在很多人眼里，經典小說一般又長、又無聊（long and ponderous）。但是，事情可并不總是這樣的哦！實際上，有很多篇幅很短的經典小說，如果你希望讀一本引人深思（thought-provoking）的書的話，不要錯過Bookbub給出最新短篇精品書單。

　　這份書單里的短篇小說都是可以一口氣就讀完的。下文中的書單按篇幅由短到長的順序排列。通過閱讀這不超過200頁的內容，你一定會大有收獲的！

　　01

　　《變形記》

　　弗朗茨·卡夫卡

　　The Metamorphosis

　　by

　　Franz Kafka

　　When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.

　　一天早上，當格里高爾·薩姆沙從令人不安的睡夢中醒來的時候，他發現自己在床上變成了一只怪異的害蟲—甲殼蟲。

　　So begins The Metamorphosis, one of the most recognizable opening lines in literature.

　　于是，這場變形記開始了。《變形記》的開頭是文學作品中最為出名的開頭之一。

　　The story of Gregor Samsa, a young man who, after transforming overnight into a giant, beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, and a quintessentially alienated man.

　　在這個故事中，格里高爾·薩姆沙在一夜之間變成了一個巨大的，如同甲殼蟲一般的昆蟲。他變成了家庭的恥辱，并因此成了自己家的外人。此外，他還是一個典型的被疏遠的人。

　　One of the most widely read and influential works of 20th-century fiction, The Metamorphosis is a harrowing yet absurdly comic meditation on inadequacy, guilt, and isolation.

　　這本書是二十世紀閱讀量最大、影響力最深的小說之一。《變形記》這個故事對缺陷、罪惡及孤立的展現令人十分難過，但是奇怪的是它還有著喜劇效果。

　　02

　　《老人與海》

　　歐內斯特·海明威

　　The Old Man and the Sea

　　by

　　Ernest Hemingway

　　The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction.

　　《老人與海》是歐內斯特·海明威在生前出版的最后一本小說，也是美國小說中最為經久不衰的作品之一。

　　It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.

　　小說講述了一位年老的古巴漁夫經歷嚴酷考驗的過程：在墨西哥灣，他堅持不懈、頗為痛苦地同一條巨大的槍魚斗爭。

　　Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeatand personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent 20th-century classic.

　　書中使用了簡單而有力的寓言體語言。海明威在這本書中運用了“在失敗面前鼓起勇氣”這個永恒的主題，并闡述了個人從損失中獲益的主題，從而將這本書打造成為二十世紀頗為杰出的經典小說。

　　03

　　《動物莊園》

　　喬治·奧威爾

　　Animal Farm

　　by

　　George Orwell

　　Animal Farm is the most famous by far of all 20th-century political allegories.

　　迄今為止，《動物莊園》是二十世紀最為著名的政治寓言。

　　Orwell is one of the very few modern satirists comparable to Jonathan Swift in power, artistry, and moral authority.

　　奧威爾是少有的幾個可以在影響力、藝術技巧及道德權威方面同喬納森·斯威夫特相提并論的現代諷刺作家之一。

　　It accounts a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny erected by their own kind.

　　書中講述了一群住在農場中的動物在反抗殘酷的人類主人成功之后，卻再度臣服于他們中的豬建立起來的暴政之中的故事。

　　04

　　《人鼠之間》

　　約翰·斯坦貝克

　　Of Mice and Men

　　by

　　John Steinbeck

　　A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression.

　　這部充滿爭議的小說描寫是經濟大蕭條時期的友情和悲劇。

　　Over 75 years since its first publication, Steinbeck's tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America's most widely read and taught novels.

　　在首次出版的75年之后，約翰·斯坦貝克這本講述承諾、孤獨、希望、失落的小說依然是美國閱讀量極廣、并被作為教材的作品之一。

　　An unlikely pair, George and Lennie, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression, grasp for their American Dream.

　　主人公喬治與萊尼看上去不太可能成為搭檔。經濟大蕭條時期，他們兩個都到加利福尼亞做外來務工人員，并追逐他們的美國夢。

　　Of Mice and Men represents an experiment in form. A rarity in American letters, it achieved remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films.

　　《人鼠之間》體現了一種形式上的實驗。這本書是美國書信體作品中較為罕見的一部，并以小說的形式取得了突出的成就。該書曾被改編成為百老匯的劇目，以及三部評價極高的電影。

　　05

　　《野性的呼喚》

　　杰克?倫敦

　　The Call of the Wild

　　by

　　Jack London

　　Half St. Bernard, half shepherd, Buck learns many hard lessons as a sled dog: the lesson of the leash, of the cold, of near-starvation and cruelty.

