『壹』 介紹幾部經典英文短篇小說
《歐亨利短篇小說精選》歐·亨利最優秀的多篇短篇小說代表作，如《麥琪版的禮物》、《警察權和贊美詩》、《最後一片常春藤葉》、《帶傢具出租的房問》等。這些作品膾灸人口，經久不衰。歐·亨利是美國最著名的短篇小說家之一。他的作品構思新穎。語言詼諧，富於生活情趣，結局常常出人意外，善於描寫美國社會尤其是紐約百姓的生活，堪稱「美國生活的幽默網路全書」。
『貳』 經典短篇英文小說
經典短篇小說好多呢！用詞比較簡單，但意義深刻！更重要的是每一篇都短小精悍！（符合你的要求哦）
1.《生火》傑克.倫敦 To Build a Fire (Jack LondonP
2.《厄謝爾府的倒塌》 愛倫.坡
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
3.《項鏈》莫泊桑 The Necklace (Guy de Maupassant)
4.《警察與贊美詩》歐.亨利 The Cop and the Anthem
(O Henry)
5.《麥琪的禮物》歐.亨利 Magi's gift (O Henry)
6.《最後一片藤葉》歐.亨利 The Last Leaf (O Henry)
7.《加利維拉縣有名的跳蛙》馬克.吐溫 The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
（Mark Twain)
8.《人生的五種恩賜》馬克.吐溫
The Five Boons of Life （Mark Twain)
9.《三生客》 托馬斯.哈代 The Three Strangers
(Thomas Hardy)
10.《敞開的落地窗》薩基 The Open Window (Saki)
11.《末代佳人》菲茨傑拉德 The Last of the Belles
(F.S.Fitzgerald)
12.《手》舍伍德.安德森 Hands
13.《伊芙琳》詹姆斯.喬伊斯 Eveline
14.《教長的黑色面紗》納撒尼爾.霍桑
『叄』 2000字的 短篇小說
我有，我12萬字的吧
『肆』 英文短篇小說 原創
Three Passions I have Lived For
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy—ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of my life for a few hours for this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness—that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what—at last—I have found.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine…A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.
吾之三願
貝特蘭·羅素
吾生三願，純朴卻激越：一曰渴望愛情，二曰求索知識，三曰悲憫吾類之無盡苦難。此三願，如疾風，迫吾無助飄零於苦水深海之上，直達絕望之彼岸。
吾求愛，蓋因其賜吾狂喜——狂喜之劇足令吾舍此生而享其片刻；吾求愛，亦因其可驅寂寞之感，吾人每生寂寞之情輒兢兢俯視天地之緣，而見絕望之無底深淵；吾求愛還因若得愛，即可窺視聖哲詩人所見之神秘天國。此吾生之所求，雖慮其之至美而恐終不為凡人所得，亦可謂吾之所得也。
吾求知亦懷斯激情。吾願聞人之所思，亦願知星之何以閃光……吾僅得此而已，無他。
愛與知並力，幾攜吾入天國之門，然終為悲憫之心拖拽未果。痛苦之吟常縈繞吾心：受飢餓之嬰，遭壓迫之民，為兒女遺棄之無助老叟，加之天下之孤寂、貧窮、苦痛，具令吾類之生難以卒睹。吾願窮畢生之力釋之，然終不能遂願，因亦悲極。
吾生若此而已，然吾頗感未枉此生；若得天允，當樂而重為之。
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『伍』 求一篇英語中短篇小說（2000字左右，最好是帶中文翻譯的）
『陸』 請給我推薦一些好看的英文短篇小說
Dr.Jekyll.and.Mr.Hyde
http://www.learnlibrary.com/jekyll-hyde/
『柒』 英語短篇小說
你可以抄看「書蟲」
書蟲」是外語教襲學與研究出版社和牛津大學出版社共同奉獻給廣大英語學習者的一大精品。書蟲在英語中大概是頗可愛的形象。想像一下，有那麼一隻勤勉的小蟲，它如痴如醉地沉迷於書卷，孜孜不倦地咀嚼著字母……
如今這只「書蟲」漂洋過海，輕盈地落在了中國英語學習者的掌中。「書蟲」首先將給你自信，即使你目前只有幾百的詞彙量，也可以不太費勁地閱覽世界名作了。書蟲還會用它細細的鳴叫聲不停地提醒你：要堅持不懈地讀下去，要廣泛而豐富地讀下去。待到讀完叢書系列中的最後一本，你也許會突然發現：你已經如蛹畫碟，振翅欲翔了！
第五級：2000生詞量，適合高一學生，共4本。
1、《遠大前程》 （已收錄）
2、《大衛·科波菲爾》 （已收錄）
3、《呼嘯山莊》 （已收錄）
4、《遠離塵囂》 （已收錄）
第六級：2300生詞量，適合高二、高三學生，共4本
1、《簡·愛》
2、《霧都孤兒》 （已收錄）
3、《傲慢與偏見》
4、《苔絲》 （已收錄）
『捌』 求1000字以內英語短篇小說！
《蒙娜麗莎》風波
