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英语泛读推荐书单
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BritishLiterature
AuthorBook
JaneAustenPrideandPrejudice
SenseandSensibility
Emma
ArnoldBennettTheOldWives’Tale
CharlotteBrontëJaneEyre
EmilyBrontëWutheringHeights
LewisCarrollAlice’sAdventuresinWonderland
AgathaChristieMurderontheOrientExpress
DeathontheNile
JosephConradHeartofDarkness
DanielDefoeRobinsonCrusoe
CharlesDickensDavidCopperfield
OliverTwist
ATaleofTwoCities
HardTimes
SirArthurC.DoyleTheAdventuresofSherlockHolmes
DaphneDuMaurierRebecca
E.M.ForsterAPassagetoIndia
JohnFowlesTheFrenchLieutenant’sWoman
WilliamGoldingLordoftheFlies
ThomasHardyTessoftheD’Urbervilles
JamesJoyceAPortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan
Ulysses
CharlesLambTalesfromShakespeare
D.H.LawrenceSonsandLovers
TheRainbow
TheWhitePeacock
W.SomersetMaughamTheMoonandSixpence
IrisMurdochTheBlackPrince
GeorgeOrwellNineteenEighty-four
AnimalFarm
SirWalterScottIvanhoe
RobertLouisStevensonTreasureIsland
JonathanSwiftGulliver’sTravels
WilliamM.ThackerayVanityFair
H.G.WellsTheInvisibleMan
OscarWildeThePictureofDorianGray
VirginiaWoolfMrsDalloway
AmericanLiterature
AuthorBook
TheodoreDreiserSisterCarrie
WilliamFaulknerTheSoundandtheFury
F.ScottFitzgeraldTheGreatGatsby
NathanielHawthorneTheScarletLetter
JosephHellerCatch-22
ErnestHemingwayTheSunAlsoRises
TheOldManandtheSea
AFarewelltoArms
JackLondonTheCalloftheWild
MargaretMitchellGonewiththeWind
VladimirNabokovLolita
J.D.SalingerTheCatcherintheRye
JohnSteinbeckTheGrapesofWrath
WilliamStyronSophie’sChoice
HarrietBeecherStoweUncleTom’sCabin
MarkTwainTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn
FrenchLiterature
AutherBook
VictorHugoTheHunchbackofNotreDame
AlexanderDumas(大仲马)TheManintheIronMask
TheThreeMusketeers
TheCountofMonte-Cristo
AlexanderDumasfils(小仲马)TheLadyoftheCamillas
GastonLerouxThePhantomoftheOpera
Stendhal(斯汤达)TheRedandtheBlack
World’sbestsellingbooksofalltimes
Bible
TheBibleisoneofthetopmostsellingbooksofalltime.Thisisdividedintotwosections-theOldTestamentandtheNewTestament.Therearemanytranslationsofthesamethatcanbefoundinmajorbookstores.Currently,thereareapproximately438translationsofthefullBibleinvariouslanguages.
ATaleofTwoCities
CharlesDickensisknownforhisgreatworksanda'TaleofTwoCities'isafineexample,whichalsorankshighasonethebestsellingbooksaroundtheworld.ThishistoricalnoveliswrittenduringthetimeoftheFrenchRevolution.ItissetagainstthebackdropofLondon,Paris,EnglandandFrance.
TheLordoftheRings
Oneofthebestsellersoftherecenttimes,TheLordoftheRingsisafantasynovelthatisveryextensiveandconsistsofthreeparts.J.R.R.Tolkienbeganthisworkasasequeltooneofhisearlierworkstitled,'TheHobbit'.Thisbroughtaboutanewmarketforfantasybooksowingtothepopularityofthiscategory.'TheLordoftheRings'hasalsobeenmadesuccessfullyintoafilm-atotalof3innumber.
AndThenThereWereNone
AgathaChristiehasalwaysbeenknownforherdetectivefiction.'AndThenThereWereNone'isknowntheworldoverasoneofthebestsellingmysterybooksofalltime!
Thisbookwasfirstpublishedwithadifferenttitle-'TenLittleIndians'.Ithasalsobeenadaptedforaplayandafilm.
TheDaVinciCode
ThisbookisknownasprobablyoneofauthorDanBrown'sbestworks.'TheDaVinciCode'wasoneofthemostpopularmysterynovels.Thisbookcreatedalotofcontroversyanddespitealltheproblemsitfaced,ithasbeenoneofthemajorsuccessesinrecenttimes.Thebookhaslaterbeenprintedwithspecialillustrationstosupportthetextmatterandtherewasalsoafilmreleasedwiththesametitle.
AnneofGreenGables
Thisbookwasinitiallymeantforallages,butintherecenttimesithasbeentermedasachildren'sbook.AuthorLucyMaudMontgomerywrotethisbookwhenshewasinspiredbyastoryshehadwrittenduringherchildhooddays.Today,therearemanytouristattractionsdevelopedwithabaseonthisstory.
BlackBeauty
Thisbookisanautobiographyofahighbredhorseandthestoryofhislife.Theauthor,AnnaSewell,talksaboutthishorsenamedBlackBeautyandtheincidentsthatrevolvearoundhim,allofwhichhaveastorytotell.Theauthor'sprimaryaimwastointroduceactsofkindnessforhorsesandanimalsingeneral.Thisbeautifulstoryalsorankshighinthetoplistoftheworld'sbestsellingbooks.
