【介绍小说名类型作文英语高中】推荐5篇超经典英语短篇小说，几分钟就能读完，马上读！

1.《世界的最后一晚》

The Last Night of the World

比雷布莱伯里

雷布拉德伯里

读取时间：7分钟

内容介绍

布莱柏利最著名的书是他的《华氏451度》 (Fahrenheit 451)，这本书是关于焚书的反乌托邦(dystopian)的故事。但是书迷们也应该熟悉他的短篇小说，例如《纹身人》(the illustrated man)和《火星纪事》(the Martian chronicles)。

" the last night of the world " is a tender，simple story . the first line alone is universally intriguing 3360 " what would you do if

《世界的最后一晚》是一个温柔而简单的故事。文章的第一句话很迷人：“如果这是世界的最后一晚，你会做什么？”" "

精彩的摘录

Do you know，I won ' t miss anything but you and the girls . I never liked cities or autos or factories or my work or anything Except you three . I won

“你知道吗？除了你和两个女儿，我其实没有留恋。我从未真正喜欢过这个城市、汽车和工厂。我也不喜欢我的工作或你们三个以外的任何东西。如果真的有遗憾的话，可能要四季交替，热天喝一杯凉水，然后睡个饱。(威廉莎士比亚，哈姆雷特，)都是些微不足道的小事，真的。”

they sat and read the papers and talked and listened to some radio music and then sat together by the fireplace looking at the charcoal embers as the c locol

他们坐着看报纸、聊天、听收音机里的音乐，一起坐在火炉旁，看着炉子里木炭发出的微弱光线。时钟10点半、11点半、11点半过去了。他们想象世界上的其他人将如何以自己特殊的方式度过这最后一夜。

2.《幸福结局》

幸福结局

非玛格丽特阿特伍德

玛格丽特阿特伍德

读取时间：5分钟

内容介绍

Atwood，the author of the hand maid's tale，shows off her token snark in this very short story，Which takes the reader through all of thehint 3360 it。

阿特伍德，最近炙手可热的《使女的故事》的作者阿特伍德，在这本短小精悍的小说中尽情展示自己标志性的讽刺手法，让读者体验虚构夫妇约翰和玛丽可能经历的各种结局。温馨提示：这些结果没有那么幸福。

精彩的摘录

You'll have to face it，the endings are the same however you slice it . don ' t be deluded by any othe

r endings, they're all fake, either deliberately fake, with malicious intent to deceive, or just motivated by excessive optimism if not by downright sentimentality.

你必须面对现实，无论你怎样切分他们的故事，结局都是一样的。不要被其他结局欺骗了，那些都是假的。要么是居心叵测有意欺瞒造假，要么就是乐观过头或太过多情而臆想出来的。

The only authentic ending is the one provided here:

以下才是唯一真实的结局：

John and Mary die. John and Mary die. John and Mary die.

约翰和玛丽死了。约翰和玛丽死了。约翰和玛丽死了。

3.《学校》

The School

by 唐纳德·巴塞尔姆

Donald Barthelme

▌阅读时长：5分钟

▌内容简介

The entire story is a dramatic monologue, and shows off Barthelme's token humor and excellent experiments with form.

这个故事就是一段充满戏剧性的独白，展现了巴塞尔姆标志性的幽默和在文体形式上的出色尝试。

在这个看似荒诞的故事里，橘树、小动物、收养的孩子都接二连三死了，学校里的孩子们感到困惑，不停地追问老师，就此展开对死亡、对生活意义的讨论……

▌精彩选段

They asked me, where did they go? The trees, the salamander, the tropical fish, Edgar, the poppas and mommas, Matthew and Tony, where did they go? And I said, I don't know, I don't know. And they said, who knows? and I said, nobody knows. And they said, is death that which gives meaning to life? And I said no, life is that which gives meaning to life.

他们问我说，那些东西都去哪儿了？树苗、火蜥蜴、热带鱼、小狗埃德加、爸爸妈妈们、马修和托尼，他们到底去哪儿了？我说，我不知道，我也不知道。他们问，那谁知道呢？我说，没人知道。他们说，是死亡给生活带来了意义吗？我说，不是，是生命为生活赋予了意义。

4.《一个干净明亮的地方》

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

by 欧内斯特·海明威

Ernest Hemingway

▌阅读时长：8分钟

▌内容简介

Hemingway’s writing can be minimalistic, a quality that lends itself well to short stories. In fact, Washington Post's books editor, Ron Charles, has said that Hemingway’s short stories are better than his novels.

海明威的写作手法一向颇为简洁，这一特点尤其适合于短篇小说。事实上，《华盛顿邮报》的图书编辑罗恩·查尔斯就曾评价说，海明威的短篇小说比他的长篇小说更优秀。

You’ve probably read, or at least heard about, “Hills Like White Elephants,” a cryptic conversation between a man and a woman. “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” is another classic, in which two waiters prepare for the end of the evening.

你可能读过或者至少听说过《白象似的群山》，那是发生在一男一女之间的一段晦涩对白。而《一个干净明亮的地方》则是另一个经典，讲述了两个男服务生准备结束一个夜晚的故事。

▌精彩选段

The two waiters inside the café knew that the old man was a little drunk, and while he was a good client they knew that if he became too drunk he would leave without paying, so they kept watch on him.

呆在餐馆里的两个侍者知道这老人有点儿醉了，他虽然是个好主顾，可是，他们知道，如果他喝得太醉了，他会不付账就走，所以他们一直在留神他。

"Last week he tried to commit suicide," one waiter said.

"上个星期他想自杀，"一个侍者说。

"Why?"

"为什么？"

"He was in despair."

"他绝望啦。"

"What about?"

"为啥绝望？"

"Nothing."

"不为什么。"

"How do you know it was nothing?"

"你怎么知道是不为什么？"

"He has plenty of money."

"他有很多钱。"

5.《窥镜》

The Looking-Glass

by 安东·契诃夫

Anton Chekhov

▌阅读时长：8分钟

▌内容简介

契诃夫被称为“现代短篇小说之父”（“father of the modern short story”），他的作品特点是以人物为核心。

In “The Looking-Glass,” a woman feverishly attempts to seek help for her husband, sick with typhus, but is met with a surprise. This particular story nods to the author’s day job as a physician.

在《窥镜》中，一个女人疯狂地为她患了斑疹伤寒的丈夫寻求帮助，最终收获了一个大“惊喜”。这部作品刚好与契诃夫医生的职业相呼应。

▌精彩选段

Then she saw against the grey background how her husband every spring was in straits for money to pay the interest for the mortgage to the bank. He could not sleep, she could not sleep, and both racked their brains till their heads ached, thinking how to avoid being visited by the clerk of the Court.

在灰色的背景下，她看到丈夫每年春天为贷款利息而捉襟见肘。他夜不能寐，她也一样，他们为此绞尽脑汁，想得脑袋生疼，生怕法庭找上门来。

She saw her children: the everlasting apprehension of colds, scarlet fever, diphtheria, bad marks at school, separation. Out of a brood of five or six one was sure to die.

她看到了她的孩子们，总是生活在无尽的恐惧中：他们害怕感冒、猩红热、白喉，害怕成绩差，害怕被分开。一个人若离开了五六人的小群体，那将必死无疑。