On Tuesday August 11th, 1911, a young artist, Louis Beraud, arrived at the Louvre（盧浮宮） in Paris to complete a painting of the Salon Carre（卡雷沙龍，盧浮宮的畫廊名）. This was the room where the world 's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci（列奧那多·達·芬奇）, was on display. To his surprise there was an empty space where the painting should have been. At 11 o'clock the museum authorities realized that the painting had been stolen. The next day headlines all over the world announced the theft.
這一天是1911年8月11日，星期二，一位年輕的藝術家路易斯·貝勞德來到了巴黎盧浮宮的卡雷沙龍畫廊完成一幅油畫，在這條畫廊里陳列著世界上最著名的油畫——列奧納多·達·芬奇創作的《蒙娜麗莎》。令路易斯感到吃驚的是，本該掛著油畫的地方卻是空空盪盪的。中午11時博物館館方意識到這幅名畫已經被盜了。第二天全球各大報刊的頭條新聞都報道了《蒙娜麗莎》被盜的消息。
Actually the Leonardo had been gone for more than twenty-four hours before anyone noticed it was missing. The museum was always closed on Mondays for maintenance（維修）. Just before closing time on Sunday three men had entered the museum, where they had hidden themselves in a storeroom. The actual theft was quick and simple. Early the next morning Perrugia removed the painting from the wall while the others kept watch. Then they went out a back exit.
實際上，直到達·芬奇的這幅畫被盜24小時後才有人發現此事。每逢星期一盧浮宮都要閉館例行保養文物。就在星期天，有三個人進入了博物館並藏在貯藏室里。他們的盜竊行動迅速而簡單，第二天一大早，三個盜賊之一佩魯吉亞從牆上取下《蒙娜麗莎》，其餘兩個為他望風，然後他們從後門溜走逃得無影無蹤了。
Nothing was seen or heard of the painting for two years when Perrugia tried to sell it to a dealer for half a million lire（里拉）. Perrugia was arrested on December 13th. Perrugia claimed he had stolen it as an act of patriotism（愛國主義）, because, he said, the painting had been looted from the Italian nation by Napoleon（拿破崙）. Perrugia was imprisoned for seven months. It seemed that the crime of the century had been solved.
《蒙娜麗莎》在被盜後的兩年間一直杳無音迅，直到有一天佩魯吉亞想以50萬里拉賣給一個文物販子時，人們才重新見到它。佩魯吉亞於1913年12月13日被捕，他宣稱偷《蒙娜麗莎》之舉完全是出於愛國心。他說，盧浮宮的這幅畫是被拿破崙從義大利搶劫來的。佩魯吉亞為此被判了7個月的監禁，看來這個世紀奇案好像是解決了。
But had it? Perrugia was keen to claim all responsibility for the theft, and it was twenty years before the whole story came out. In fact Perrugia had been working for two master criminals, Valfierno and Chaudron, who went unpunished for their crime. They would offer to steal a famous painting from a gallery for a crooked（不誠實的） dealer or an unscrupulous（肆無忌憚的） private collector. They would then make a of the picture and, with the help of bribed gallery attendants（服務員）, would then tape the to the back of the original（原始的） painting. The dealer would then be taken to the gallery and would be invited to make a secret mark on the back of the painting. Of course the dealer would actually be marking the . Valfierno would later proce forged（偽造） newspaper cuttings announcing the theft of the original, and then proce the , complete with secret marking. If the dealer were to see the painting still in the gallery, he would be persuaded that it was a , and that he possessed the genuine（真正的） one.
