《傲慢与偏见》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，是英国作家简?奥斯丁创作的长篇小说。小说的背景是18世纪末至19世纪初的英国，全书围绕中产阶级家庭贝内特一家的故事展开。主角是二女儿伊丽莎白，她在舞会上认识了达西，但是耳闻他为人傲慢，一直对他心生排斥，经历一番周折，伊丽莎白解除了对达西的偏见，达西也放下傲慢，有情人终成眷属。这部作品以日常生活为素材，一反当时社会上流行的感伤小说内容和矫揉造作的写作方法，生动反映了当时处于保守和闭塞状态下的英国乡镇生活和世态人情。
《简?爱》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，是英国作家夏洛蒂?勃朗特于1847年发表的长篇小说。该小说以简?爱的成长历程为主线，描绘了她对自我和真爱的追求，展现了她不安于现状，独立自主，自尊自强，勇敢坚韧的品质。小说发表之初在英国文坛引起轰动，被认为是一部具有浓厚浪漫主义色彩的现实主义小说，也是一部带有自传色彩的作品，是夏洛蒂?勃朗特 诗意的生平写照 。《简?爱》被英国小说家萨克雷赞誉为 一位伟大天才的杰作 。
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. You are walking through the streets of London. It is getting dark and you want to get home quickly. You enter a narrow side-street. Everything is quiet, but as you pass the door of a large, windowless building, you hear a key turning in the lock. A man comes out and looks at you. You have never seen him before, but you realize immediately that he hates you. You are shocked to discover, also, that you hate him. Who is this man that everybody hates? And why is he coming out of the laboratory of the very respectable Dr Jekyll? CEFR B1-B2 Word count 12,520
《苔丝》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，是英国作家托马斯?哈代最著名的长篇小说之一。天真烂漫的少女苔丝?德北被亚历克?德伯侵犯后生下一子，幼子不幸夭折。苔丝在牛奶厂工作时与安吉尔?克莱尔两情相悦，安吉尔却在得知苔丝过往经历后远走他乡，苔丝独自面对艰难处境，与前来纠缠的亚历克发生冲突，最终被捕。托马斯?哈代通过苔丝的悲剧命运表达了对艰难求存的英国乡村劳动阶层的同情，谴责了维多利亚时代严苛的社会道德标准，苔丝面对困境时表现出顽强的生命力，彰显了哈代作品中崇高的悲剧精神。
《都柏林人》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，是爱尔兰作家詹姆斯?乔伊斯久负盛名的短篇小说集。该作品创作于1904年，以都柏林的市民生活为主题，具有鲜明的现实主义风格，为乔伊斯后来的作品奠定了基础。乔伊斯采用白描的手法，用15个短篇故事，分别从少年、青年、中老年的几个角度展现了当时都柏林中下层市民的生活百态，把当时弥漫于整个爱尔兰社会的麻不仁、死气沉沉的精神状态表现得淋漓尽致。《都柏林人》体现了乔伊斯对人生和社会的深刻观察的思考，并以叙事技巧的革新、精练而深刻的语言风格，影响了后世作家。
《雾都孤儿》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，本书是19世纪初英国文学史上的一部长篇小说。该小说以 雾都 伦敦为背景，讲述了孤儿奥利弗的悲惨遭遇和他与恶势力作斗争的故事。奥利弗在济贫院出生并长大，饱受欺凌，终于逃脱之后，却误入贼窝，被迫与盗匪为伍，但他心性善良，不愿与坏人同流合污，所幸，在一系列机缘巧合之中，在众多善良人的帮助之下，奥利弗成功查明身世并获得了幸福。本书通过一个孤儿的遭遇，描述了正义与邪恶之间的斗争，赞美了人性的善良，抨击了虚伪的慈善机构和极差的社会治安，揭露了当时英国社会存在的贫富不均和道德堕落等问题。
《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本。小说中，年轻的亨利?巴斯克维尔继承了一笔丰厚的财产，却受到三百多年来有关 巴斯克维尔的猎犬 的家族诅咒。家族继承者们相继去世，且现场都会出现这只庞大的猎犬。福尔摩斯和华生接受了亨利先生的委托，前往巴斯克维尔庄园调查此事。最终，福尔摩斯揭开了真相并解救了巴斯克维尔家族的命运。该书是福尔摩斯系列故事中最著名的一部侦探小说，其影响力强大且持久，为推动英国小说发展做出了重要贡献。
《远大前程》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，是英国作家查尔斯?狄更斯晚年写成的长篇小说，成书于1860年至1861年之间。全书叙述了孤儿匹普从7岁开始的三个人生阶段。作者通过主人公视角的自我审视，把一个孩子的蜕变描绘得合情合理，真实可信 由于经济和社会地位的变化，本性淳朴善良的孩子竟会变得虚伪，忘恩负义，是非颠倒，但在真相与真情面前，善良的品质最终占据上风，将主人公从歧路拉回正途。整部小说人物刻画细腻入微，语言生动自然，情节紧凑而引人入胜，既具有深刻的社会意义，又具有极强的艺术感染力。
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. You are walking through the streets of London. It is getting dark and you want to get home quickly. You enter a narrow side-street. Everything is quiet, but as you pass the door of a large, windowless building, you hear a key turning in the lock. A man comes out and looks at you. You have never seen him before, but you realize immediately that he hates you. You are shocked to discover, also, that you hate him. Who is this man that everybody hates? And why is he coming out of the laboratory of the very respectable Dr Jekyll? CEFR B1-B2 Word count 12,520
