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一分钟读完十部西方文学经典一分钟读完十部西方文学经典First Posted: 9/27/11 05:12 PM ET Updated: 9/27/11 05:12PM ET《赫芬顿邮报》图书版(Books | Huff Post ) 2011 年 9 月 27日讯译者:江烈农From Flavorwire转自“风味儿连线”网(Flavorwire )If you ’ ve ever lamented to someone about not having enoughtime to read, there ’ s a cure for what ails you. While nothing canreplace the feel of a good novel in your hands — and the eau destink of the used bookstore you found it in — theBook-A-Minute website aims to catch you up on all the classicsyou ’ ve been meaning to read since⋯ forever.“ When even t CliffsNotes are just too long, come here. Covers everythingfrom Shakespeare to Steinbeck,” the site teases. They’ ve t fine literature, science- fiction/fantasy, and children’ s bedtime stories and condensed them into amusing one-minute reads.Interestingly enough, you’ ll find that many of them -areon dead descriptions of the actual works. Skip through ten classic booksbelow and check a few to-dos off your bucket list.如果你曾向别人抱怨:我就是没时间读书。

那么好,现在你有救了。

当然,手捧一本好书,细细品味一部小说的绝妙感觉是无法替代的——去旧书店淘书那种独特的怀旧气息也是如此。

应运而生。

来补补课,读读那些你从很早很早以前就打算要读的经典吧;其实我知道,这些书你这辈子都不可能去读。

美国人有套书,叫《克里夫笔记》,就是把大部头精炼提纯,用几十页精华笔记的形式呈献给读者——应付考试专用;根本不把这套书放在眼里,网站上写道:“如果你连《克里夫笔记》都嫌长,那就来我们这儿。

从莎士比亚,到斯坦贝克,一应俱全。

”这个网站精选了纯文学、科幻、奇幻,以及幼儿床头读物等各种类别的经典,将书籍内容压缩成幽默的一分钟短文。

很有意思的是,你会发现这其中大部分“缩写”经常准确得要死,实际上原著全凭那么一两句话就可概括。

先看看下面我们精选的十条吧,然后再去网站找找你感兴趣的。

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald一、《了不起的盖茨比》,作者:弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德Gatsby: “ Daisy, I made all this money for you, because I love you. ”盖茨比:“黛西,我挣的这些钱都归你,因为我爱你。

”Daisy: “ I cannot reciprocate, because I represent the American Dream. ”黛西:“我无以为报,因为我代表了‘美国梦’。

”Gatsby: “ Now I must die, because I also represent the American Dream. ”盖茨比:“那我现在就得死,因为我也代表了‘美国梦’。

”(Gatsby DIES)(盖茨比死了)Nick: I hate New Yorkers.尼克:我恨这帮纽约客。

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway二、《太阳照常升起》,作者:厄纳斯特·海明威Stock Hemingway Narrating Character:“ It was in Europe after the war. We were depressed. We drank a lot. We were still depressed.”陈腐的海明威式角色叙述:“那是战后的欧洲。

我们都很沮丧。

我们狂饮。

我们仍然很沮丧。

”The Catcher In the Rye by J.D. Salinger三、《麦田守望者》,作者:杰罗姆·大卫·塞林格Holden Caulfield:“ Angst angst angst swear curse swear crazycrazy angst swear curse, society sucks, and I’ m a stupid jerk.霍尔顿·考菲尔德:“恐惧、恐惧、恐惧、脏话、粗口、脏话、发疯、发疯、恐惧、脏话、粗口,这社会太垃圾,我就是个傻波伊。

”Inferno by Dante四、《神曲》之《地狱》,作者:但丁Some woman puts Dante through Hell.有个女人带但丁去地狱走了一遭。

Moby Dick by Herman Melville五、《白鲸》,作者:赫尔曼·麦尔维尔Ishmael:“ Call me Ishmael.”伊希梅尔:“叫我‘伊希梅尔’ 。

”Captain Ahab:“ Crew, we will seek the white whale and kill it,because I am insane.”亚哈船长:“全体船员,我们要去找那只白鲸,然后干掉它,因为我是个疯子。

”Crew:“ Alas, your destructive obsession will be our undoing.全体船员:“哎呀要死啊,你这毁灭性的妄想将招致我们的灭亡。

”(They almost find the white whale. Then they almost find thewhite whale. Then they find it.)(他们几乎找到那只白鲸了。

然后他们又几乎找到那只白鲸了。

然后他们找到了。

)Captain Ahab:“ I stab at thee. I stab at thee.”亚哈船长:“我刺、我刺⋯⋯”(Everybody dies except Ishmael, although this is no surprise,because it was foreshadowed CONTINUALLY from the BEGINNING.)(所有人都死了,除了伊希梅尔,不过这不算稀奇,因为这个结局通篇都有暗示——真的是“通篇”。

)The Jungle by Upton Sinclair六、《丛林》,作者:厄普顿·辛克莱Bad things happen. Worse things happen. Better things happen.Awful things happen. Jurgis discovers socialism and gets allhappy.坏事发生了。

更坏的事发生了。

好点儿的事发生了。

很糟糕的事发生了。

吉盖斯发现了社会主义,心情豁然开朗。

Walden by Henry David Thoreau七、《瓦尔登湖》,作者:亨利·大卫·梭罗Henry David Thoreau:“ A truly rich man doesn’ t have money,but rather courage, truth, and an inner glory that transcends thepassiveness of our physical beings. That’ s why I’ m going to in the boonies.”亨利·大卫·梭罗:“一个真正富有的人并没有钱,他拥有的是勇气、真理,以及一个强大内心,强大到足以超越我们外表、肉体的一切消极。

这就是为什么我要生活在穷乡僻壤。

”(Two years later⋯)(两年后⋯⋯)“I ’m getting the heck out of here and getting my pencil-makingjob back. Um. But what I said still goes.”“我待够了这鬼地方,我要回城里去干我的老本行,开铅笔厂。

嗯,不过呢,我之前说的仍然算数。

”Frankenstein by Mary Shelley八、《科学怪人弗兰肯斯坦》,作者:玛丽·雪莱Walton: “ Dear Margaret: My ship picked up this guy. HeRULES.”沃尔登:“亲爱的玛格丽特:我的船救起了一个人——这哥们儿太牛了!”Frankenstein:“ I discovered the secret of life, and everyone died. (dies)”弗兰肯斯坦:“我发现了生命的秘密,然后大家都死了。

”(他也死了)Frankenstein ’ s Monster: Inexpb l y,icaI have become suicidal. (jumps out a window)弗兰肯斯坦造的怪兽:不知道为什么,我变得越来越有自杀倾向。

(飞身跳出窗外)War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy九、《战争与和平》,作者:列夫·托尔斯泰Leo Tolstoy:“ History controls everything we do, so there is nopoint in observing individual actions. Let e the ’ s examin individual actions of over 500 characters at great length.列夫·托尔斯泰:“历史操控着我们所做的每一件事,因此,观察个人行为毫无意义。

且让我们以超长的历史眼光来审视超过500 名角色的个人行为吧。

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