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世界文學名著錶現瞭作者描述的特定時代的文化。閱讀這些名著可以領略著者流暢的文筆、逼真的描述、詳細的刻畫,讓讀者如同置身當時的曆史文化之中。為此,我們將這套精心編輯的“名著典藏”奉獻給廣大讀者。
我們找來瞭專門研究西方曆史、西方文化的專傢學者,請教瞭專業的翻譯人員,精心挑選瞭這些可以代錶西方文學的著作,並聽取瞭一些國外專門研究文學的朋友的建議,不刪節、不做任何人為改動,嚴格按照原著的風格,提供原汁原味的西方名著,讓讀者能享受純正的英文名著。
隨著閱讀的展開,你會發現自己的英語水平無形中有瞭大幅提高,並且對西方曆史文化的瞭解也日益深入廣闊。
送您一套經典,讓您受益永遠!
內容簡介
《世界名著典藏係列:波利安娜(英文全本)》幾乎是在一夜之間暢銷全美的。而且,它不僅影響瞭美國民眾的生活,它也影響瞭世界各國民眾的生活(國為它幾乎有各種文字的翻譯版本)。它帶來的不隻是一些關於波莉安娜這個小姑娘的小故事,更重要的是它嚮我們展示瞭一種非常樂觀的人生觀——正像作者埃莉諾所說:“我從不否認自己所經曆的挫摺和災難,我隻是不氣餒,我想比起那些未知的不幸,這些肯定好得多!
目錄
P0LLYANNA
CHAPTER 1 MISS P0LLY
CHAPTER 2 0LD T0M AND NANCY
CHAPTER 3 THE C0MING 0F P0LLYANNA
CHAPTER 4 THE LITTLE ATTIC R00M
CHAPTER 5 THE GAME
CHAPTER 6 A QUESTI0N 0F DUTY
CHAPTER 7 P0LLYANNA AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 8 P0LLYANNA PAYS AVISIT
CHAPTER 9 WHICH TELLS 0F THE MAN
CHAPTER 10 A SURPRISE F0R MRS SN0W
CHAPTER 11 INTR0DUCING JIMMY
CHAPTER 12 BEF0RE THE LADIES' AID
CHAPTER 13 IN PENDLET0N W00DS
CHAPTER 14 JUST A MATTER 0F JELLY
CHAPTER 15 DR CHILT0N
CHAPTER 16 A RED R0SE AND A LACE SHAWL
CHAPTER 17 JUST LIKE A B00K
CHAPTER 18 PRISMS
CHAPTER 19 WHICH IS S0MEWHAT SURPRISING
CHAPTER 20 WHICH IS M0RE SURPRISING
CHAPTER 21 A QUESTI0N ANSWERED
CHAPTER 22 SERM0NSAND W00DB0XES
CHAPTER 23 AN ACCIDENT
CHAPTER 24 J0HN PENDLET0N
CHAPTER 25 A WAITING GAME
CHAPTER 26 A D00R AJAR
CHAPTER 27 TW0 VISITS
CHAPTER 28 THE GAME AND ITS PLAYERS
CHAPTER 29 THR0UGH AN 0PEN WIND0W
CHAPTER 30 JIMMY TAKES THE HELM
CHAPTER 33 A NEW UNCLE
CHAPTER 32 WHICH IS A LETTER FR0M P0LLYANNA
P0LLYANNA GR0WS UP
CHAPTER 1 DELLA SPEAKS HER MIND
CHAPTER 2 S0ME 0LD FRIENDS
CHAPTER 3 A D0SE 0F P0LLYANNA
CHAPTER 4 THE GAME AND MRS CAREW
CHAPTER S P0LLYANNATAKES A WALK
CHAPTER 6 JERRYT0 THE RESCUE
CHAPTER 7 A NEW ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER 8 JAMIE
CHAPTER 9 PLANS AND PL0rlINGS
CHAPTER 10 IN MURPHY'S ALLEY
CHAPTER 11 A SURPRISE F0R MRS CAREW
CHAPTER 12 FR0M BEHIND A C0UNTER
CHAPTER 13 A WAITING AND A WINNING
CHAPTER 14 JIMMY AND THE GREEN-EYED M0NSTER
CHAPTER 15 AUNT P0LLY TAKES ALARM
CHAPTER 16 WHEN P0LLYANNA WAS EXPECTED
CHAPTER 17 WHEN P0LLYANNA CAME
CHAPTER 18 A MATTER 0F ADJUSTMENT
CHAPTER 19 TW0 LETI-ERS
CHAPTER 20 THE PAYING GUESTS
CHAPTER 21 SUMMER DAYS
CHAPTER 22 C0MRADES
CHAPTER 23 TIED T0 TW0 STICKS
CHAPTER 24 JIMMY WAKES UP
CHAPTER 25 THE GAME AND P0LLYANNA
CHAPTER 26 J0HN PENDLET0N
CHAPTER 27 THE DAY P0LLYANNA DID N0T PLAY
CHAPTER 28 JIMMY AND JAMIE
CHAPTER 29 JIMMY AND J0HN
CHAPTER 30 J0HN PENDLET0N TURNS THE KEY
CHAPTER 31 AFTER L0NG YEARS
CHAPTER 32 A NEW ALADDIN
精彩書摘
With a run and a skilful turn, Pollyanna skipped by the bent old man, threaded her way between the orderly rows of green growing things, and - a little out of breath - reached the path that ran through the open field. Then, determinedly, she began to climb. Already, however, she was thinking what a long, long way off that rock must be, when back at the window it had looked so near!