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. When Christmas comes for the four March girls, there is no money for expensive presents and they give away their Christmas breakfast to a poor family. But there are no happier girls in America than Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. They miss their father, of course, who is away at the Civil War, but they try hard to be good so that he will be proud of his 'little women' when he comes home. This heart-warming story of family life has been popular for more than a hundred years. CEFR B1-B2 Word count 14,920
《双城记》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，是狄更斯于1859年发表的一部小说，被公认为是19世纪英国文学的巅峰之作，也是世界文学史上的经典。书名中的 双城 指的是巴黎与伦敦。小说将巴黎、伦敦两个大城市连结起来，以无辜面临牢狱之灾的马内特医生和一心想要复仇的德法尔热夫妇的悲惨遭遇为线索，讲述法国贵族的一系列行为如何引起民众不满。此外，故事中间还穿插了法国贵族青年查尔斯和英国律师助手西德尼这一对双子星迥异的人生际遇。
《格列佛游记》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本。小说讲述了主人公格列佛误入小人国、巨人国、飞岛国、慧骃国的旅行奇遇，故事情节妙趣横生，细节描写翔实，语言辛辣幽默。该书以其尖锐的批判精神和独特的幽默感获得读者的一致赞誉，作者乔纳森?斯威夫特不仅深刻地揭示和讽刺了当时欧洲各国的政治和社会弊端，还对社会贫困、疾病和不公等问题进行了反思和探讨，引起了广泛的社会关注。《格列佛游记》出版几个世纪以来，被翻译成几十种语言，在世界各国广为流传，成为一部经典的长篇游记体讽刺小说。
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Tom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes swimming and fishing, and having adventures with his friends. And he has a lot of adventures. One night, he and his friend Huck Finn go to the graveyard to look for ghosts. They don't see any ghosts that night. They see something worse than a ghost - much, much worse... CEFR A1-A2 Word count 5,825
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. In the jungle of Southern India the Seeonee Wolf- Pack has a new cub. He is not a wolf - he is Mowgli, a human child, but he knows nothing of the world of men. He lives and hunts with his brothers the wolves. Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther are his friends and teachers. And Shere Khan, the maneating tiger, is his enemy. Kipling's famous story of Mowgli's adventures in the jungle has been loved by young and old for more than a hundred years. CEFR A2-B1 Word count 6,510
《三十九级台阶》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，是英国作家约翰?巴肯所著的一部精彩的冒险小说，对后世此类小说的创作产生了深远影响。该小说以第一次世界大战爆发前为背景，讲述了一个扣人心弦的冒险故事。主人公理查德?汉内长期生活在非洲，回到伦敦后，他遇到了斯卡德先生，从而被卷入一场跨国阴谋之中。后来斯卡德先生遇害，汉内成为警方通缉的对象，同时德国黑暗组织也对他穷追不舍。他不断与追捕者斗智斗勇，并且破译了斯卡德留下的密码，找到了 三十九级台阶 中蕴藏的关键信息，最终成功挫败了黑暗组织的阴谋。
《呼啸山庄》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，是19世纪英国文学史上一部著名的长篇小说，讲述了英国约克郡荒原上两户人家两代人之间的爱情纠葛。整部小说充满强烈的反压迫、争幸福的斗争精神，又笼罩着离奇、紧张的浪漫气氛。《呼啸山庄》在英国小说中占据了一个显著的位置，被公认为英国文学史上一部 奇特的小说 ，人们经常探讨它关于人类悲痛与渴望的强烈主题和复杂巧妙的叙事结构。根据这部小说改编的影视作品至今久演不衰。
《化身博士》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，是英国作家罗伯特?路易斯?史蒂文森所著的一本科幻、悬疑小说。小说中，杰基尔博士是位受人尊敬、善良慷慨的绅士，但在他平易近人的外表下，还深藏一个肆意妄为的自己。一天，杰基尔发明了一种试剂，喝下它后，杰基尔就变成了爱德华?海德。慢慢的，海德越来越不受控制，最后筋疲力尽的杰基尔在痛苦与绝望结束了自己不幸又矛盾的一生。该书一出版就受到广泛关注，被译成多种语言，多次被改编成电影、话剧等，被认为是探讨人性、道德观念以及双重人格等问题的经典作品。
《纯真年代》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，是美国作家伊迪丝?华顿于1920年发表的现实主义长篇小说。故事发生在19世纪70年代末80年代初的纽约上流社会，讲述了上流阶层贵公子纽兰与门当户对的梅及其表姐之间的情感故事。华顿从自己的亲身经历与熟悉的环境中取材，从独特的视角，用大量细腻的环境和心理描写，探讨了美国 镀金时代 上流阶层中女性的命运和地位以及人性中的纠结和矛盾。《纯真年代》被兰登书屋评为 20世纪百大英文小说 。
