英语短篇小说发展

『壹』 经典短篇英文小说

经典短篇小说好多呢！用词比较简单，但意义深刻！更重要的是每一篇都短小精悍！（符合你的要求哦）
1.《生火》杰克.伦敦 To Build a Fire (Jack LondonP
2.《厄谢尔府的倒塌》 爱伦.坡
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
3.《项链》莫泊桑 The Necklace (Guy de Maupassant)
4.《警察与赞美诗》欧.亨利 The Cop and the Anthem
(O Henry)
5.《麦琪的礼物》欧.亨利 Magi's gift (O Henry)
6.《最后一片藤叶》欧.亨利 The Last Leaf (O Henry)
7.《加利维拉县有名的跳蛙》马克.吐温 The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
（Mark Twain)
8.《人生的五种恩赐》马克.吐温
The Five Boons of Life （Mark Twain)
9.《三生客》 托马斯.哈代 The Three Strangers
(Thomas Hardy)
10.《敞开的落地窗》萨基 The Open Window (Saki)
11.《末代佳人》菲茨杰拉德 The Last of the Belles
(F.S.Fitzgerald)
12.《手》舍伍德.安德森 Hands
13.《伊芙琳》詹姆斯.乔伊斯 Eveline
14.《教长的黑色面纱》纳撒尼尔.霍桑