　　一半是圣伯納犬，一半是牧羊犬的巴克在作為雪橇犬的過程中得到了許多教訓：鏈條的教訓，寒冷的教訓，幾近餓死的教訓和殘酷的教訓。

　　The greatest lesson Buck learns from his last owner, John Thornton: the power of love and loyalty.

　　巴克得到的最大的收獲來自于他的最后一個主人—約翰·桑頓：也就是愛的力量以及忠實。

　　Yet always, even at the side of the human he loves, Buck feels the pull in his bones, an urge to answer his wolf ancestors as they howl to him.

　　但是，盡管是在他喜歡的主人旁邊，巴克還是能夠感受到骨子里的力量，即對于他的祖先，也就是狼的呼喚做出回應的強烈欲望。

　　06

　　《局外人》

　　阿爾貝·加繆

　　The Stranger

　　by

　　Albert Camus

　　With millions of copies sold The Stranger is one of the most widely read novels in the world. It stands as perhaps the greatest existentialist tale ever conceived.

　　《局外人》已被發行數百萬本，是世界上閱讀量最大的小說之一。這本書可能是目前最偉大的存在主義小說了。

　　When a young Algerian named Meursault kills a man, his subsequent imprisonment and trial are puzzling and absurd.

　　當阿爾及利亞青年莫爾索殺死一個男人之后，他被收監入獄，并經歷了莫名其妙且荒誕的審判過程。

　　This remarkable translation by Matthew Ward has been considered the definitive English version since its original publication.

　　馬修·華德的英譯本非常不錯，被看做是自原作出版以來最佳的英譯本。

　　07

　　《華氏451度》

　　雷·布雷德伯里

　　Fahrenheit 451

　　by

　　Ray Bradbury

　　Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future.

　　雷·布雷德伯里的《華氏451度》是二十世紀的杰作，在國際上廣受贊譽。該書的背景設定在暗淡且反烏托邦的未來。

　　Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.

　　蓋伊·蒙泰戈是一名消防員。在他的世界里，電視大行其道，而文學作品則瀕臨滅絕。消防員的工作也是放火，而不是滅火。蓋伊·蒙泰戈的職責是消滅違法的商品，也就是印刷書以及藏匿這些圖書的房屋。

　　Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife.

　　蓋伊·蒙泰戈從來都不質疑自己帶有破壞性的行動會帶來怎樣的惡果。每一天，他都一次次地面對著他平淡乏味的生活和索然無趣的老婆。

　　But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television...

　　可是，后來他遇到了一個古怪的年輕鄰居——克拉麗絲。克拉麗絲向他介紹了過去的情況。那時候，人們不用生活在恐懼之中。他們從書籍中獲得見解，而不是依賴沒頭腦且喋喋不休的電視……

　　08

　　《了不起的蓋茨比》

　　F·弗朗西斯·菲茨杰拉德

　　The Great Gatsby

　　by

　　F. Scott Fitzgerald

　　The exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds' third book, The Great Gatsby (1925), stands as the supreme achievement of his career.

　　《了不起的蓋茨比》是爵士時代的典型小說，于1925年首次出版。該書是F·弗朗西斯·菲茨杰拉德所寫的第三本書，被視作是他寫作事業的巔峰之作。

　　T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step" American fiction had taken since Henry James.

　　托馬斯·艾略特把這本書讀了三遍，并將其看做是美國小說繼享利·詹姆斯之后走出的“第一步”。

　　A novel of lyrical beauty yet brutal realism, of magic, romance, and mysticism, The Great Gatsby is one of the great classics of 20th-century literature.

　　小說的抒情很優美，但是它卻有殘酷的現實主義風格，兼備魔力、浪漫主義及神秘主義。《了不起的蓋茨比》是二十世紀最為經典的文學作品之一。

　　09

　　《最藍的眼睛》

　　托妮·莫里森

　　The Bluest Eye

　　by

　　Toni Morrison

　　Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty.

　　皮科拉·布里德洛瓦是一名年輕的黑人女孩。每天，她都在祈禱自己會變得更加美麗一些。

　　Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.

　　其他的孩子都嘲笑她與眾不同的黑色皮膚、卷卷的頭發和棕色的眼睛。她渴望自己可以變得同其他人一樣，擁有金色的頭發和藍色的眼睛。她相信這樣一來自己就可以被接納了。

　　Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife.

　　但是，隨著她對夢想越來越執著，她的生活卻慢慢地在逆境和麻煩中走起了下坡路。

　　A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni Morrison’s virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized her writing.

　　托妮·莫里森這本具有名家風范的處女作有力地表現了我們對于美貌的迷戀及從眾心理。她在書中頗具力度地提出了關于種族、階層和性別的問題。書中精妙而優雅的文筆是托妮·莫里森一貫的風格。

　　10

　　《蒼蠅王》

　　威廉·戈爾丁

　　Lord of the Flies

　　by

　　William Golding

　　Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature.

