英美短篇小說解析（簡體書）

《英美短篇小說解析》精選了26位英語短篇小說巨匠的代表作品，將短篇小說要素和文本閱讀有機結合，涵蓋了英美文學發展的主要階段。所選作品力求兼具思想性和文學性、故事性和多樣性，以提高學生的閱讀興趣，讓學生充分領略文學作品的魅力。在培養學生文本釋讀能力的同時，增強學生對西方文學及文化的瞭解，提高學生的跨文化交際能力。《英美短篇小說解析》適合英語專業本科學生以及有英語水準的讀者使用。

Part One Essential Elements of Short Stories
Chapter One Plot
Story One After Twenty Years
Story Two Period Piece：The Case of Lord Cornphillip

Chapter Two Character
Story One Pauls Case： A Study iTemperament
Story Two A Respectable Woman

Chapter Three Setting
Story One The Black Cat
Story Two A New England Nun

Chapter Four Point of View
Story One The Melancholy Hussar of the GermaLegion
Story Two The Lagoon

Chapter Five Theme
Story One The Ministers Black Veil
Story Two The GardeParty

Chapter Six Style
Story One Cannibalism ithe Cars
Story Two A Clean， Well-Lighted Place
Part Two Types of Short Stories

Chapter SeveThe MaupassantiaStories
Story One The Interlopers
Story Two The Lottery
Story Three AOccurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Story Four The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
Story Five The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Chapter Eight The ChekhoviaStories
Story One A Little Cloud
Story Two The Law of Life
Story Three The Egg
Story Four The Horse Dealers Daughter
Story Five BabyloRevisited

Chapter Nine The Poe Stories
Story One The Hammer of God
Story Two A Rose for Emily
Story Three Thou Art the Man
Story Four The Yellow Wallpaper
Story Five The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
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《英美短篇小說解析》： Thiscircumstance， however， only endeared it to my wife， who， as I have already said，possessed， ia high degree， that humanity of feeling which had once beemydistinguishing trait， and the source of many of my simplest and purest pleasures. With my aversion20 to this cat， however， its partiality for myself seemed to increase.It followed my footsteps with a pertinacity21 which it would be difficult to make the readerprehend. Whenever I sat， it would crouch beneath my chair， or spring upomyknees， covering me with its loathsome caresses. If I arose to walk it would get betweenmy feet and thus nearly throw me down， or， fastening its long and sharp claws imy dress， clamber， ithis manner， to my breast. At such times， although I longed to destroyit with a blow， I was yet withheld from so doing， partly it at by a memory of my formercrime， but chiefly-let me confess it at once-by absolute dread of the beast. This dread was not exactly a dread of physical evil-and yet I should be at a loss howotherwise to define it. I am almost ashamed to own-yes， eveithis felons cell， I amalmost ashamed to own-that the terror and horror with which the animal inspired me，had beeheightened by one of the merest chimaeras22 it would be possible to conceive. Mywife had called my attention， more thaonce， to the character of the mark of white hair，of which I have spoken， and which constituted the sole visible difference betweethestrange beast and the one I had destroyed. The reader will remember that this mark，although large， had beeoriginally very indefinite； but， by slow degrees-degrees nearlyimperceptible， and which for a long time my Reasostruggled to reject as fanciful-ithad， at length， assumed a rigorous distinctness of outline. It was now the representatioof aobject that I shudder to name-and for tlus， above all， I loathed， and dreaded， andwould have rid myself of the monster had I dared-it was now， I say， the image of ahideous-of a ghastly thing-of the GALLOWS! -oh， mournful and terrible engine ofHorror and of Crime-of Agony and of Death! And now was I indeed wretched beyond the wretchedness of mere Humanity. And a brute beast-whose fellow I had contemptuously destroyed-a brute beast to work out for me-for me a man， fashioned ithe image of the High God-so much of insufferable wo! Alas! neither by day nor by night knew I the blessing of Rest any more ! During the former the creature left me no moment alone； and， ithe latter， I started， hourly， from dreamsof unutterable fear， to find the hot breath of the thing upomy face， and its vast weight-aincamate Night-Mare that I had no power to shake off-incumbent eternally upomy heart! Beneath the pressure of torments such as these， the feeble remnant of the good withime succumbed. Evil thoughts became my sole intimates-the darkest and most evil of thoughts. The moodiness of my usual temper increased to hatred of all things and of all mankind； while， from the sudden， frequent， and ungovernable outbursts of a fury to which I now blindly abandoned myself， my unplaining wife， alas! was the most usual and the most patient of sufferers. One day she acpanied me， uposome household errand， into the cellar of the old building which our poverty pelled us to inhabit. The cat followed me dowthe steep stairs， and， nearly throwing me headlong， exasperated me to madness. Uplifting aaxe，and forgetting， imy wrath， the childish dread which had hitherto stayed my hand， I aimed a blow at the animal which， of course， would have proved instantly fatal had it descended as I wished. But this blow was arrested by the hand of my wife. Goaded， by the interference， into a rage more thademoniacal25 ， I withdrew my arm from her grasp and buried the axe iher brain. She fell dead upothe spot， without a groan. This hideous murder acplished， I set myself forthwith， and with entire deliberation， to the task of concealing the body. I knew that I could not remove it from the house， either by day or by night， without the risk of being observed by the neighbors. Many projects entered my mind. At one period I thought of cutting the corpse into minute fragments， and destroying them by fire. At another， I resolved to dig a grave for it ithe floor of the cellar. Again， I deliberated about casting it ithe well ithe yard-about packing it ia box， as if merchandize， with the usual arrangements， and so getting a porter to take it from the house. Finally I hit upowhat I considered a far better expedient thaeither of these. I determined to wall it up ithe cellar-as the monks of the middle ages are recorded to have walled up their victims. For a purpose such as this the cellar was well adapted. Its walls were loosely constructed， and had lately beeplastered throughout with a rough plaster， which the dampness of the atmosphere had prevented from hardening. Moreover， ione of the walls was a projection， caused by a false chimney， or fireplace， that had beefilled up， and made to resemble the rest of the cellar. I made no doubt that I could readily displace the at this point， insert the corpse， and wall the whole up as before， so that no eye could detect anything suspicious. ……