『贰』 求一篇英文短篇小说的英文赏析

你好！帮你在网上找的。只有找了麦琪的礼物，其他的知道这边也放不下。建议你要找英文的评析可以在谷歌搜索：review of 书本英文名
中文~（如果有时间，可以试着自己翻译，试练英文水平哈）
《麦琪的礼物》赏析
麦琪，是圣子耶稣诞生时前来送礼的三位智慧的贤人。他们首创了圣诞节馈赠礼物的风俗。在西方人看来，圣诞礼物是最可珍贵的，因而也希望自己获得的礼物是最有价值的“麦琪的礼物”。
美国著名作家欧·亨利在《麦琪的礼物》这篇小说中，用他笔调幽默又带有淡淡哀伤的艺术语言讲述了一个“没有曲折、不足为奇的故事”。以圣诞前夜馈赠礼物如此平常的题材创构的小说，在西方文坛并非罕见，其中也不乏精心之作，而欧·亨利的《麦琪的礼物》独自绝响，成为这类题材的杰作，确实是令人深思的。
首先，从内容上看。全篇以馈赠圣诞礼物为中心线，写了美国一对贫穷而恩爱的夫妇。这个家庭的主妇为了节省每个铜子儿，不得不“每次一个、两个向杂货铺、菜贩和肉店老板那儿死乞白赖地硬扣下来”。尽管如此，到圣诞前夕全家只剩下一块八毛七分钱。作家不用多费笔墨去写这个家庭的拮据困窘，只是简单地用“一块八毛七分钱”引出全篇。唯其如是，深爱丈夫的主妇德拉把这钱数了三遍，并因为无法为丈夫购得一件称心的“麦琪的礼物”而伤心地哭泣。欧·亨利最擅长用貌似平淡的话语作素描，去营构一种气氛，让读者沉湎其中，领味和思考人物的命运。“一块八毛七分钱”为这个“没有曲折、不足为奇的故事”营构的忧郁凄凉的气氛始终贯穿全文，即使写到夫妇看到礼物时的瞬时惊喜和欢乐时也明显地带有这种气氛袒露的伤痛。“人生是由啜泣、抽噎和微笑组成的，而抽噎占了其中绝大部分”。这句话似乎折射出欧·亨利对当时美国现实的深沉思考。作家写出了一对贫穷夫妇的痛苦，也在对人物思想性格和故事情节的描写中，把读者的趣味引向高尚的境界，给人以启迪，让人从中获得美的陶冶。这是《麦琪的礼物》这篇小说真正价值之所在。
德拉为了给丈夫心爱的金表配上一副精巧的表链，忍痛卖掉自己一头美丽的头发。那“美丽的头发披散在身上，像一股褐色的小瀑布，奔泻闪亮”，丈夫吉姆非常喜爱妻子这头美丽的褐发。他深知爱妻为了装扮头发对百老汇路上一家商店橱窗里陈列的玳瑁发梳渴望已久。为了在圣诞前夕给爱妻赠送玳瑁发梳作为有价值的“麦琪的礼物”，吉姆也忍痛卖掉了三代祖传的金表。德拉的美发和吉姆的金表，是这个贫穷家庭中唯一引为自豪的珍贵财产。为了对爱人表示深挚的爱，他们在圣诞之夜失去了这两件最珍贵的财产，换来了已无金表与之匹配的表链和已无美发借之装扮的发梳。瞬间的欢乐付出了昂贵的代价，而随之而来的无疑是深深的痛苦。欧·亨利经过对现实生活的深沉思考之后，精心筛选了这个故事的主要情节，使这类易入俗套的题材焕发出奇异动人的光彩。金表和美发，对这个每星期只收入20块钱的家庭来说是一笔不可复得的巨大财富。这个遗憾带来的苦涩感，使每个善良的读者心扉颤栗。这个凝聚着社会现实生活无法解决的真实矛盾(爱情和财富)因作家深沉的文笔而倍增真实，更能引起读者的怜悯和同情，并将他们引入更深刻的思考中去。欧·亨利的短篇小说一向不以奇诡情节取胜，揭示复杂的社会生活往往不过摄取其中一个镜头，但那种刻意追求的以情动人的独特艺术效果，却能透过“没有曲折、不足为奇的故事”冲击读者的心扉。德拉和吉姆为了一时的感情冲动，“极不聪明地为了对方牺牲了他们一家最宝贵的东西”，作家把他们称作“两个住在一间公寓里的笨孩子”。在那个唯金钱万能的社会中，他们的礼物不能算作是智慧的“麦琪的礼物”。但是，他们失去了财富，却加深了人世间最可宝贵的真挚的爱情。在爱情与财富的矛盾中他们为了前者牺牲了后者。所以，作家在小说末尾留下了一段意味深长的话：“让我们对目前一般聪明人说最后一句话，在所有馈赠礼物的人当中，他们两个是最聪明的……他们就是麦琪。”
小说揭示社会现实不靠说教，而是用人物感情起伏的发展变化引为脉络，启发读者去触摸、感受人物带有悲剧色彩的思想性格。在那个金钱可以买卖爱情，心理和感情出现畸变的社会中，德拉夫妇之间真挚深厚的爱充满了作家的理想主义的色彩。欧·亨利不写这个社会中金钱作贱爱情的罪恶，偏去写这个晦暗镜头中的诗情画意，去赞扬德拉夫妇的聪慧，这绝非常人手笔。所以，作品给人的不是消沉和晦暗，而是对美的追求和眷恋，从而把读者引向高尚的境界。
一般说来，短篇小说因其篇幅短小，要求作家以“少少许”胜“多多许”，就必须笔墨凝练，刻画人物风姿只能抓住一两个侧面去作速写勾勒。其难度在某种程度上未必比中、长篇小。欧·亨利的短篇常以他独具风格的感伤笔调和诙谐轻快的笔锋，去刻画人物和铺展情节，使笔下的形象富有立体感，并给人以不尽的余韵。《麦琪的礼物》正是这个艺术特色的代表作。裁剪精到的构思，对话般亲切的语言，微带忧郁的情调，使这个短篇在缕缕情感的光束中显露出丰厚的内涵，激发读者对爱情、金钱的价值的思考。作家细致地写德拉无钱为丈夫买礼物的焦灼心情，写德拉的美发，甚至写德拉上街卖发和买表链的全过程，却惜墨如金地避开了吉姆卖金表买发梳的经过。作家可以细致地描写吉姆回家后德拉担心失去美发会伤害吉姆的爱所作的一连串解释，却在吉姆讲完卖金表事之后戛然然止住全文。时而细致入微，时而寥寥数笔，读者仍能从那些不着文字之处领悟作家的弦外之音。这种寄实于虚，并兼用暗示和略写的手法，是《麦琪的礼物》所独具的。

