《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 。
《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。
《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。
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. Little Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered, disagreeable child. When her parents die in India, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle in a big, lonely, old house. There is nothing to do all day except walk in the gardens - and watch the robin flying over the high walls of the secret garden... which has been locked for ten years. And no one has the key. CEFR B1 Word count 10,715
《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。
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 a city in Arabia there lives a boy called Aladdin. He is poor and often hungry, but one day he finds an old lamp. When he rubs the lamp, smoke comes out of it, and then out of the smoke comes a magical jinnee. With the jinnee's help, Aladdin is soon rich, with gold and jewels and many fine things. But can he win the love of the Sultan's daughter, the beautiful Princess Badr-al-Budur? CEFR A1-A2 Word count 5,240
《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。
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. It is the year 2522, and the planet Earth is dying. The Artificial Ozone Layer is only 300 years old, but it is breaking up. Now the sun is burning down on Earth. There is no water. Without water, nothing can live. Trees die, plants die, animals die, people die... In a colony under the moon, people wait for news - news from home, news from the planet Earth. And in a spaceship high above Earth, a young man watches numbers on a computer screen. The numbers tell a story, and the young man is afraid. The planet Earth is burning, burning... CEFR A1-A2 Word count 5,320
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. Please, Mr Murdstone! Don't beat me! I've tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!' sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather's hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of trouble and misery and cruelty. But he also finds laughter and kindness, trust and friendship... and love. CEFR B2 Word count 24,770
《理智与情感》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。小说中，埃莉诺与玛丽安两姐妹出生在英国的一个乡绅家庭。姐姐埃莉诺明事理、言行谨慎，懂得克制感情；妹妹玛丽安天真热情、行事感性。两姐妹各自的爱情风波迭起。《理智与情感》反映了当时英国中产阶级的生活和价值观，也对爱情、婚姻、亲情等问题作出了独特的解读，其中的人物形象和情节具有深刻的现实意义和社会价值，对英国小说的发展和英国文学史的演变产生了深远的影响。
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
《名利场》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，是19世纪英国长篇小说的经典之一。《名利场》以1815年滑铁卢战争为背景，围绕两位女主人公利蓓加和爱米莉亚的爱情和生活经历展开。作者通过对各种人物的刻画，向读者展示了一幅浩瀚的英国社会全景图，并将自己的评论穿插其中；他通过对社会伦理、家庭关系和人性的深刻剖析，对19世纪英国上层社会的种种弊端进行了深刻的批判。《名利场》除了在社会批判和人物塑造上颇见功力之外，在写作手法上也标新立异。
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
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. Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in a little house in New York. They don't have much money, but mother and son are very good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him. His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone in the world. But one day a lawyer arrives from England with some very surprising news about Cedric's grandfather. CEFR A1-A2 Word count 7,250
《大卫?科波菲尔》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本，是查尔斯?狄更斯于1849年至1850年间出版的一部长篇小说，小说生动有趣又感人肺腑，以主人公大卫?科波菲尔的成长为主线展开。大卫是不幸的，他是遗腹子，童年丧母，遭到继父的恶劣对待，后被送到伦敦工作；但大卫又是幸运的，他有善良保姆辟果提的关爱，有面冷心热姨婆的帮助，还有聪慧温柔的阿格尼斯一直以来的支持和鼓舞。在经历了人生的重重风雨之后，大卫最终获得了幸福。本书被誉为英国19世纪文学的一大杰作，它在英国文学史上具有重要的地位，是维多利亚时代的代表作之一，对后来英国小说的发展产生了深远影响。
《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。
《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。
《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。
《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。
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 Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage behind him, he finds it hard at first. But he is lucky - his first home is a good one, where his owners are kind people, who would never be cruel to a horse. But in the nineteenth century many people were cruel to their horses, whipping them and beating them, and using them like machines until they dropped dead. Black Beauty soon finds this out, and as he describes his life, he has many terrible stories to tell. CEFR B1-B2 Word count 15,400
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. One day, a farmer tells a farm boy to take everything out of an old building and throw it away. 'It's all rubbish,' he says. In the middle of all the rubbish, the boy finds a beautiful old piano. He has never played before, but now, when his fingers touch the piano, he begins to play. He closes his eyes and the music comes to him - and the music moves his fingers. When he opens his eyes again, he knows that his life is changed for ever... CEFR A2-B1 Word count 6,070