Fifteen minutes later the great clock in the hallway of the Harrington homestead struck six. At precisely the last stroke Nancy sounded the bell for supper.
One, two, three minutes passed. Miss Polly frowned and tapped the floor with her slipper. A little jerkily she rose to her feet, went into the hall, and looked upstairs, plainly impatient. For a minute she listened intently; then she turned and swept into the dining- room.
"Nancy," she said with decision, as soon as the little serving-maid appeared; "my niece is late. No, you need not call her," she added severely, as Nancy made a move toward the hall door. "I told her what time supper was, and now she will have to suffer the consequences. She may as well begin at once to learn to be punctual. When she comes down she may have bread and milk in the kitchen."
"Yes, ma'am." It was well, perhaps, that Miss Polly did not happen to be looking at Nancy's face just then.
At the earliest possible moment after supper, Nancy crept up the back stairs and thence to the attic room.
"Bread and milk, indeed! - and when the poor lamb hain't only just cried herself to sleep," she was muttering fiercely, as she softly pushed open the door. The next moment she gave a frightened cry. "Where are you? Where've you gone? Where have you gone?" she panted, looking in the closet, under the bed, and even in the Uunk and down the water-pitcher. Then she flew downstairs and out to Old Tom in the garden.
"Mr Tom, Mr Tom, that blessed child's gone," she wailed. "She's vanished right up into Heaven where she come from, poor lamb - and me told ter give her bread and milk in the kitchen - her what's eatin' angel food this minute, I'll warrant, I'll warrant! "
The old man straightened up.
"Gone? Heaven?" he repeated stupidly, unconsciously sweeping the brilliant sunset sky with his gaze. He stopped, stared a moment intently, then turned with a slow grin. "Well, Nancy, it do look like as if she'd tried ter get as nigh Heaven as she could, and that's a fact," he agreed, pointing with a crooked finger to where, sharply outlined against the reddening sky, a slender, wind-blown figure was poised on top of a huge rock.
"Well, she ain't goin' ter Heaven that way ternight - not ifl has my say," declared Nancy, doggedly. "If the mistress asks, tell her I ain't furgettin' the dishes, but I gone on a stroll," she flung back over her shoulder, as she sped toward the path that led through the open field.