以下是谷歌找到的英文评论：
Jim and Doller, though they are only the small potatoes who live in the lower classes, they never lost their fervency to their lives and love each other deeply, penury is so insignificant when it is in this warm sentiment. At the Christmas' Eve, they were still thinking about the presents they should give to each other, how romantic! Even though it seemed that these presents is no longer useful, they have been the most costful one in the world, like a sincere love to each other. March is a bright man, the most bright man, because he is a bright man, his presents are also bright presents. How ever our Jim and Doller, they immolated their most precious thins for another unadvisably. But let's say the last word to the current bright people, among all the people who gave presents those two was the most bright. Among all the people who not onil give but also receive, those two was also the most bright. Wherever they are the most bright. They give each other a invaluable thing with their loveness heart. However this invaluable thing, any of the person who always thinks he is the most bright or richest could has it, and couldn't give either. Christmas Day is coming now, dear friends, are ready?
英文评论："It is not surprising that 'The Gift of the Magi' still enjoys such widespread fame, for in this trite little tale of mutual self-sacrifice between husband and wife, O. Henry crystallized dramatically what the world in all its stored-up wisdom knows to be of fundamental value in ordinary family life. Unselfish love shared, regardless of the attendant difficulties or distractions--this is the idea repeatedly implied as a criterion in his fictional treatment of domestic affairs. If such love is present, life can be a great adventure transcending all drabness; if it is absent, nothing else can take its place....O. Henry wrote few stories of ordinary family life that approach in tenderness and universal appeal the qualities found in 'The Gift of the Magi'
by Current-Garcia

以下是摘自新浪博客《麦琪的礼物》英文读后感
《Impression of "The Gift of the Magi"》
It's a short story by O.Henry that has moved me for a long time.Maybe most of you are familar with its name,that is,The Gift of the Magi.I have read it many times but every time I like to read it slowly and deliberately.I think "The Gift of the Magi"
is meant to be savored.
Maybe there is no necessity for me to repeat the main idea of the story.But I'm so fascinated with the short story that I want to retell it yo you,and to myself.
It happened to a very poor but blissful young couple named Jim and Della in the end of 18th century in England.Because of the maladies of that society and the effect of economic crisis,they worked hard but earned little.Life is very hard for them.Despite of this,their love to each other and the enthusiasm for life didn't changed at all.When Chrismas day was approuching ,Della used the money she got from selling her beautiful hair which she treasured very much to give Jim a fob for his grandfather's pocket watch.But Jim had already sold that watch to buy Della tortoiseshell combs to wear in her long hair,not knowing she'd cut it off.
It appears that the gifts they gave each other have been useless.But I think they gave each other the best of what they had to make the other happy.Isn't that true love?We can image,in such rough conditions,as it said in the story,"Life is made up of sobs,sniffles,and smiles,with sniffles predominating."Its't absolute reasonable for them to be beaten by the misery.But the fact is that no matter how tough life had been,they would't lose heart.With strong faith and their love ,they did their best to make the other pleased."Whennever Mr. James came home and reached his flat ,above he was called 'Jim'and greatly hugged by Mrs. James."Maybe this account is the best description of their love and struggle against hard life.It was said that the povertier life is ,the firmer and truer love is."Actually,they'd given the very best they had out of love.
"They are too foolish children in a flat,who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house.But in a last word,to the wise of these days,let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest."Said the writer in the last paragraph.Yes,they are wisest.They are the magi.Are there any reasons for us not to show respect for the young couple?
I remind my grandparents.They have spent fifty years together.No romantic words,no stirring behaviours,just comman even pedestrian life.But I can say love exists in every detail of their life.They have gone through war period,three years' natural disasters,cultural revolution and so on.But no matter what happens,they are always considering for the other.Even now both of them have become old step by step,they still cared about each other.My grandparents,in my opinion,is a pair of lovers forever.
Love has nothing to do with money,possession or status.It's consideration,tolerance and respect.It's giving one's best to the other even it means sacrifice.It's affection which connects two persons' hearts,and it's reinforced by adversities.
Struggle against adversities.Nothing did they have,at least they owened love.Never give up as long as love exists.From"The Gift of the Magi",from Jim and Della and from my grandparents,I have learned a lot about love,life and hope.

