefroma20-yearabsence,readytobeginhislifeanew.InhisIntroduction,DavidGatesarguesthat"intensityofimaginationisthegiftfromwhichDickens'sothergreatattributesderive:hiseyeandear,hisnear-universalempathy,hisabilitytoentertainbothasenseoftheridiculousandasenseofultimatesignificance."Thenovelsatirisestheshortcomingsofbothgovernmentandsociety,includingtheinstitutionofdebtors'prisons,wheredebtorswereimprisoned,unabletowork,untiltheyrepaidtheirdebts.TheprisoninthiscaseistheMarshalsea,whereDickens'sownfatherhadbeenimprisoned.Dickensisalsocriticalofthelackofasocialsafetynet,thetreatmentandsafetyofindustrialworkers,aswellthebureaucracyoftheBritishTreasury,intheformofhisfictional"CircumlocutionOffice".InadditionhesatirisesthestratificationofsocietythatresultsfromtheBritishclasssystem.

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A Tale of the Ragged Mountains 崎嶇山的故事（英文版）

ATaleoftheRaggedMountainsisashortstorybyEdgarAllanPoepartiallybasedonhisexperienceswhileheisastudentattheUniversityofVirginia.ItwasfirstpublishedinGodey'sLady'sBookinApril1844andwasincludedinPoe'sshortstorycollectionTales,publishedinNewYorkbyWileyandPutnamin1845.SetinlateNovember1827,thetaleisbegunbyanunidentifiednarratorwhosestoryisthelooseouterframeforthecentraltaleofAugustusBedloe,awealthyyounginvalidwhomthenarratorhasknown"casually"foreighteenyearsyetwhostillremainsanenigma.Becauseofongoingproblemswithneuralgia,Bedloehasretainedtheexclusiveservicesof70-year-oldphysicianDr.Templeton,adevoteeofFranzMesmerandthedoctrineofanimalmagnetism,alsocalled"mesmerism".Inthetextof"ATaleoftheRaggedMountains"readerscanfindscientifictheoriesofPoe'sdaysuchasMesmerism,andthestoryalsoconnectswithBritishimperialhistoryasinthekiosksceneinthe"Eastern-lookingcity."

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The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton（II） 辛格爾頓船長(zhǎng)（英文版）

TheLife,AdventuresandPiraciesoftheFamousCaptainSingletonisanovelbyDanielDefoe,originallypublishedin1720.Ithasbeenrepublishedmultipletimessince,someofwhichtimeswerein1840,in1927,in1972andin2008.CaptainSingletonisbelievedtohavebeenpartlyinspiredbytheexploitsoftheEnglishpirateHenryEvery,whooperatedinthelate17thcentury.ThenarrativedescribesthelifeoftheEnglishman,Singleton,stolenfromawell-to-dofamilyasachildandraisedbyGypsies,eventuallymakinghiswaytosea.TheformerhalfofthebookconcernsSingleton'scrossingofAfrica,thelatterhalfconcerninghislifeasapirateintheIndianOceanandArabianSea.

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Shirley（III） 雪莉（英文版）

Thetitlecharacterwasgiventhenamethatherfatherhadintendedtogiveason.Beforethepublicationofthenovel,Shirleywasanuncommon–butdistinctlymale–nameandwouldhavebeenanunusualnameforawoman.Todayitisregardedasadistinctlyfemalenameandanuncommonmalename.Shirley,ATaleisan1849socialnovelbytheEnglishnovelistCharlotteBront?.ItwasBront?'ssecondpublishednovelafterJaneEyre(originallypublishedunderBront?'spseudonymCurrerBell).SetinYorkshireduringthetimeoftheLudditeunrest—alabormovementthatbeganin1811-1812inanefforttoprotecttheinterestsoftheworkingclass—thenovelconsistsoftwonarrativestrandswoventogether,oneinvolvingthestrugglesofworkersagainstmillowners,andtheotherinvolvingtheromanticentanglementsofthetwoheroines.Thenovel'spopularityledtoShirley'sbecomingawoman'sname.

