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在路上，怎能少了這18本經(jīng)典短篇小說？
作者：著名作家 整理日期：2022-07-17 06:01:55
在很多人眼里，經(jīng)典小說一般又長、又無聊（long and ponderous）。但是，事情可并不總是這樣的哦！實際上，有很多篇幅很短的經(jīng)典小說，如果你希望讀一本引人深思（thought-provoking）的書的話，不要錯過今天小編給出短篇精品小說書單。
這份書單里的短篇小說都是可以一口氣就讀完的。下文中的書單按篇幅由短到長的順序排列。通過閱讀這不超過200頁的內(nèi)容，你一定會大有收獲的！
01
《變形記》
弗朗茨·卡夫卡
The Metamorphosis
by
Franz Kafka
When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.
一天早上，當格里高爾·薩姆沙從令人不安的睡夢中醒來的時候，他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在床上變成了一只怪異的害蟲—甲殼蟲。
So begins The Metamorphosis, one of the most recognizable opening lines in literature.
于是，這場變形記開始了�！蹲冃斡洝返拈_頭是文學作品中最為出名的開頭之一。
The story of Gregor Samsa, a young man who, after transforming overnight into a giant, beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, and a quintessentially alienated man.
在這個故事中，格里高爾·薩姆沙在一夜之間變成了一個巨大的，如同甲殼蟲一般的昆蟲。他變成了家庭的恥辱，并因此成了自己家的外人。此外，他還是一個典型的被疏遠的人。
One of the most widely read and influential works of 20th-century fiction, The Metamorphosis is a harrowing yet absurdly comic meditation on inadequacy, guilt, and isolation.
這本書是二十世紀閱讀量最大、影響力最深的小說之一�！蹲冃斡洝愤@個故事對缺陷、罪惡及孤立的展現(xiàn)令人十分難過，但是奇怪的是它還有著喜劇效果。
02
《老人與�！�
歐內(nèi)斯特·海明威
The Old Man and the Sea
by
Ernest Hemingway
The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction.
《老人與�！肥菤W內(nèi)斯特·海明威在生前出版的最后一本小說，也是美國小說中最為經(jīng)久不衰的作品之一。
It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.
小說講述了一位年老的古巴漁夫經(jīng)歷嚴酷考驗的過程：在墨西哥灣，他堅持不懈、頗為痛苦地同一條巨大的槍魚斗爭。
Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent 20th-century classic.
書中使用了簡單而有力的寓言體語言。海明威在這本書中運用了“在失敗面前鼓起勇氣”這個永恒的主題，并闡述了個人從損失中獲益的主題，從而將這本書打造成為二十世紀頗為杰出的經(jīng)典小說。
03
《動物莊園》
喬治·奧威爾
Animal Farm
by
George Orwell
Animal Farm is the most famous by far of all 20th-century political allegories.
迄今為止，《動物莊園》是二十世紀最為著名的政治寓言。
Orwell is one of the very few modern satirists comparable to Jonathan Swift in power, artistry, and moral authority.
奧威爾是少有的幾個可以在影響力、藝術技巧及道德權威方面同喬納森·斯威夫特相提并論的現(xiàn)代諷刺作家之一。
It accounts a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny erected by their own kind.
書中講述了一群住在農(nóng)場中的動物在反抗殘酷的人類主人成功之后，卻再度臣服于他們中的豬建立起來的暴政之中的故事。
04
《人鼠之間》
約翰·斯坦貝克
Of Mice and Men
by
John Steinbeck
A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression.
這部充滿爭議的小說描寫是經(jīng)濟大蕭條時期的友情和悲劇。
Over 75 years since its first publication, Steinbeck's tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America's most widely read and taught novels.
在首次出版的75年之后，約翰·斯坦貝克這本講述承諾、孤獨、希望、失落的小說依然是美國閱讀量極廣、并被作為教材的作品之一。
An unlikely pair, George and Lennie, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression, grasp for their American Dream.
主人公喬治與萊尼看上去不太可能成為搭檔。經(jīng)濟大蕭條時期，他們兩個都到加利福尼亞做外來務工人員，并追逐他們的美國夢。
Of Mice and Men represents an experiment in form. A rarity in American letters, it achieved remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films.
《人鼠之間》體現(xiàn)了一種形式上的實驗。這本書是美國書信體作品中較為罕見的一部，并以小說的形式取得了突出的成就。該書曾被改編成為百老匯的劇目，以及三部評價極高的電影。
05
《野性的呼喚》
杰克·倫敦
The Call of the Wild
by
Jack London
Half St. Bernard, half shepherd, Buck learns many hard lessons as a sled dog: the lesson of the leash, of the cold, of near-starvation and cruelty.