『叁』 看什么英语短篇小说可以提高英语水平

先可以看经典英语短篇，积累词汇，差不多的时候再看小说，如 简爱 傲慢与偏见等。

『肆』 给我一篇英语短篇小说的简介

《 Million Pound Note》：

In 1903, American seaman Henry Adams (Gregory Peck) is stranded penniless in England and gets caught up in an unusual wager between two wealthy, eccentric brothers, Oliver (Ronald Squire) and Roderick Montpelier (Wilfrid Hyde-White). They persuade the Bank of England to issue a one million pound banknote, which they present to Adams in an envelope (only telling him that it contains some money). The reason for this is that Oliver believes that the mere existence of the note will enable the possessor to obtain whatever he needs, while Roderick contends that it would actually have to be spent for it to be of any use.

Once Adams gets over the shock of discovering how much the note is worth, he tries to return it to the brothers, but is told that they have left for a month. He then finds a letter in the envelope, explaining the wager and promising him a job if he can avoid spending the note for the month.

At first, everything goes as Oliver had predicted. Adams is mistaken for an eccentric millionaire and has no trouble getting food, clothes and a hotel suite on credit, just by showing his note. The story of the note is reported in the newspapers. Adams is welcomed into exclusive social circles, meeting the American ambassador and English aristocracy. He becomes very friendly with Portia Lansdowne (Jane Griffiths), the niece of the Duchess of Cromarty.

Then, fellow American Lloyd Hastings (Hartley Power) asks him to back a business venture. Hastings tells Adams that he does not have to put up any money himself; the mere association will allow Hastings to raise the money he needs to start up a gold mine by selling shares.

Trouble arises when the Duke of Frognal (A. E. Matthews), who had been unceremoniously evicted from the suite Adams now occupies, hides the note as a joke. When Adams is unable to proce the note, panic breaks out amongst the shareholders and Adams' creditors. Fortunately, all is straightened out in the end, and Adams is able to return the note to the Montpelier brothers at the end of the month.