果真如此嗎?佩魯吉亞試圖把這次盜竊案的全部責任都攬到自己身上。直到二十年後，整個事件的真相才大白於天下。事實上，佩魯吉亞一直在為兩個犯罪頭目瓦爾菲爾諾和肖德龍工作。在這個案件中，另兩個傢伙一直逍遙法外。瓦爾菲爾諾和肖德龍經常從陳列館偷竊名畫提供給奸詐的商人或肆無忌憚的私人收藏家。他們先製作名畫的贗品，然後向博物館的工作人員行賄，以便在博物館工作人員的協助下將偽造品粘在原作的背後，爾後他們再將文物販子帶到陳列室，並要他在要買的那幅畫的背面做上秘密的記號。當然，事實上文物販子只是在贗品的背面作記號。在此之後，瓦爾菲爾諾就偽造一些剪報宣稱原作被盜，然後拿出帶有秘密記號的贗品。如果買畫的販子看見畫仍然在展出，偷盜者將說服他相信展出的畫是贗品，而賣給他的才是真正的原作。
Chaudron then painted not one, but six copies of the Mona Lisa, using 400-year-old wood panels from antique Italian furniture. The forgeries（贗品） were carefully aged, so that the varnish（光澤） was cracked and dirty. Valfierno commissioned Perrugia to steal the original, and told him to hide it until Valfierno contacted him. Perrugia waited in vain in a tiny room in Paris with the painting, but heard nothing from his partners in crime. They had gone to New York, where the six copies were already in store. They had sent them there before the original was stolen. At that time it was quite common for artists to old masters, which would be sold quite honestly（合法的） as imitations（仿造品）, so there had been no problems with US Customs. Valfierno went on to sell all six copies for '300,OOO each. Valfierno told the story to a journalist in 1914, on condition that it would not be published until his death.
肖德龍不僅偽造了一幅，而是六幅《蒙娜麗莎》。他用400年前古義大利老傢具做油畫板，所有贗品均經過了細心的老化處理，以使油畫表面產生裂縫顯得不幹凈。瓦爾菲爾諾指派佩魯吉亞盜走《蒙娜麗莎》的真品並叫他躲藏起來直到與他取得聯系。佩魯吉亞一直帶者那幅畫首在巴黎的一間小屋裡，可是他卻一直未見同夥們的蹤跡。原來瓦爾菲爾諾和肖德龍早已跑到了紐約，那裡儲存著六幅《蒙娜麗莎》的贗品。他們在原作被盜前就已將贗品運到了美國。在那個時代，藝術家們復制已故大師的作品是司空見慣的事情，而且復製品還能夠合法地在市場上進行交易，因此復製品可以毫不費力地通過美國海關。在美國瓦爾菲爾諾以每幅300，000美元的價格陸續將這六幅《蒙娜麗莎》贗品出售。1914年瓦爾菲爾諾將事件真相透露給了一位記者，條件是只有等到他死後才能將此事公之於眾。
Does the story end there? Collectors have claimed that Perrugia returned a . It is also possible that Leonardo may have painted several versions of the Mona Lisa, or they might be copies made by Leonardo's pupils. There has been a lot of controversy and argument about a 450-year-old painting, but after all, maybe that's what she's smiling about.
