经典短篇小说101篇

这本《101 Classic Short Stories：经典短篇小说101篇》按全英文版出版，西方流行口袋本。共收集了欧•亨利、杰克•伦敦、霍桑、契诃夫等数十位西方著名短篇小说家的代表作与经典名篇，全书共101篇。读者可以通过书上指定的网址，通过微盘免费下载配套的英文朗读文件，边听边读，感受地道英语文学之乐趣。对于英语学习者来讲，这是一本优秀的英语文学精读手册。

This outstanding collection features 101 short stories by great writers from America, the United Kingdom, Russian, and other countries. Ranging from the 19th to the 20th centuries, writers include O. Henry, Jack London, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Edgar Allen Poe, Anton Chekhov, James Joyce , Ambrose Bierce, Franz Kafka, and other major writers of world literature. Such a wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable anthology!
Invest just a few minutes in a great short story and you may be rewarded with a lesson or memory that lasts a lifetime. And it’s not just the short stories; the authors can also surprise you. We hope that you will return to this collection again and again; to re-read these classic favorites and train your literature mind.

01 AFTER TWENTY YEARS 001
02 ANGELA 005
03 A BABY TRAMP 010
04 BEFORE THE LAW 015
05 BENEATH AN UMBRELLA 017
06 THE BET 023
07 THE BIRTHMARK 030
08 THE BLACK CAT 047
09 THE BLUE ROOM 057
10 THE BOX TUNNEL 065
11 THE BROKEN HEART 073
12 TO BUILD A FIRE 079
13 A BUSH DANCE 095
14 CANDLES 098
15 THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE 100
16 THE CHINK AND THE CHID 104
17 THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING 116
18 CLOCKS 124
19 CONFESSION 134
20 COUNTRY LIFE IN CANADA IN THE “THIRTIES” 147
21 COWARD 150
22 A CUP OF TEA 158
23 THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED 166
24 THE DIAMOND NECKLACE 169
25 THE EGG 178
26 THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES 189
27 THE EMPTY HOUSE 194
28 THE END OF THE PARTY 211
29 EVOLUTION 220
30 A FIGHT WITH A CANNON 224
31 FROM A BACK WINDOW 234
32 THE FULNESS OF LIFE 237
33 THE GIFT OF THE MAGI 248
34 A GLASS OF BEER 254
35 GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS 261
36 A GREAT MISTAKE 269
37 THE GREEN DOOR 271
38 HER LOVER 278
39 HER TURN 284
40 HIS WEDDED WIFE 290
41 A HUNGER ARTIST 295
42 THE ICE PALACE 305
43 THE INCONSIDERATE WAITER 329
44 THE KISS 348
45 THE LADY, OR THE TIGER? 351
46 THE LAST LEAF 358
47 THE LAST LESSON 364
48 THE LAST PENNY 368
49 THE LAST SIXTY MINUTES 376
50 THE LAW OF LIFE 384
51 THE LEGEND OF THE BLEEDING-HEART 391
52 THE LEOPARD MAN’S STORY 397
53 A LICKPENNY LOVER 401
54 LIFE 407
55 THE LION’S SHARE 411
56 THE LOADED DOG 423
57 A LONELY RIDE 430
58 LONG DISTANCE 436
59 LONG ODDS 441
60 THE LOTTERY TICKET 455
61 LOVE OF LIFE 460
62 LOVE, FAITH AND HOPE 480
63 LUCK 486
64 THE MASS OF SHADOWS 491
65 MEASURE FOR MEASURE 497
66 THE MIRROR 503
67 THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE 507
68 MONDAY OR TUESDAY 513
69 THE MONKEY’S PAW 514
70 THE MORTAL IMMORTAL 525
71 MY OWN TRUE GHOST STORY 539
72 THE NEW SUN 547
73 THE NICE PEOPLE 564
74 THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE 573
75 AN OLD MATE OF YOUR FATHER’S 579
76 ON LOVE 584
77 THE OPEN WINDOW 586
78 A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS 590
79 PANIC FEARS 595
80 THE PHILOSOPHER IN THE APPLE ORCHARD 601
81 PIG 610
82 A QUESTION OF TIME 617
83 ROLLO LEARNING TO PLAY 626
84 A SEA OF TROUBLES 633
85 THE SIGNAL-MAN 645
86 THE SISTERS 658
87 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD 666
88 SOMETHING WILL TURN UP 671
89 THE STORY OF A DAY 677
90 A STRANGE STORY 685
91 A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION 687
92 THERE WAS IN FLORENCE A LADY 690
93 THREE QUESTIONS 699
94 THE TOYS OF PEACE 703
95 THE UNFORTUNATE BRIDE 709
96 THE VERDICT 720
97 THE WALKING WOMAN 730
98 WANTED—A COOK 738
99 WHOSE DOG—? 755
100 WONDERWINGS 757
101 THE YELLOW WALLPAPER 760