类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 亨利.詹姆斯 Henry James
简介： The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas Eve in an old house, a strange tale should essentially be, I remember no comment uttered till somebody happened to sa...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： The student of American sociology will find the year 1894 marked by a pronounced awakening of the public conscience to a system of anarchy and outlawry which had grown during a series of ten years to be so common, that scenes of unusual brutality fai...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： When the editor commenced the preparation of the following narrative, he did not suppose it would reach the size of this volume. In order, however, to present all the facts which have been communicated to him, it has seemed necessary to extend it to...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： If among the twenty-two works with which Sadi enriched the literature of his country the Gulistān rank first in popularity, the Bustān (lit. Garden) may justly claim equal precedence in point of interest and merit....
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： The modern club, with its luxuries and comforts, has its origin in the tavern and coffee-house of a long-past age. The resorts in question have long since entirely changed their character, although they were once important features of London life, an...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： Mrs. Darling was dining from home, and every heart in her little establishment rejoiced over the circumstance, for it meant less work for everybody, with an opportunity to enjoy Christmas Eve on his own account....
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： The policeman on duty at the North Woodfield station turned from watching the train disappear westward along the track and gave his attention to the speaker. What he saw was a rather thin youth of fourteen with deeply tanned face from which a pair of...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： Dr. David Lessing found Jack Dorffman and the boy waiting in his office when he arrived at the Hoffman Center that morning. Dorffman looked as though he'd been running all night. There were dark pouches under his eyes; his heavy unshaven face seemed...
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： Teddy Benson gave a final twist to the propeller of his toy, model airplane....
类别：英文短篇小说 作者： 未知
简介： On board the Rampatina liner, eleven days and a half out from Liverpool, the usual terrific sensation created by the appearance of the pilot-yacht prevailed. Necks were craned and toes were trodden on as the steamer slackened speed, and a line dexter...