事情就此了解了嗎?收藏專家們宣稱佩魯吉亞還回的《蒙娜麗莎》或許是贗品。或許當初達·芬奇創作了幾個不同版本的《蒙娜麗莎》；或許這些《蒙娜麗莎》皆為達·芬奇的學生們製作的復製品。因此迄今為止人們對於這幅有著450年左右歷史的名畫，仍有著諸多的爭議。也許，這就是蒙娜麗莎微笑的原因吧！
『玖』 特急!!!求2000多字的英文文章,也可以是小說的節選...要近5年的~
傲慢與偏見
NOT all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley. They attacked him in various ways; with barefaced questions, ingenious suppositions, and distant surmises; but he eluded the skill of them all; and they were at last obliged to accept the second-hand intelligence of their neighbour Lady Lucas. Her report was highly favourable. Sir William had been delighted with him. He was quite young, wonderfully handsome, extremely agreeable, and, to crown the whole, he meant to be at the next assembly with a large party. Nothing could be more delightful! To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley's heart were entertained.
"If I can but see one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield," said Mrs. Bennet to her husband, "and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing to wish for."
In a few days Mr. Bingley returned Mr. Bennet's visit, and sat about ten minutes with him in his library. He had entertained hopes of being admitted to a sight of the young ladies, of whose beauty he had heard much; but he saw only the father. The ladies were somewhat more fortunate, for they had the advantage of ascertaining, from an upper window, that he wore a blue coat and rode a black horse.
An invitation to dinner was soon afterwards dispatched; and already had Mrs. Bennet planned the courses that were to do credit to her housekeeping, when an answer arrived which deferred it all. Mr. Bingley was obliged to be in town the following day, and consequently unable to accept the honour of their invitation, &c. Mrs. Bennet was quite disconcerted. She could not imagine what business he could have in town so soon after his arrival in Hertfordshire; and she began to fear that he might be always flying about from one place to another, and never settled at Netherfield as he ought to be. Lady Lucas quieted her fears a little by starting the idea of his being gone to London only to get a large party for the ball; and a report soon followed that Mr. Bingley was to bring twelve ladies and seven gentlemen with him to the assembly. The girls grieved over such a large number of ladies; but were comforted the day before the ball by hearing that, instead of twelve, he had brought only six with him from London, his five sisters and a cousin. And when the party entered the assembly room, it consisted of only five altogether; Mr. Bingley, his two sisters, the husband of the oldest, and another young man.
Mr. Bingley was good looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners. His brother-in-law, Mr. Hurst, merely looked the gentleman; but his friend Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien; and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year. The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.
Mr. Bingley had soon made himself acquainted with all the principal people in the room; he was lively and unreserved, danced every dance, was angry that the ball closed so early, and talked of giving one himself at Netherfield. Such amiable qualities must speak for themselves. What a contrast between him and his friend! Mr. Darcy danced only once with Mrs. Hurst and once with Miss Bingley, declined being introced to any other lady, and spent the rest of the evening in walking about the room, speaking occasionally to one of his own party. His character was decided. He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again. Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour was sharpened into particular resentment by his having slighted one of her daughters.
Elizabeth Bennet had been obliged, by the scarcity of gentlemen, to sit down for two dances; and ring part of that time, Mr. Darcy had been standing near enough for her to overhear a conversation between him and Mr. Bingley, who came from the dance for a few minutes to press his friend to join it.
"Come, Darcy," said he, "I must have you dance. I hate to see you standing about by yourself in this stupid manner. You had much better dance."
"I certainly shall not. You know how I detest it, unless I am particularly acquainted with my partner. At such an assembly as this, it would be insupportable. Your sisters are engaged, and there is not another woman in the room whom it would not be a punishment to me to stand up with."
"I would not be so fastidious as you are," cried Bingley, "for a kingdom! Upon my honour I never met with so many pleasant girls in my life, as I have this evening; and there are several of them, you see, uncommonly pretty."
"You are dancing with the only handsome girl in the room," said Mr. Darcy, looking at the eldest Miss Bennet.
"Oh! she is the most beautiful creature I ever beheld! But there is one of her sisters sitting down just behind you, who is very pretty, and I dare say very agreeable. Do let me ask my partner to introce you."
"Which do you mean?" and turning round, he looked for a moment at Elizabeth, till catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said, "She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me."
Mr. Bingley followed his advice. Mr. Darcy walked off; and Elizabeth remained with no very cordial feelings towards him. She told the story however with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in any thing ridiculous.