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Villette（III） 維萊特（英文版）

Villettebeginswithitsfamouslypassiveprotagonist,LucySnowe,age14,stayingatthehomeofhergodmotherMrs.Brettonin"thecleanandancienttownofBretton",inEngland.Afteranunspecifiedfamilydisaster,theprotagonistLucySnowetravelsfromhernativeEnglandtothefictionalFrench-speakingcityofVillettetoteachatagirls'school,wheresheisdrawnintoadventureandromance.Duringthecourseofthenovel,Lucyhasthreeencounterswiththefigureofanun—whichmaybetheghostofanunwhowasburiedaliveontheschool'sgroundsaspunishmentforbreakinghervowofchastity.Inahighlysymbolicsceneneartheendofthenovel,shediscoversthe"nun's"habitinherbedanddestroysit.ShelaterfindsoutthatitwasadisguisewornbyGinevra'samour,AlfreddeHamal.Theepisodeswiththenunnodoubtcontributedsubstantiallytothenovel'sreputationasagothicnovel.Villette(1853)isnovelwrittenbyEnglishauthorCharlotteBront?.

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Shirley（V） 雪莉（英文版）

Shirley,ItwasBronte'ssecondpublishednovelafterJaneEyre.Todayitisregardedasadistinctlyfemalenameandanuncommonmalename.SetinYorkshireduringthetimeoftheLudditeunrest—alabormovementthatbeganin1811-1812inanefforttoprotecttheinterestsoftheworkingclass—thenovelconsistsoftwonarrativestrandswoventogether,oneinvolvingthestrugglesofworkersagainstmillowners,andtheotherinvolvingtheromanticentanglementsofthetwoheroines.Thenovel'spopularityledtoShirley'sbecomingawoman'sname.Thetitlecharacterwasgiventhenamethatherfatherhadintendedtogiveason.Beforethepublicationofthenovel,Shirleywasanuncommon–butdistinctlymale–nameandwouldhavebeenanunusualnameforawoman.

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North and South（III） 北與南（英文版）

Thisworkfollowsthestoryoftheheroine'smovementfromthetranquilsettingofruralsouthernEnglandtotheturbulentindustrialnorth,setinthemid-19thcentury,andwrittenfromtheauthor'sfirst-handexperience.NorthandSouthissetinthefictionalindustrialtownofMiltonintheNorthofEnglandwhichismodeledafterManchester,whereGaskelllivedasthewifeofaUnitarianminister.Gaskellherselfworkedamongthepoorandknewatfirsthandthemiseryoftheindustrialareas.Forcedtoleaveherhomeinthetranquilruralsouth,MargaretHalesettleswithherparentsinMiltonwhereshewitnessesthebrutalworldwroughtbytheindustrialrevolutionandemployersandworkersclashinginthefirstorganisedstrikes.Sympathetictothepoorwhosecourageandtenacitysheadmiresandamongwhomshemakesfriends,sheclasheswithJohnThornton,acottonmillmanufacturerwhobelongstothenouveauxrichesandwhosecontemptuousattitudetoworkersMargaretdespises.

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Cranford（III）克蘭福德（英文版）

Arichandilluminatingportraitoflifeinasmalltown,Cranfordhasmovedandentertainedreadersforgenerations.ThewomenofthesmallcountrytownofCranfordliveingenteelpoverty,resolutelyrefusingtoembracechange,whilethedarkcloudsofurbanisationandtheadvanceoftherailwayhoverthreateninglyonthehorizon.Intheirsimple,well-orderedlivestheyfaceemotionaldilemmasandupheavals,smallinthescaleoftheever-shiftingworld,butaffectionatelyportrayedbyElizabethGaskellwithalltheweightandconsequenceofagranddrama.

