英语短篇小说 | The Fly 苍蝇 凯瑟琳·曼斯菲尔德
Old Woodifield's mouth fell open at the sight. He couldn't have looked more surprised if the boss had produced a rabbit.
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英语短篇小说 | The Lady’s Maid 女主人的贴身女仆 凯瑟琳·曼斯菲尔德
ELEVEN o'clock. A knock at the door . . . . I hope I haven't disturbed you, madam. You weren't asleep–were you? But I've just given my lady her tea, and there was such a nice cup over, I thought, perhaps . . .
英语短篇小说 | Hills like White Elephants 白象似的群山 欧内斯特·海明威
The American and the girl with him sat at a table in the shade, outside the building. It was very hot and the express from Barcelona would come in forty minutes. It stopped at this junction for two minutes and went to Madrid.
英语短篇小说 | A Chameleon 变色龙 安东·契诃夫
THE police superintendent Otchumyelov is walking across the market square wearing a new overcoat and carrying a parcel under his arm. A red-haired policeman strides after him with a sieve full of confiscated gooseberries in his hands.
英语短篇小说 | My Uncle Jules 我的叔叔于勒 居伊·德·莫泊桑
What a surprise it would be if Jules were on that one! Eh?
英语短篇小说 | A Family 一家人 居伊·德·莫泊桑
What would he be like when I met him again? Still lively, witty, light- hearted and enthusiastic, or in a state of mental torpor induced by provincial life? A man may change greatly in the course of fifteen years!
英语短篇小说 | The Sphinx Without a Secret 没有秘密的斯芬克斯 奥斯卡·王尔德
One afternoon I was sitting outside the Cafe de la Paix, watching the splendour and shabbiness of Parisian life, and wondering over my vermouth at the strange panorama of pride and poverty that was passing before me, when I heard some one call my name.
英语短篇小说 | A Hunger Artist 饥饿艺术家 弗兰兹·卡夫卡
During these last decades the interest in professional fasting has markedly diminished. It used to pay very well to stage such great performances under one's own management, but today that is quite impossible.
英语短篇小说 | The Hollow of the Three Hills 三丘之谷 纳桑尼尔·霍桑
In those strange old times, when fantastic dreams and madmen's reveries were realized among the actual circumstances of life, two persons met together at an appointed hour and place.
英语短篇小说 | 卡拉维拉斯县驰名的跳蛙 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
《卡拉维拉斯县驰名的跳蛙》是美国作家马克·吐温的短篇小说，发表于1865年。该故事讲述了美国卡县一个嗜赌如命的人训练了一只可以跳得很高的青蛙，他经常拿它和人赌钱，几乎每次都赢。
英语短篇小说 | The Son’s Veto 儿子的否决 托马斯·哈代
《儿子的否决权》是19世纪末20世纪初英国著名批判现实主义作家—托马斯-哈代的“乡村故事”中具有代表性的短篇小说。哈代用其独特的悲剧意识很好的诠释了小说中四个主人公不同的宿命论以及在面对坎坷命运时所体现出来的反抗精神。
英语短篇小说 | A Day’s Wait 一整天的等待 欧内斯特·海明威
欧内思特·海明威（Ernest Hemingway，1899-1961），美国著名小说家。他的早期长篇小说《太阳照样升起》（The Sun Also Rises）（1926）、《永别了，武器》（A Farewell to Arms）（1927）成为表现美国“迷惘的一代”的主要代表作。他的代表作《老人与海》（The Old Man and the Sea）获1954年的诺贝尔文学奖。