查尔斯•狄更斯 Charles Dickens
《远大前程》或许是最地道的英国小说。成年读者重温狄更斯经典,就会发现其智慧与精彩、影响与真理。《远大前程》有狄更斯经典的所有元素,讨人欢喜却不完美的角色、主要故事情节能牵住时局、副线情节串起道德与文化,是部情节精彩的爱情故事作品。
听读英文名著:《远大前程》Great Expectations
经典名句
I love her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Once for all.
我爱她是违背常理,是妨碍前程,是失去自制,是破灭希望,是断送幸福,是注定要尝尽一切的沮丧和失望的。可是,一旦爱上了她,我再也不能不爱她。
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《弗兰肯斯坦》
Frankenstein
玛莉•雪莱 Mary Shelley
这部先锋作品集科幻和哥特式恐怖于一身,营造了一个难以磨灭的“恶魔”主题,即科学家中的“现代普罗米修斯”,几世纪以来经久不衰。
经典名句
Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good — misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.
别忘了,我是你创造出来的啊,我应该是你的“亚当”啊。但是现在我却像一个被贬谪下界的天使,无缘无故被你剥夺了快乐。我看到处都充满了幸福,可是单单我一个被排除在外。我本性也是仁慈、善良的,都是痛苦让我变成了恶魔。请你让我获得幸福吧,这样我就会重新变成品德高尚的人。
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《名利场》
Vanity Fair
威廉•梅克皮斯•萨克雷
William Makepeace Thackeray
这部小说的主角或许是英国文学史上最知名的非正统派女主角——贝奇•夏普,小说的情节围绕阶级、跻身上流社会以及引发现代读者奇异的熟悉感的金融危机。
听读英文名著:《名利场》Vanity Fair
经典名句
The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion; and so let all young persons take their choice.
这世界是一面镜子,每个人都可以在里面看见自己的影子。你对它皱眉,它还给你一副尖酸的嘴脸。你对着它笑,跟着它乐,它就是个高兴和善的伴侣;所以年轻人必须在这两条道路里面自己选择。