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. There, on top of the mushroom, was a large caterpillar, smoking a pipe. After a while the Caterpillar took the pipe out of its mouth and said to Alice in a slow, sleepy voice, 'Who are you?' What strange things happen when Alice falls down the rabbit-hole and into Wonderland! She has conversations with the Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat, goes to the Mad Hatter's tea party, plays croquet with the King and Queen of Hearts... CEFR A2-B1 Word count 6,315
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. We must leave for Zenda at once, to find the King!' cried Sapt. 'If we're caught, we'll all be killed!' So Rudolf Rassendyll and Sapt gallop through the night to find the King of Ruritania. But the King is now a prisoner in the Castle of Zenda. Who will rescue him from his enemies, the dangerous Duke Michael and Rupert of Hentzau? And who will win the heart of the beautiful Princess Flavia? CEFR B1 Word count 10,710
《红字》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，是美国作家纳撒尼尔?霍桑创作的优秀长篇小说。《红字》讲述了17世纪新英格兰地区的一个悲剧。年轻的妻子赫斯特?普林与牧师相恋并生下女儿，为世人所不容。她一直戴着表示自己所犯错误的红字A，不肯告知情人身份，懦弱的情人内心备受煎熬，赫斯特的丈夫则在发现秘密后决定复仇。这部小说体现了清教主义社会对人性的压抑和摧残，也表达了霍桑本人的罪恶观，即人应当敢于正视罪恶的存在，从负罪感中解脱。
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. You are in a small plane, going across the Rocky Mountains. Suddenly, the engine starts to make strange noises... Soon you are alone, in the snow, at the top of a mountain, and it is very, very cold. Can you find your way out of the mountain? CEFR A1 Word count 1,540
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Soon I felt something alive moving along my leg and up my body to my face, and when I looked down, I saw a very small human being, only fifteen centimetres tall... I was so surprised that I gave a great shout.' But that is only the first of many surprises which Gulliver has on his travels. He visits a land of giants and a flying island, meets ghosts from the past and horses which talk... CEFR B1-B2 Word count 15,325
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Gatsby's mansion on Long Island blazes with light, and the beautiful, the wealthy, and the famous drive out from New York to drink Gatsby's champagne and to party all night long. But Jay Gatsby, the owner of all this wealth, wants only one thing - to find again the woman of his dreams, the woman he has held in his heart and his memory for five long years. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, is one of the great American novels of the twentieth century. It captures perfectly the Jazz Age of the 1920s, and goes deep into the hollow heart of the American Dream. CEFR B2 Word count 23,445
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Is there anyone who has not looked at the dark sky, and the shining points of light above us, and asked themselves questions about what is out there? Where did our planet come from? When did the universe begin? Could we live on another planet? And one question above all - is there life anywhere else in space? Begin a journey into space - where spacecraft travel at thousands of kilometres an hour, temperatures are millions of degrees, and a planet may be hard rock - or a ball of gas. In space, everything is extraordinary... CEFR B1 Word count 9,311