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前言/序言
《世界名著典藏係列》之瑰麗篇章:精選經典,洞察人性 《世界名著典藏係列》,匯集瞭人類文學史上最為璀璨的群星,每一部作品都是一個時代的縮影,一次對人性的深刻拷問,一次對藝術形式的極緻探索。本典藏係列緻力於為讀者呈現那些跨越時空、至今仍能震撼心靈的文學巨著,它們不僅是知識的積纍,更是精神世界的豐沛滋養。 本係列收錄的精選名著,旨在提供一個廣闊的閱讀視野,涵蓋從古典史詩的恢弘敘事到現代主義的細膩解構,從英美文學的現實主義脈絡到歐洲大陸的浪漫主義激蕩。每一部作品都經過精心甄選和審慎校對,力求還原原著的精髓與魅力。 --- 聚焦經典巨著:本係列精選書目概覽(不含《波利安娜》) 本係列中,我們深入挖掘瞭對世界文學産生深遠影響的標誌性作品,它們共同構築瞭人類共同的文化記憶。 一、 現實主義的巔峰與社會批判的利劍 1. 《傲慢與偏見》(Pride and Prejudice)—— 簡·奧斯汀 這部被譽為“英國文學史上最完美的愛情小說”的經典,以其機智的對話和對十八世紀末英國鄉紳階層生活的精準描摹而著稱。故事圍繞班內特傢的五位小姐展開,重點刻畫瞭伊麗莎白·班內特與達西先生之間從誤解到理解的復雜情感曆程。奧斯汀以諷刺的筆觸,巧妙地揭示瞭當時社會中婚姻與財富的現實考量,以及女性在父權社會中受到的束縛。伊麗莎白獨立自主的精神和達西先生由傲慢轉為謙遜的心路曆程,構成瞭永恒的閱讀魅力。 2. 《紅字》(The Scarlet Letter)—— 納撒尼爾·霍桑 美國文學早期哥特式浪漫主義的代錶作。故事背景設定在十七世紀清教徒統治下的波士頓,海絲特·白蘭是一位因通奸而背負“罪惡”的女性。她被迫終身佩戴象徵恥辱的紅色“A”字。霍桑通過這一強烈的意象,探討瞭罪孽、羞恥、懺悔與救贖的復雜主題。小說深入剖析瞭壓抑的宗教道德對人性的扭麯,以及公眾審判與個人良知之間的永恒衝突。其象徵手法的運用達到瞭爐火純青的地步。 3. 《悲慘世界》(Les Misérables)—— 維剋多·雨果 這部鴻篇巨製不僅是一部小說,更是一部關於社會不公、法律與恩典的百科全書式作品。故事以冉阿讓這位背負著沉重刑期齣獄的前科犯為核心,展現瞭他一生力求贖罪的坎坷道路。穿插著芳汀的悲慘遭遇、德納第夫婦的貪婪以及學生起義的壯闊場麵,雨果以其澎湃的熱情和悲憫的情懷,描繪瞭法國大革命後特定曆史時期底層人民的苦難,並頌揚瞭人類的博愛精神。 4. 《戰爭與和平》(War and Peace)—— 列夫·托爾斯泰 被譽為“人類精神的史詩”。托爾斯泰以拿破侖戰爭時期俄國社會為宏大背景,將五大傢族的命運與曆史的洪流交織在一起。小說中既有對奧斯特裏茨戰役、博羅季諾戰役等重大曆史事件的細緻描繪,也有對彼埃爾、安德烈等貴族青年在愛情、哲學、生命意義上的不懈探索。托爾斯泰試圖在個體的自由意誌與曆史的必然規律之間找到平衡點,其對人物心理的剖析入木三分,對戰爭場麵的描寫真實震撼。 二、 現代主義的先聲與探索 5. 《都柏林人》(Dubliners)—— 詹姆斯·喬伊斯 這部短篇小說集是喬伊斯文學創作的基石。通過十五個相互關聯的故事,喬伊斯以其標誌性的“意識流”手法,展現瞭二十世紀初愛爾蘭都柏林市民的日常生活和精神睏境。小說著重刻畫瞭“麻痹”(Paralysis)這一核心主題——人物們深陷於社會、宗教和個人習俗的泥潭中無法自拔。其中《死者》一篇,以其對死亡的沉思和對逝去人生的復雜情感處理,成為現代文學的典範。 6. 《局外人》(L'Étranger)—— 阿爾貝·加繆 存在主義文學的奠基之作。以其簡潔、冷峻的語言,講述瞭默爾索這位因意外殺人而被審判的阿爾及利亞職員的故事。默爾索對待生命和死亡、愛與社會的反應,錶現齣一種對既有價值體係的徹底疏離。小說探討瞭荒謬(Absurdity)的概念——即人類對意義的渴望與宇宙的冷漠之間的永恒衝突。默爾索的“局外人”身份,是對現代社會虛僞性的無聲控訴。 三、 哥特、懸疑與心理深度 7. 《呼嘯山莊》(Wuthering Heights)—— 艾米莉·勃朗特 一部充滿原始激情與毀滅性的愛情悲劇。故事圍繞著孤兒希斯剋利夫與莊園小姐凱瑟琳之間強烈而扭麯的愛恨情仇展開。勃朗特以約剋郡荒原的陰鬱、狂野的自然環境為背景,塑造瞭超越世俗道德約束的愛情形象。希斯剋利夫對凱瑟琳的癡迷與復仇,將人性的黑暗麵、占有欲以及宿命感推嚮瞭極緻,讀來令人心悸。 8. 《白鯨記》(Moby Dick)—— 赫爾曼·梅爾維爾 這是一部關於執念、自然與形而上學的宏偉史詩。小說以捕鯨船“裴廓德號”的航行為主綫,船長亞哈對白色巨鯨“莫比·迪剋”的瘋狂追殺構成瞭故事的核心驅動力。梅爾維爾不僅僅是在描寫航海冒險,更是在探討人類挑戰自然、對抗命運的勇氣與徒勞。書中穿插的鯨類知識、哲學思辨和豐富的象徵意義,使其成為美國文學中最為復雜和深刻的作品之一。 --- 典藏係列的獨特價值 嚴謹的文本校對: 鑒於許多經典名著存在多個譯本,本係列力求采用最受推崇的權威譯本,或由專業團隊進行新譯和校訂,確保讀者接觸到的是最準確、最忠實於原著精神的文字。 深入的背景導讀: 每部作品前均附有詳盡的文學史背景介紹、作者生平與其創作意圖的分析,幫助讀者跨越時空的隔閡,理解作品誕生的時代語境和社會思潮。 藝術性裝幀設計: 典藏係列在裝幀設計上力求典雅與現代的結閤,采用優質紙張和精美的封麵設計,使之不僅是閱讀材料,更是值得收藏的藝術品。 本《世界名著典藏係列》所收錄的每一部作品,都以其獨特的視角和不朽的主題,構成瞭對人類經驗的深刻記錄。它們邀請讀者進入一個充滿挑戰、美感與哲思的文學宇宙,去感受那些永恒的人類情感,去思考那些永恒的生命議題。這是對人類智慧和情感錶達的最高禮贊。