　　自從1954年出版以來，《蒼蠅王》至今仍然是一部引發熱議的作品。該書對于人性令人震驚、近乎殘酷的描寫引發了激烈的討論。

　　Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication.

　　盡管該書在經過人們的慎重的批評之后廣受好評，但是它在剛剛出版的時候卻受到了極大程度的忽略。

　　Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who compared it to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye in its influence on modern thought and literature.

　　后來，《蒼蠅王》受到了學生以及文學評論者的追捧。他們將這本書同杰羅姆·大衛·塞林格的《麥田里的守望者》相提并論，因為它對現代思想及文學產生了不可忽視的影響。

　　11

　　《美麗新世界》

　　奧爾德斯·赫胥黎

　　Brave New World

　　by

　　Aldous Huxley

　　Aldous Huxley's tour de force, Brave New World is a darkly satiric vision of a "utopian" future — where humans are genetically bred and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively serve a ruling order.

　　奧爾德斯·赫胥黎的杰作《美麗新世界》是一部對于“烏托邦”的未來的諷刺小說，風格略顯陰暗。在那個烏托邦的世界里，人類是通過試管培養的。除此之外，人們都被醫學麻醉，以被動地受控于一定的統治規則。

　　A powerful work of speculative fiction that has enthralled and terrified readers for generations, it remains remarkably relevant to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying entertainment.

　　這是一本有力的推理小說，已經吸引并震撼了一代又一代的讀者。這本書同今天依然有顯著的關系，既在我們走向明天的時候給了我們一個警醒，又是一部發人深省、令人喜愛且可供人們消遣的作品。

　　12

　　《覺醒》

　　凱特·肖邦

　　The Awakening

　　by

　　Kate Chopin

　　First published in 1899, this beautiful, brief novel so disturbed critics and the public that it was banished for decades afterward.

　　這本書首次出版于1899年，是一部美妙而簡短的小說。這本書使批評家和大眾感到不安，這也令它曾在首次出版后的幾十年中被禁。

　　Now widely read and admired, The Awakening has been hailed as an early vision of woman's emancipation.

　　如今，人們已經廣泛閱讀并欣賞這本小說了。《覺醒》曾被譽為女性解放的先聲。

　　Originally entitled A Solitary Soul, this portrait of 28-year-old Edna Pontellier is a landmark in American fiction, rooted firmly in the Romantic tradition of Herman Melville and Emily Dickinson.

　　起初，該書的名字是《孤獨的靈魂》。這本書描繪了28歲的埃德娜·龐德烈的故事。埃德娜·龐德烈是美國小說中的標志性人物，深深地扎根于赫爾曼·梅爾維爾和艾米莉·狄金森的浪漫主義傳統之中。

　　13

　　《他們的眼睛望著上帝》

　　佐拉·尼爾·赫斯頓

　　Their Eyes Were Watching God

　　by

　　Zora Neale Hurston

　　One of the most important and enduring books of the 20th century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston.

　　《他們的眼睛望著上帝》是二十世紀最為重要、經久不衰的書籍之一。該書講述了一個發生在美國南方的愛情故事。故事帶有佐拉·尼爾·赫斯頓特有的風趣、富有感染力的風格。

　　Out of print for almost 30 years — due largely to initial audiences' rejection of its strong black female protagonist — Hurston's classic has since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature.

　　該書曾絕版達將近三十年，其中很大的原因是讀者起初非常抵觸書中堅強的黑人婦女角色。自1978年重新發行之后，佐拉·尼爾·赫斯頓的這本書幾乎已經成為非裔美國文學經典作品中閱讀量最大、最廣受好評的作品。

　　14

　　《湯姆索亞歷險記》

　　馬克·吐溫

　　The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

　　by

　　Mark Twain

　　The classic story of a boy who makes his own rules and the small Missouri town where he and his friends experience the adventures of a lifetime.

　　這是一個講述男孩子的經典故事。男孩子制定了自己的規則，并在密蘇里州小小的鎮上同他的朋友展開一生難得的冒險經歷。

　　A tale of friendship, fun, and intrigue that celebrates the rural life Mark Twain knew as a boy growing up on the Mississippi River.

　　這本是一本關于友誼、樂趣及密謀的童話，同馬克·吐溫自身在密西西比河流域的鄉村長大的經歷相關。

　　The Adventures of Tom Sawyer mixes good-natured humor with thoughtful consideration of serious issues such as race, religion, and the strictures of adult life.

　　《湯姆索亞歷險記》將本性善良的幽默同對種族、宗教及成年生活受限的沉重思考結合在一起。

　　Amusing and insightful for readers of all ages, it is one of the most enduring novels in American literature.