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The Complete Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway（IV） 海明威短篇故事全集（英文版）

TheCompleteShortStoriesofErnestHemingway,isaposthumouscollectionofErnestHemingway'sshortfiction.ItcontainstheclassicFirstForty-NineStoriesplusanumberofotherworksandaforewordbyhissons.InthedefinitivecollectionofErnestHemingway'sshortstories,readerswilldelightintheauthor'smostbelovedclassicssuchas"TheSnowsofKilimanjaro,""HillsLikeWhiteElephants,"and"AClean,Well-LightedPlace,"andwillfindsevennewtalespublishedforthefirsttimeinthiscollection.ThesevenstoriesincludedinTheCompleteShortStoriesofErnestHemingway:TheFincaVigíaEditionare"ATrainTrip","ThePorter","BlackAssattheCrossRoads","LandscapewithFigures","IGuessEverythingRemindsYouofSomething","GreatNewsfromtheMainland",and"TheStrangeCountry".ForHemingwayfanstheCompleteShortStoriesisaninvaluabletreasury.However,somepeoplethinkthatthecollectionisnotcompletedespitethetitle.

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Around the World in Eighty Days八十天環(huán)游地球（III）（英文版）

本書是法國(guó)著名作家儒勒·凡爾納的代表作之一。對(duì)于喜歡凡爾納作品的讀者來(lái)說(shuō)，本書值得一讀。本版為英文版，英語(yǔ)愛(ài)好者不可錯(cuò)過(guò)。福格和改良俱樂(lè)部的成員打賭可以在八十天里環(huán)游地球一周。接著便帶著綽號(hào)叫“萬(wàn)事通”的仆人啟程從倫敦出發(fā)，開(kāi)始了不可思議的環(huán)球旅行。他一路上遭人跟蹤，舍身救人、與惡僧對(duì)簿公堂、遭暗算誤了船班、遇風(fēng)浪海上搏擊、與仆人失散、勇斗劫匪、救仆人身赴險(xiǎn)境、燃料告急、海上經(jīng)受考驗(yàn)，疑為竊賊海關(guān)被囚……幾乎所有的苦難和意外都被福格不幸碰上了，然而他總能一次次神奇地化險(xiǎn)為夷。作者在介紹各地的風(fēng)土人情和地理知識(shí)的同時(shí)，還以強(qiáng)烈的正義感和人道主義精神，對(duì)各種野蠻、落后、愚昧的社會(huì)現(xiàn)狀進(jìn)行了批判和鞭撻。這部小說(shuō)的主題非常豐富，科幻主題、漫游主題、偵探主題、愛(ài)情主題等主題相互交叉、融合，構(gòu)筑起了相當(dāng)豐富的意義空間，讀來(lái)饒有趣味，可讀性極強(qiáng)。受到儒勒·凡爾納小說(shuō)《八十天環(huán)游地球》的鼓舞，許多冒險(xiǎn)旅行家為打破環(huán)球旅行的紀(jì)錄，競(jìng)相出發(fā)，開(kāi)展環(huán)球旅行競(jìng)賽。人們相繼打破環(huán)球旅行紀(jì)錄。不僅如此，本書還被改編成電影，受到全世界觀眾的喜愛(ài)。凡爾納借福格的行蹤，串連了歐洲、南亞、東亞、北美各目的地形地貌、氣候特征、城市建筑特色和風(fēng)土人情，仿佛一部刻畫入微的宏大的地理科普書一般，將精確的風(fēng)情和書中人物跌宕起伏的命運(yùn)緊密結(jié)合，使世界各地奇詭的宗教風(fēng)俗和當(dāng)?shù)亓?xí)慣勢(shì)力成為情節(jié)的“推進(jìn)器”，為讀者呈現(xiàn)出萬(wàn)花筒般目不暇接的“環(huán)游奇跡”。

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Somebody's Luggage 誰(shuí)的行禮（II）（英文版）

Stumblinguponsomeluggagethathasbeenleftbehindinthehotelwhereheworks,awaitersearchesthroughittoidentifyitsowner.Hefailstodiscoverthis,buthedoesfind,secretedawayindifferentpartsoftheluggage,quiteanumberofstories.Impressedbytheirquality,hesucceedsingettingthempublished,althoughtheidentityoftheirauthorremainsamysteryuntilavisitorcomescalling.ThisworkisarediscoveredgemfromDickens'slaterlife,amasterpiece,amagnificentmergerofuniqueanddifferentpieces.Ithaswealthofsignificantdetails,myriadexpressions,dialogueandphysiognomy.Itisanenigmaticworkinwhichidentityoftheowneroftheluggagecreatesaninterestingaccount.Anexhilaratinganecdote!Somebody'sLuggageisaShortStorypublishedin1862byCharlesDickensCharles,anEnglishwriterandsocialcritic,whohascreatedsomeoftheworld'sbest-knownfictionalcharactersandisregardedbymanyasthegreatestnovelistoftheVictorianera.