一半是圣伯納犬，一半是牧羊犬的巴克在作為雪橇犬的過程中得到了許多教訓：鏈條的教訓，寒冷的教訓，幾近餓死的教訓和殘酷的教訓。
The greatest lesson Buck learns from his last owner, John Thornton: the power of love and loyalty.
巴克得到的最大的收獲來自于他的最后一個主人—約翰·桑頓：也就是愛的力量以及忠實。
Yet always, even at the side of the human he loves, Buck feels the pull in his bones, an urge to answer his wolf ancestors as they howl to him.
但是，盡管是在他喜歡的主人旁邊，巴克還是能夠感受到骨子里的力量，即對于他的祖先，也就是狼的呼喚做出回應的強烈欲望。
06
《局外人》
阿爾貝·加繆
The Stranger
by
Albert Camus
With millions of copies sold The Stranger is one of the most widely read novels in the world. It stands as perhaps the greatest existentialist tale ever conceived.
《局外人》已被發(fā)行數(shù)百萬本，是世界上閱讀量最大的小說之一。這本書可能是目前最偉大的存在主義小說了。
When a young Algerian named Meursault kills a man, his subsequent imprisonment and trial are puzzling and absurd.
當阿爾及利亞青年莫爾索殺死一個男人之后，他被收監(jiān)入獄，并經(jīng)歷了莫名其妙且荒誕的審判過程。
This remarkable translation by Matthew Ward has been considered the definitive English version since its original publication.
馬修·華德的英譯本非常不錯，被看做是自原作出版以來最佳的英譯本。
07
《華氏451度》
雷·布雷德伯里
Fahrenheit 451
by
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future.
雷·布雷德伯里的《華氏451度》是二十世紀的杰作，在國際上廣受贊譽。該書的背景設定在暗淡且反烏托邦的未來。
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.
蓋伊·蒙泰戈是一名消防員。在他的世界里，電視大行其道，而文學作品則瀕臨滅絕。消防員的工作也是放火，而不是滅火。蓋伊·蒙泰戈的職責是消滅違法的商品，也就是印刷書以及藏匿這些圖書的房屋。
Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife.
蓋伊·蒙泰戈從來都不質疑自己帶有破壞性的行動會帶來怎樣的惡果。每一天，他都一次次地面對著他平淡乏味的生活和索然無趣的老婆。
But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television...
可是，后來他遇到了一個古怪的年輕鄰居——克拉麗絲�？死惤z向他介紹了過去的情況。那時候，人們不用生活在恐懼之中。他們從書籍中獲得見解，而不是依賴沒頭腦且喋喋不休的電視……
08
《了不起的蓋茨比》
F·弗朗西斯·菲茨杰拉德
The Great Gatsby
by
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds' third book, The Great Gatsby (1925), stands as the supreme achievement of his career.
《了不起的蓋茨比》是爵士時代的典型小說，于1925年首次出版。該書是F·弗朗西斯·菲茨杰拉德所寫的第三本書，被視作是他寫作事業(yè)的巔峰之作。
T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step" American fiction had taken since Henry James.
托馬斯·艾略特把這本書讀了三遍，并將其看做是美國小說繼享利·詹姆斯之后走出的“第一步”。
A novel of lyrical beauty yet brutal realism, of magic, romance, and mysticism, The Great Gatsby is one of the great classics of 20th-century literature.
小說的抒情很優(yōu)美，但是它卻有殘酷的現(xiàn)實主義風格，兼?zhèn)淠Я�、浪漫主義及神秘主義�！读瞬黄鸬纳w茨比》是二十世紀最為經(jīng)典的文學作品之一。
09
《最藍的眼睛》
托妮·莫里森
The Bluest Eye
by
Toni Morrison
Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty.
皮科拉·布里德洛瓦是一名年輕的黑人女孩。每天，她都在祈禱自己會變得更加美麗一些。
Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.
其他的孩子都嘲笑她與眾不同的黑色皮膚、卷卷的頭發(fā)和棕色的眼睛。她渴望自己可以變得同其他人一樣，擁有金色的頭發(fā)和藍色的眼睛。她相信這樣一來自己就可以被接納了。
Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife.
但是，隨著她對夢想越來越執(zhí)著，她的生活卻慢慢地在逆境和麻煩中走起了下坡路。
A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni Morrison’s virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized her writing.
托妮·莫里森這本具有名家風范的處女作有力地表現(xiàn)了我們對于美貌的迷戀及從眾心理。她在書中頗具力度地提出了關于種族、階層和性別的問題。書中精妙而優(yōu)雅的文筆是托妮·莫里森一貫的風格。
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