　　該書對所有年齡段的讀者來說都十分有趣，富有洞察力。如今，《湯姆索亞歷險記》已經是美國文學中最為經久不衰的小說之一。

　　15

　　《弗蘭肯斯坦》

　　瑪莉·雪萊

　　Frankenstein

　　by

　　Mary Shelley

　　In the most famous gothic horror storyever told, Shelley confronts the limitations of science, the nature of human cruelty, and the pathway to forgiveness.

　　這本書可能是最為著名的哥特式恐怖小說了。瑪莉·雪萊沖破了科學的界限，直面人性的殘酷以及寬恕的過程。

　　Victor Frankenstein's monster is stitched together from the limbs of the dead, taken from "the dissecting room and the slaughter-house".

　　小說主人公維克多·弗蘭肯斯坦的怪獸是由“解剖室和屠宰場”里的尸體的肢體拼湊而成的，這使得怪物丑陋無比。

　　The result is a grotesque being who, rejected by his maker and starved of human companionship, sets out on a journey to seek his revenge.

　　怪物的創造者維克多·弗蘭肯斯坦厭惡怪物，而怪物也無法得到人類的陪伴。于是，怪物踏上了他的復仇之旅。

　　Begun when Mary Shelley was only 18 years old and published two years later, this chilling tale of a young scientist's desire to create life — and the consequences of that creation — still resonates today.

　　瑪莉·雪萊從十八歲開始寫這本小說，并在兩年之后出版該小說。直到今天，我們還在閱讀這個令人害怕的故事。在這個故事里，年輕的科學家想要創造生命，卻面臨了一系列由此帶來的后果。

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　　《道林·格雷的畫像》

　　奧斯卡·王爾德

　　The Picture of Dorian Gray

　　by

　　Oscar Wilde

　　A tragic story of hedonism and desire, The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's only published novel.

　　這是一個關于享樂主義和欲望的悲劇。《道林·格雷的畫像》是奧斯卡·王爾德唯一被出版的小說。

　　The Picture of Dorian Gray scandalized readers when it was first published in 1890. Written in Wilde's signature style, the story has gone on to become an enduring tale of man's hubris and narcissism.

　　1890年，當奧斯卡·王爾德的《道林·格雷的畫像》被首次出版的時候，讀者們受到了極大的震撼。這部作品帶有王爾德的標志性風格，并已成為關于人類傲慢及自戀的經典故事。

　　17

　　《高山上的呼喊》

　　詹姆斯·鮑德溫

　　Go Tell It on the Mountain

　　by

　　James Baldwin

　　"Mountain," Baldwin said, "is the book I had to write if I was ever going to write anything else."

　　詹姆斯·鮑德溫說：“《高山上的呼喊》是我必須要寫的書，不然我就什么都寫不了。”

　　Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin’s first major work, a novel that has established itself as an American classic.

　　該書在1953年首次出版，是該作者的首部專著，并已成為美國的經典文學作品。

　　With lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating symbolic power, and a rage that is at once unrelenting and compassionate, Baldwin chronicles a 14-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity.

　　這本小說抒情細膩、心理描寫直截了當、象征意義深遠，并能迅速引發長久且富有同情心的情感體驗。詹姆斯·鮑德溫用編年體的形式講述了一個十四歲男孩對于自己身份的探索過程。

　　Baldwin's rendering of his protagonist's spiritual, sexual, and moral struggle of self-invention opened new possibilities in the American language and in the way Americans understand themselves.

　　詹姆斯·鮑德溫對于小說主人公精神、性及道德掙扎方面的自我塑造的展現以讓美國人自己理解的方式發掘了美語新的可能性。

　　18

　　《1984》

　　喬治·奧威爾

　　1984

　　by

　　George Orwell

　　In 1984, London is a grim city where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Policecan practically read your mind.

　　1984年，倫敦是一個陰森的城市。在那里，老大哥總是在盯著你，思想警察可以知道你在想什么。

　　Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions.

　　主人公溫斯頓面臨著巨大的危險，而這僅僅是因為他的記憶仍然存在。

　　Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party.

　　在陷入了一場被視為禁忌的風流韻事之后，溫斯頓終于鼓起勇氣加入了一個叫做兄弟會的秘密革命組織，致力于推翻老大哥的黨派。

　　Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.

　　溫斯頓同他深愛的茱莉婭相伴，冒著生命危險參與一場致命的游戲，以對抗敵對勢力。

　　看了小U推薦的“18 short classics you can read in one sitting”，不拿一本來讀怎么夠意思？

　　趁著國慶中秋小長假，拿一本書，為你的旅行加點“料”吧！

　　* 書單源自：

　　https://media.bookbub.com/blog/2016/10/03/classics-to-read-in-one-sitting/?popupdelay=0

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