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The Idiot（IV） 白癡（英文版）

TheIdiotisanovelbythe19th-centuryRussianauthorFyodorDostoevsky.Thetitleisanironicreferencetotheleadingcharacterinthenovel,Prince(Knyaz)LevNikolayevichMyshkin,ayoungmanwhoisfullofgoodness,open-heartedsimplicityandguilelessness.InthecharacterofPrinceMyshkin,Dostoevskysethimselfthetaskofdepicting"thepositivelygoodandbeautifulman."Howerver,returningtoRussiafromasanitariuminSwitzerland,theChrist-likeepilepticPrinceMyshkinfindshimselfenmeshedinatangleoflove,tornbetweentwowomen—thenotoriouskeptwomanNastasyaandthepureAglaia—bothinvolved,inturn,withthecorrupt,money-hungryGanya.Intheend,Myshkin'shonesty,goodness,andintegrityareshowntobeunequaltothemoralemptinessofthosearoundhim.Thenovelexaminestheconsequencesofplacingsuchauniqueindividualatthecentreoftheconflicts,desires,passionsandegoismofworldlysociety,bothforthemanhimselfandforthosewithwhomhebecomesinvolved.

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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque（III） 怪誕蔓藤花紋的傳說(shuō)怪異故事集（英文版）

Poewrotethenow-famousquotedefendinghimselffromthecriticismthathistaleswerepartof"Germanism"Inprefaceofthisbook,"Ifinmanyofmyproductionsterrorhasbeenthethesis,ImaintainthatterrorisnotofGermanybutofthesoul".ThecollectionwasdedicatedtoColonelWilliamDrayton,anonymousauthorofTheSouthVindicatedfromtheTreasonandFanaticismoftheNorthernAbolitionists.The"arabesque"storiesfocusonasingleaspectofacharacter,oftenpsychological,suchas"TheFalloftheHouseofUsher".AdistantrelativeofPoe,modernscholarHarryLeePoe,wrotethat"grotesque"means"horror",whichisgoryandoftendisgusting,and"arabesque"means"terror",whichforsakesthebloodandgoreforthesakeoffrighteningthereader.[8]Evenso,accuratelydefiningPoe'sintentionsforthetermsisdifficultandsubdividinghistalesintoonecategoryoranotherisevenmoredifficult.Thisworkisacollectionofpreviously-publishedshortstoriesfromthedarkpenofEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedin1840.

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood（II） 艾德溫·德魯?shù)轮i/德魯?shù)乱砂福ㄓ⑽陌妫?/h4>

TheMysteryofEdwinDroodisthefinalnovelbyCharlesDickens.ThestoryissetinCloisterham,alightlydisguisedRochester.ItbeginsasJohnJasperleavesaLondonopiumden.Thenextevening,EdwinDroodvisitschoirmasterJasper,EdwinconfidesthathehasmisgivingsabouthisbetrothaltoRosaBud.Thenextday,EdwinvisitsRosaattheNuns'House,theboardingschoolwhereshelives.Theyquarrelgood-naturedly,whichtheyapparentlydofrequentlyduringhisvisits.Meanwhile,Jasper,havinganinterestinthecathedralcrypt,seeksthecompanyofDurdles,amanwhoknowsmoreaboutthecryptthananyoneelse.ThoughthenovelisnamedafterthecharacterEdwinDrood,thestoryfocusesonDrood'suncle,precentor,choirmasterandopiumaddict,JohnJasper,whoisinlovewithhispupil,RosaBud.MissBud,Drood'sfiancée,hasalsocaughttheeyeofthehigh-spiritedandhot-temperedNevilleLandless,whocomesfromCeylonwithhistwinsister,Helena.LandlessandDroodtakeaninstantdisliketooneanother.Droodlaterdisappearsundermysteriouscircumstances.ThenovelwasunfinishedatthetimeofDickens'sdeathandhisendingforitisunknown.

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