『伍』 英语文学的发展

威廉四世逝世后，英国开始了长达63年的维多利亚女王统治时期（1837年至1901年）。这段时期是其工业革命和大英帝国的顶峰，号称“日不落帝国”，经济政治势力空前强盛，文学、艺术、建筑和科技都有很大发展。文学中体现岀的此时代精神风貌，既包括一整套高贵、体面、严肃、克制的道德体系，同时又深刻揭露岀当时飞速发展扩张的社会中种种残酷的阴暗面，如泛滥的卖淫嫖娼、雇佣童工现象，帝国主义无情剥削殖民地和工人阶级等等。不但描绘著上流社会雍容华贵、尔虞我诈的奢侈享乐状况，还讲述着中产阶级虚荣、挣扎着向上攀爬的刻意体面生活，又刻画岀下层人民食不果腹、艰辛困苦的悲惨境地。
19世纪后期到20世纪初期，爱尔兰产生了叶芝、萧伯纳、王尔德、乔伊斯等一批享誉世界的大文豪。这些人用英语写作的作品刻画了世纪之交英国、爱尔兰以及欧洲的社会景观、文学艺术思潮和民生百态，是英语文学中璀璨的明珠。
◆小说
维多利亚时期内，小说成为英语文学的主流形式。大多数作家都开始转向规模逐渐扩大的中产阶级，普通民众的品位喜好越来越比贵族资助者的更加具有诱惑力。
简·奥斯丁逝于1817年（维多利亚时代之前），处于浪漫主义文学和维多利亚文学之间的过渡期。她的小说从女性的视角描绘了没落贵族的生活，用讽刺幽默的笔法呈现出当时英格兰的社会问题，尤其是婚姻和金钱。
查尔斯·狄更斯于19世纪30年代岀现在文学舞台上，也采用了当时的连载岀版风潮。狄更斯重视描绘出伦敦日常生活的景观，尤其是下层社会穷人的挣扎与拼搏，不过笔法相对诙谐幽默，哪个阶层的读者都能够接受。早期的作品《匹克威克外传》等都是喜剧的经典之作。到后期，他的作品如《双城记》、《远大前程》等内容要严肃灰暗许多，但笔锋仍然未失讽刺夸张的特色。
其他著名的有勃朗特姐妹的作品、萨克雷的讽刺小说《名利场》、乔治·艾略特的现实主义小说和安东尼·特罗洛普对地主阶级日常生活的忠实刻画。
以托马斯·哈代为代表的一群小说家对乡村生活兴趣颇深，在作品中描绘出乡下地区迅速变迁的社会和经济环境以及对普通民众生活、心理的冲击与影响。
◆诗歌
这段时期重要的诗人包括丁尼生、罗伯特·勃朗宁和伊丽莎白·巴瑞特·勃朗宁夫妇，还有马修·阿诺德。约翰·拉斯金和罗塞蒂在诗歌方面也有很高成就。
◆戏剧
萧伯纳和奥斯卡·王尔德都是爱尔兰岀生的剧作家，大部分时间居住在英格兰，用英语写作。二人在19世纪末期的岀现象徴著爱尔兰戏剧的成熟。王尔德在当时的英格兰和美国都十分有名气，是唯美主义运动的倡导者。萧伯纳的作品则跨越了维多利亚时代，一战后仍然在创作；除此之外他还是著名的文学艺术评论家，但他在政治立场上亲斯大林，甚至有些发言能解读成亲希特勒，还说过一些反犹太主义的话，因此在这点上也是饱受后人批评。
◆其他
值得一提的还有儿童文学。最著名的是刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝梦游仙境》，其中运用大量的“胡话诗”和奇异的场景与对话描写。同样偏好“胡话诗”的还有爱德华·李尔。 1901年至1910年，英王爱德华七世在位，称作爱德华（七世）时期（有时这段时期也延伸到1914年或1918年）。乔治五世于1910年至1936年在位，经历了第一次世界大战。爱德华时期的英国社会对欧陆艺术和风尚十分痴迷，当时的阶级划分也最为僵化。经历维多利亚时期的殖民扩张，帝国主义和种族主义的思想在英语文学中较为普遍。现代主义运动在1910年左右也开始兴盛。一战过后，战争的残酷让很多文人放弃了“爱国主义”和帝国主义的主题。
印度出生的卢迪亚·吉卜林是20世纪初期受欢迎的英语作家之一。他的作品题材变化万千，包括小说、短篇小说和诗歌等等。内容大多数根据他在英国统治印度期间的亲身经历而来。吉卜林在一战前坚决支持帝国主义，也被后人抨击有强烈的种族主义和反犹太主义思想，因此在现当代的名声并不好。
◆诗歌
托马斯·哈代在1895年出版《无名的裘德》，书中阐述的婚姻道德观与当时社会格格不入，评论家和公众的狂轰滥炸导致他一怒之下放弃小说创作，转而写作诗歌。在20世纪前10年中，他是英语诗歌的代表人物之一。
《乔治诗集》（Georgian Poetry）是在乔治五世时期由爱德华·马什（Edward Marsh）编辑、哈罗德·门罗（Harold Monro）岀版的诗集，包括爱德蒙·布伦登、罗伯特·格雷夫斯、D.H.劳伦斯、德拉·梅尔、西格夫里·萨松等人。这些诗作所代表的时代处于极其古典的维多利亚文学之后，又在抛弃纯唯美主义的现代主义文学之前。乔治诗歌的共同点包括浪漫主义、感伤主义和享乐主义等情绪。
◆小说
约瑟夫·康拉德是波兰岀生的英国小说家。他的作品融合了浪漫主义和现实主义，又涉及现代人的暧昧道德观。所以不少评论家认为他是现代主义文学的先驱。他的小说通常围绕水手和大海的主题展开。 二战后
1998年07月，美国兰登书屋的《当代文库》编辑小组选出了“20世纪百大英文小说”。这份排名书单一公布，引起举世回响和评论。

