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汤姆·索亚历险记
汤姆·索亚是个成长中的孩子。他调皮,喜欢恶作剧,却又善良可爱,乐于助人。他讨厌教堂里老师干巴巴的说教;他不喜欢整天在学校里干燥无味的生活;他希望加入海盗,过新鲜刺激的生活。他总在危险时刻,挺身而出,做出那些懦弱的“好孩子”、体面的“优秀生”无法做出的正义行为。 他可是揭发了一桩杀人罪恶,还找到了海盗的藏宝哦! -
百万英镑
马克·吐温的小说明显带有搞笑味道,或者按正规说法应该叫幽默。照他自己说来,幽默故事是地道的美国货色,而其他那些搞笑故事,则有英国式的滑稽和法国式的诙谐。值得注意的是,他还进而指出:幽默故事的效果取决于叙述方式,而别外两种则靠故事本身的内容。不管他这种分类是否很有道理,但无疑提示了现代叙事学的核心问题即叙述话语的重要性。就凭这一点,你也该相信,吐温的搞笑意识绝对具有一种前卫性。 -
王子与贫儿
《王子与贫儿》描写了王子爱德华和贫儿汤姆通过一个阴差阳错的偶然机会向互换了位置,王子变成了贫儿,贫儿变成了王子的故事。贫儿汤姆穿着王子的衣服在王宫里尽享荣华富贵,还当上了英国的新国王。而真正的王子爱德华却在外四处流浪,不得不忍受贫穷和乞丐们欺凌和嘲讽。在好人霍顿的帮助下,爱德华王子经历了重重劫难,改正了自己的坏习惯,最后终于回到了王宫。而贫儿汤姆在良心的谴责下,将不属于自己的皇位还给了真正的王子。此后,爱德华成了一位仁慈的君主,和他的子民一起过着幸福的生活。 《王子与贫儿》由美国著名作家马克·吐温编写。 -
The Innocents Abroad
在线阅读本书 Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, The Innocents Abroad (1869) is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Twain's fresh and humorous perspective on hallowed European landmarks lacked reverence for the past-the ancient statues of saints on the Cathedral of Notre Dame are "battered and broken-nosed old fellows" and tour guides "interrupt every dream, every pleasant train of thought, with their tiresome cackling." Equally irreverent about American manners (including his own) as he is about European attitudes, Twain ultimately concludes that, for better or worse, "human nature is very much the same all over the world." -
马克·吐温中短篇小说选
《马克·吐温中短篇小说选》作者马克·吐温是美国批判现实主义文学的奠基人,世界著名的短篇小说大师。马克·吐温的一生富有传奇色彩。1835年,哈雷慧星带来了这位文坛巨子。他一生创作了数十部小说,他的驾驭语言的能力,塑造性格的本领、政治讽刺的手段都天衣无缝地融化在这些故事中。它们犹如一颗颗璀璨的明珠,折射出他那个时代人们丰富的精神世界以及物质生活风貌。1910年,当哈雷慧星再次划过苍穹,这位文坛巨匠辞别了人世。他为全世界人民留下了一份宝贵的精神财富,并对后来美国文坛上很多知名作家产生了重要影响。相信个中奥妙只有在细细品读过后才会一一发现。 -
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Puffin Classics)
Grade 5 Up-British actor Mike McShane provides a superb portrayal of Mark Twain's classic characters, nailing the Mississippi drawl and cadence. For those who know and love the story or are following along with an unabridged edition, however, this production is marred somewhat by what the publisher has chosen to leave out. The more descriptive chapters are shortened or expurgated entirely, which is understandable in the interest of editing for time. Some of the more distasteful racial epithets are gone as well, although Injun Joe retains his moniker. Sid and Mary are also cut entirely, as well as references to smoking, slavery, most of Tom's ludicrously funny romantic notions about the violence inflicted by pirates and robbers, and even the naked figure in the schoolmaster's anatomy book. The result is a watered down Tom and, especially, Huck. The ending also lacks the satisfaction of the original version. The party scene where the fortune is revealed has been cut as has Twain's concluding paragraphs which "endeth this chronicle." It lacks even the closure of the customary, "You have been listening to-." The sturdy plastic case will survive many circulations. If your facility serves an elementary-age population for which the language of the original would not be appropriate, or there is a teacher looking for a sanitized version, McShane's excellent performance makes this edition worth recommending. Diana Dickerson, White Pigeon Community Schools, MI Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.