The evening altogether passed off pleasantly to the whole family. Mrs. Bennet had seen her eldest daughter much admired by the Netherfield party. Mr. Bingley had danced with her twice, and she had been distinguished by his sisters. Jane was as much gratified by this as her mother could be, though in a quieter way. Elizabeth felt Jane's pleasure. Mary had heard herself mentioned to Miss Bingley as the most accomplished girl in the neighbourhood; and Catherine and Lydia had been fortunate enough to be never without partners, which was all that they had yet learnt to care for at a ball. They returned therefore, in good spirits to Longbourn, the village where they lived, and of which they were the principal inhabitants. They found Mr. Bennet still up. With a book, he was regardless of time; and on the present occasion he had a good deal of curiosity as to the event of an evening which had raised such splendid expectations. He had rather hoped that all his wife's views on the stranger would be disappointed; but he soon found that he had a very different story to hear.
"Oh! my dear Mr. Bennet," as she entered the room, "we have had a most delightful evening, a most excellent ball. I wish you had been there. Jane was so admired, nothing could be like it. Every body said how well she looked; and Mr. Bingley thought her quite beautiful, and danced with her twice. Only think of that my dear; he actually danced with her twice; and she was the only creature in the room that he asked a second time. First of all, he asked Miss Lucas. I was so vexed to see him stand up with her; but, however, he did not admire her at all: indeed, nobody can, you know; and he seemed quite struck with Jane as she was going down the dance. So, he enquired who she was, and got introced, and asked her for the two next. Then, the two third he danced with Miss King, and the two fourth with Maria Lucas, and the two fifth with Jane again, and the two sixth with Lizzy, and the Boulanger --"
"If he had had any compassion for me," cried her husband impatiently, "he would not have danced half so much! For God's sake, say no more of his partners. Oh! that he had sprained his ancle in the first dance!"
