作为既正宗又地道的英语文学,英国小说可谓是英语学霸的最爱。我们挑选的这10部最受欢迎的经典名著,有你的最爱吗?
01
《简•爱》
Jane Eyre
夏洛蒂•勃朗特 Charlotte Brontë
勃朗特这部哥特式爱情传奇出版于1847年,内容革新,讲述了一个年轻女性追寻更为充实激情的生活,至今仍能引起现代读者的共鸣。
听读英文名著:《简·爱》Jane Eyre
经典名句
Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as you — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit...
你以为我贫穷、低微、不美、缈小,我就没有灵魂,没有心吗?你想错了,我和你有一样多的灵魂,一样充实的心。如果上帝赐予我一点美,许多钱,我就要你难以离开我,就像我现在难以离开你一样。我现在不是以社会生活和习俗的准则和你说话,而是我的心灵同你的心灵讲话。
02
《荒凉山庄》
Bleak House
查尔斯•狄更斯 Charles Dickens
《荒凉山庄》是狄更斯的小说之一,以第一人称过去时所写的章节与第三人称现在时的叙述并行,两者间的切换新颖独到。
听读英文名著:《荒凉山庄》Bleak House
经典名句
Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort.
爱情能持之以恒才是一件好事;可是,如果在别的方面没有恒心,那么爱情方面的恒心也就一文不值,毫无意义了。
03
《呼啸山庄》
Wuthering Heights
艾米莉•勃朗特 Emily Brontë
读者推崇《呼啸山庄》是因为其“层层叠叠的叙述结构”和丰富惊人的想象力,更因为《呼啸山庄》超越了爱情故事本身,展现了我们转瞬即逝的*之下“永恒的震撼”。
听读英文名著:《呼啸山庄》Wuthering Heights
经典名句
He shall never know how I love him; and that not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
他永远也不知道我是这么爱他,并不是因为他长的英俊,而是因为他比我更像我自己。不管我们的灵魂是什么做的,他的和我的是完全一样的。
04
《大卫•科波菲尔》
David Copperfield