『陆』 经典英语短篇小说的介绍

《经典英语短篇小说》是2010年世界图书出版公司出版的图书。

『柒』 英语短篇小说

你可以抄看“书虫”
书虫”是外语教袭学与研究出版社和牛津大学出版社共同奉献给广大英语学习者的一大精品。书虫在英语中大概是颇可爱的形象。想象一下，有那么一只勤勉的小虫，它如痴如醉地沉迷于书卷，孜孜不倦地咀嚼着字母……
如今这只“书虫”漂洋过海，轻盈地落在了中国英语学习者的掌中。“书虫”首先将给你自信，即使你目前只有几百的词汇量，也可以不太费劲地阅览世界名作了。书虫还会用它细细的鸣叫声不停地提醒你：要坚持不懈地读下去，要广泛而丰富地读下去。待到读完丛书系列中的最后一本，你也许会突然发现：你已经如蛹画碟，振翅欲翔了！
第五级：2000生词量，适合高一学生，共4本。
1、《远大前程》 （已收录）
2、《大卫·科波菲尔》 （已收录）
3、《呼啸山庄》 （已收录）
4、《远离尘嚣》 （已收录）
第六级：2300生词量，适合高二、高三学生，共4本
1、《简·爱》
2、《雾都孤儿》 （已收录）
3、《傲慢与偏见》
4、《苔丝》 （已收录）

『捌』 英语短篇小说要素解析

背英文小说

『玖』 经典英语短篇小说的内容简介

《经典英语短篇小说(英汉对照)》内容简介：文学作品以其丰富的文化、历专史、人文内涵给语言属学习者营造了一种远离对象语使用人群和国度的真实语言情景，这便是文学所具有的“情景再造”或者“情景模拟”功能。长期的语言教学实践证明，文学作品的阅读对任何一种语言的学习来说，都是一个非常有效的途径和手段，对英语学习也不例外，这是我们编写这套英语文学系列丛书的基本出发点。

『拾』 跪求3-5篇英语短篇小说的主要内容与人物评价！！！（用英文！~）

2. In a small town of st petersburg, have a very naughty, but a good boy, tom, he hates school for the insipidity of the life, hoping that can and the like the exciting life. one day, tom and huckleberry had left home and went to a desert island, a few days of his life. they know that a case, a critical moment, tom has a very fierce ： joe. tom was afraid of retaliation by joe,Was always uneasy. he and huckleberry a haunted house when he found joe, then the murderer death in the cave. tom and huck ley had a lot of coins.

1。 old man and the sea is a fisherman eighty-four days have hooked a fish, and nearly died of hunger ； but he still wouldn't admit defeat in the eighty-fifth day catches a great fish. fish mullin pulled the boat to the sea, but the old man still held, even if there is no water, no food, no, no, he does not lose heart. after two days and nights later, he eventually killed the fish, and put it on a ship.But many of the shark was immediately come to rob him of killing them, all ； him to last only a broken on the tiller as a weapon. however, the fish were still wet, finally, the old man just dragged a 鱼骨 head. he went home in bed, from dreams of yesteryear to find a good time.