TheAlchemist
OneofPauloCoelho'sfamousworks,'TheAlchemist'isallaboutfollowingyourdreams.ThestoryrevolvesaroundaboynamedSantiagowhohasadreamthattalksaboutahiddentreasure.Santiagothenbeginshistravel,whichultimatelyrevolvesaroundhowapersonshouldfollowone'sdream.
HarryPotterSeries
J.K.RowlingcreatedasensationwithherHarryPotterseries.Theseseriesthatconsistofsevennovelsarebasedpurelyonthefantasyworld.ItunravelsthestoryofayoungwizardnamedHarryPotterandhisseriesofadventureswithfriends,RonWeasleyandHermioneGranger.Thesevenserieshavecreatedasensation,whichultimatelysawthereleaseofthemoviesaswell.
ToKillaMockingbird
Thisnoveldealswithmanyissueswithafinetouchofhumor.'ToKillaMockingbird'wasalsoadaptedforafilmthatevenwonattheOscars.WrittenbyHarperLee,thestorytakesplaceduringthetimeoftheGreatDepression.Italsodealswithracialinjustice.ThisnovelhaswonthePulitzerPrize.
GonewiththeWind
Oneofthemostpopularsellingnovelsofalltimes,'GonewiththeWind'iswrittenbyMargaretMitchellandhaswonthePulitzerPrize.Thestoryrevolvesaroundthecharacter,ScarlettO'HaraandherexperiencesduringtheCivilWarandpost-CivilWarperiod.ThisAmericannovelhaswonthePulitzerPrizeandthestorywaslateradaptedforafilmwhichevenwontheAcademyAwards.
RichDadPoorDad
ThisbookrevolvesaroundhelpingpeoplebecomefinanciallyindependentandiswritteninaveryinterestingmannerbyRobertKiyosakiandSharonLechter.Thestorytalksabouttwomenandtheirworkandlife.It'saboutthinkingdifferentlyandinvestingmoneywisely!
Thisbookhasdrawnlotofcriticismaswell.
TheWindintheWillows
Aclassicintruesense,thisbookisapartofchildren'sliteratureandissetagainstthebackdropofEngland.Itisbasedonanimalcharacters.WrittenbyKennethGrahame,ithasafinemixofadventureandstoriesbasedonfriendship.Therearesomebeautifulillustratedversionsofthesame.
TheGodfather
MarioPuzopennedthiscrimenovelthatbecameoneofthebiggestsensations!
ThestoryrevolvesaroundtheunderworldandcentersmainlyontheCorleonefamily.Theemphasisisnotonlyontheunderworldbutfamilyissuesaswell.Thebookhasbeenadaptedforfilmwithsequelsforthesame.
TheCatintheHat
Anotherbestsellingbookthatbelongstothechildren'ssectionis'TheCatintheHat'.Thecatisseeninsixofsuchchildren'sbookwrittenbyDr.Seuss.Thecatisportrayedinthetypicalcostumeofaredandwhite-strippedhat.Theseserieshavealsobeenadaptedforafilm.
WhoMovedMyCheese?
Thisbookrevolvesaroundfourcharactersnamelytwomiceandtwominiaturehumans.ThisisbasicallyamotivationalbookwrittenbySpencerJohnson.Itiswritteninaninterestingstylethattellsthetaleofthehuntforcheese.ThisbookisalsoratedasNewYorkTimesbestseller.
CharlieandtheChocolateFactory
Abooktargetedforchildren,thestoryisaboutacharactercalledCharlieBucketandthechocolatefactory.WrittenbyRoaldDahl,thisbookhasalsobeenadaptedforamovie.
NoddySeries
BritishauthorEnidBlytonisknownforherwonderfulseriesofchildren'sliterature.NoddyisacompletecreationofEnidBlytonandthestoryrevolvesaroundhisadventuresinToyland.Noddyisactuallyawoodentoythatrunsawayfromthewoodsmanwhocarveshim.NoddythensettlesinToyland.Thistoyisportrayedasaverykindandhonestpersonandchildrencanlearnalotfromhistales!
Noddyalsohashisveryowntelevisionshow!
EnidBlytonisalsoknownforher'Famous5'and'5Findouters'series.
NancyDrewSeries
NancyDrewhasalwaysbeenoneofthemostpopularamateursleuthsamongstyoungsters.NancyDrewwasportrayedasateenagerwhohastheknackofsolvingmysteriesaccompaniedbyherfaithfulfriends,GeorgeFayneandBessMarvin.TheearlyserieswerewrittenbyEdwardStratemeyerandtargetedtheyoungreaders.Afterhim,MildredA.WirtBensoncontinuedwith23series.Thesestorieswereallwrittenunderthename,'CarolynKeene'.TheNancyDrewFileswereaimedatslightlyoldergroupofteenagers.TheNancyDrewserieshavealsobeenusedformovies.
PeterRabbitSeries
PeterRabbitisalsooneoftheworld'sbestsellingbooksofalltime.Thisrabbitisalwaysseeninabrightbluecoatandshoesmadeofwood.ThePeterRabbitseriesisimmenselypopularwithchildren.TheseseriesarewrittenbyBeatrixPotter.
Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie-the-Poohisacutelittlebearwhosetaleshavebeentranslatedinmanylanguages.Theseries,writtenbyA.A.MilneisbasedonMilne'sson'steddybear.In1930,StephenSlesingerboughttherightsto'Winnie-the-Pooh'andthenmarketedthesameforthenext20yea