"Oh! my dear," continued Mrs. Bennet, "I am quite delighted with him. He is so excessively handsome! and his sisters are charming women. I never in my life saw any thing more elegant than their dresses. I dare say the lace upon Mrs. Hurst's gown --"
Here she was interrupted again. Mr. Bennet protested against any description of finery. She was therefore obliged to seek another branch of the subject, and related, with much bitterness of spirit and some exaggeration, the shocking rudeness of Mr. Darcy.
"But I can assure you," she added, "that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting his fancy; for he is a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing. So high and so conceited that there was no enring him! He walked here, and he walked there, fancying himself so very great! Not handsome enough to dance with! I wish you had been there, my dear, to have given him one of your set downs. I quite detest the man."
盡管班納特太太有了五個女兒幫腔，向她丈夫問起彬格萊先生這樣那樣，可是丈夫的回答總不能叫她滿意。母女們想盡辦法對付他－－赤裸裸的問句，巧妙的設想，離題很遠的猜測，什麼辦法都用到了；可是他並沒有上她們的圈套。最後她們迫不得已，只得聽取鄰居盧卡斯太太的間接消息。她的報道全是好話。據說威廉爵士很喜歡他。他非常年輕，長得特別漂亮，為人又極其謙和，最重要的一點是，他打算請一大群客人來參加下次的舞會。這真是再好也沒有的事；喜歡跳舞是談情說愛的一個步驟；大家都熱烈地希望去獲得彬格萊先生的那顆心。
「我只要能看到一個女兒在尼日斐花園幸福地安了家，」班納特太太對她的丈夫說，「看到其他幾個也匹配得這樣門當戶對，此生就沒有別的奢望了。」
不到幾天功夫，彬格萊先生上門回拜班納特先生，在他的書房裡跟他盤桓了十分鍾左右。他久仰班納特先生幾位小姐的年輕美貌，很希望能夠見見她們；但是他只見到了她們的父親。倒是小姐們比他幸運，他們利用樓上的窗口，看清了他穿的是藍外套，騎的是一匹黑馬。
班府上不久就發請貼請他吃飯；班納特太太已經計劃了好幾道菜，每道菜都足以增加她的體面，說明她是個會當家的賢主婦，可是事不湊巧，彬格萊先生第二天非進城不可，他們這一番盛意叫他無法領情，因此回信給他們，說是要遲一遲再說。班納特太太大為不安。她想，此人剛來到哈福德郡，怎麼就要進城有事，於是她開始擔心思了；照理他應該在尼日斐花園安安定定住下來，看現在的情形，莫不是他經常都得這樣東漂西泊，行蹤不定？虧得盧卡斯太太對她說，可能他是到倫敦去邀請那一大群客人來參加舞會，這才使她稍許減除了一些顧慮。外面馬上就紛紛傳說彬格萊先生並沒有帶來十二個女賓，僅僅只帶來六個，其中五個是他自己的姐妹，一個是表姐妹，這個消息才使小姐們放了心。後來等到這群貴客走進舞場的時候，卻一共只有五個人－－彬格萊先生，他的兩個姐妹，姐夫，還有另外一個青年。
彬格萊先生儀表堂堂，大有紳士風度，而且和顏悅色，沒有拘泥做作的氣習。他的姐妹也都是些優美的女性，態度落落大方。他的姐夫赫斯脫只不過像個普通紳士，不大引人注目，但是他的朋友達西卻立刻引起全場的注意，因為他身材魁偉，眉清目秀，舉止高貴，於是他進場不到五分鍾，大家都紛紛傳說他每年有一萬磅的收入。男賓們都稱贊他的一表人才，女賓們都說他比彬格萊先生漂亮得多。人們差不多有半個晚上都帶著愛慕的目光看著他。最後人們才發現他為人驕傲，看不起人，巴結不上他，因此對他起了厭惡的感覺，他那眾望所歸的極盛一時的場面才黯然失色。他既然擺起那麼一副討人嫌惹人厭的面貌，那麼，不管他在德比郡有多大的財產，也挽救不了他，況且和他的朋友比起來，他更沒有什麼大不了。
