《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. 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. 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
《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 。
《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。
《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。
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. Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to England when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London. Then he goes back to his work in India. Sara is very sad at first, but she soon makes friends at school. But on her eleventh birthday, something terrible happens, and now Sara has no family, no home, and not a penny in the world... CEFR A1-A2 Word count 5,840
《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。
《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。
《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。
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. There are so many things that a mother wishes to teach her daughter. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to keep hoping, when hope is your only joy. How to laugh for ever. This is the story of four mothers and their daughters - Chinese- American women, the mothers born in China, and the daughters in America. Through their eyes we see life in pre-Revolutionary China, and life in downtown San Francisco; women struggling to find a cultural identity that can include a past and a future half a world apart. CEFR B2-C1 Word count 31,120
《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. 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. Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says - just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him travelling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present, and future - and Scrooge learns a lesson that he will never forget. CEFR B1 Word count 10,385
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 gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death's head; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip. Miss Havisham stares at Pip coldly, and murmurs to the girl at her side: 'Break his heart, Estella. Break his heart!' CEFR B2 Word count 24,045
《园会》是 书虫?牛津英语文学名著简写本 中的一本,是20世纪英国文学史上一部著名的短篇小说集。作者凯瑟琳?曼斯菲尔德在简单的故事情节里,通过貌似平凡的小事,用敏感的笔触深入发掘人物内心深处细微的变化,在客观的叙述中流露出对当时社会阶级差别的抗议,揭露了社会底层人民的疾苦。《园会》也是集中体现曼斯菲尔德精湛的艺术技巧和独特的艺术风格的一部作品。作者融入了现代主义的写作技巧,通过深入刻画和细腻描写拓展了小说的意境。
《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。
《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。
《远离尘嚣》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?哈代于1874年发表的作品,其 威塞克斯 系列长篇小说中的第一部。小说讲述了年轻而美丽的多塞特郡女子芭谢巴?埃弗丁与三个追求者之间剪不断理还乱的情感纠葛,同时也探讨了社会阶层、女性地位和爱情的复杂性。哈代在写作时受到了自己在英国乡村的经历的启发,在其所处的时代,英国正经历着一场工业革命,城市在迅速发展,而乡村的生活方式却在慢慢消失。《远离尘嚣》描绘了一幅渐渐被商业化和城市化侵蚀的英国乡村图景,同时也反映了哈代对这种变化的不满和对传统的怀念。
《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. 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. In EDI (the European Department of Intelligence in Brussels) there are some very secret files - the Omega Files. There are strange, surprising, and sometimes horrible stories in these files, but not many people know about them. You never read about them in the newspapers. Hawker and Jude know all about the Omega Files, because they work for EDI. They think fast, they move fast, and they learn some very strange things. They go all over the world, asking difficult questions in dangerous places, but they don't always find the answers... CEFR A1-A2 Word count 5,830