彬格萊先生很快就熟悉了全場所有的主要人物。他生氣勃勃，為人又不拘泥，每一場舞都可以少不了要跳。使他氣惱的是，舞會怎麼散場得這樣早。他又談起他自己要在尼日斐花園開一次舞會。他這些可愛的地方自然會引起人家對他發生好感。他跟他的朋友是多麼顯著的對照啊！達西先生只跟赫斯脫太太跳了一次舞，跟彬格萊小姐跳了一次舞，此外就在室內踱來踱去，偶而找他自己人談談，人家要介紹他跟別的小姐跳舞，他怎麼也不肯。大家都斷定他是世界上最驕傲，最討人厭的人，希望他不要再來。其中對他反感最厲害的是班納特太太，她對他的整個舉止都感到討厭，而且這種討厭竟變本加厲，形成了一種特殊的氣憤，因為他得罪了他的一個女兒。
由於男賓少，伊麗莎白·班納特有兩場舞都不得不空坐。達西先生當時曾一度站在她的身旁，彬格萊先生特地歇了幾分鍾沒有跳舞，走到他這位朋友跟前，硬要他去跳，兩個人談話給她聽到了。
「來吧，達西，」彬格萊說，「我一定要你跳。我不願看到你獨個兒這么傻里傻氣地站在這兒。還是去跳舞吧。」
「我絕對不跳。你知道我一向多麼討厭跳舞，除非跟特別熟的人跳。在這樣的舞會上跳舞，簡直叫人受不了。你的姐妹們都在跟別人跳，要是叫舞場里別的女人跟我跳，沒有一個不叫我活受罪的。」
「我可不願意象你那樣挑肥揀瘦，」彬格萊嚷道，「隨便怎麼我也不願意；不瞞你說，我生平沒有見過今天晚上這么許多可愛的姑娘；你瞧，其中幾位真是美貌絕倫。」
「你當然羅，舞場上唯一的一位漂亮姑娘在跟你跳舞！」達西先生說，一面望著班府上年紀最大的一位小姐。
「噢！我從來沒有見過這么美麗的一個尤物！可是她的一個妹妹就坐在你後面，她也很漂亮，而且我敢說，她也很討人愛。讓我來請我的舞伴給你們介紹一下吧。」
「你說的是哪一位？」他轉過身來，朝著伊麗莎白望了一會兒，等她也看見了他，他才收回自己的目光，冷冷的說：「她還可以，但還沒有漂亮到打動我的心，眼前我可沒有興趣去抬舉那些受到別人冷眼看待的小姐。你還是回到你的舞伴身邊去欣賞她的笑臉吧，犯不著把時間浪費在我的身上。」
彬格萊先生依了達西先生的話走開以後，達西自己也走開了。伊麗莎白依舊坐在那裡，對達西先生委實沒有甚好感。不過她卻滿有興致地把這段偷聽到的話去講給她的朋友聽，因為她的個性活潑調皮，遇到任何可笑的事情都會感到興趣。
班府上全家上這一個晚上大致都過得很高興。大小姐蒙彬格萊先生邀她跳了兩次舞，而且這位貴人的姐妹們都對她另眼相看。班太太看到尼日斐花園的一家人都這么喜愛她的大女兒，覺得非常得意。吉英跟她母親一樣得意，只不過沒有象她母親那樣聲張。伊麗莎白也為吉英快活。曼麗曾聽到人們在彬格萊小姐面前提到她自己，說她是鄰近一帶最有才乾的姑娘；咖苔琳和麗迪雅運氣最好，沒有那一場舞缺少舞伴，這是她們每逢開舞會時唯一關心的一件事。母女們高高興興地回到她們所住的浪搏恩村（她們算是這個村子裡的旺族），看見班納特先生還沒有睡覺。且說這位先生平常只要捧上一本書，就忘了時間，可是這次他沒有睡覺，卻是因為他極想知道大家朝思暮想的這一盛會，經過情形究竟如何。他滿以為他太太對那位貴客一定很失望，但是，他立刻就發覺事實並非如此。「噢！我的好老爺，」她一走進房間就這么說，「我們這一個晚上過得太快活了，舞會太好了。你沒有去真可惜。吉英那麼吃香，簡直是無法形容。什麼人都說她長得好；彬格萊先生認為她很美，跟她跳了兩場舞！你光想想這一點看吧，親愛的；他確實跟她跳了兩場！全場那麼多女賓，就只有她一個人蒙受了他兩次邀請。他頭一場舞是邀請盧卡斯小姐跳的。我看到他站到她身邊去，不禁有些氣惱！不過，他對她根本沒意思，其實，什麼人也不會對她有意思；當吉英走下舞池的時候，他可就顯得非常著迷了。他立刻打聽她的姓名，請人介紹，然後邀她跳下一場舞。他第三場舞是跟金小姐跳的，第四場跟瑪麗雅·盧卡斯跳，第五場又跟吉英跳，第六場是跟麗萃跳，還有『布朗謝』。」
「要是他稍許體諒我一點，」她的丈夫不耐煩地叫起來了，「他就不會跳這么多，一半也不會！天哪，不要提他那些舞伴了吧。噢！但願他頭一場舞就跳得腳踝扭了筋！」
「噢！親愛的，」班納特太太接下去說，「我非常喜歡他。他真太漂亮啦！他的姐妹們也都很討人喜歡。我生平沒有看見過任何東西比她們的衣飾更講究。我敢說，赫斯脫太太衣服上的花邊－－」說到這里又給岔斷了。
班納特先生不願意聽人談到衣飾。她因此不得不另找話題，於是就談到達西先生那不可一世的傲慢無禮的態度，她的措辭辛辣刻薄，而又帶幾分誇張。
「不過我可以告訴你，」她補充道，「麗萃不中他的意，這對麗萃並沒有什麼可惜，因為他是個最討厭、最可惡的人不值得去奉承他。那麼高傲，那麼自大，叫人不可容忍！他一會兒走到這里，一會兒走到那裡，把自己看得那麼了不起！還要嫌人家不夠漂亮，配不上跟他跳舞呢！要是你在場的話，你就可以好好地教訓他一頓。我厭惡透了那個人。」
『拾』 英文短篇小說
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