布雷特·哈特多以描写加利福尼亚州的矿工、赌徒、娼妓而负盛名,他的写法颇具特色,被称为“西部幽默说家”、“乡土文学作家”等。本书收录的小说均能体现他创作上的这一特色。
《短篇小说选》美国作家布雷特·哈特的短篇小说集,里面收录了他21篇短篇小说,包括最负盛名的小说《咆哮营的幸运儿》。
Selected Stories is a short story collection. It contains 21 short stories of Bret Harte, including his most famours story The Luck of Roaring Camp.
- INTRODUCTION
- THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP
- THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT
- MIGGLES
- TENNESSEE'S PARTNER
- THE IDYL OF RED GULCH
- BROWN OF CALAVERAS
- HIGH-WATER MARK
- A LONELY RIDE
- THE MAN OF NO ACCOUNT
- MLISS
- THE RIGHT EYE OF THE COMMANDER
- NOTES BY FLOOD AND FIELD
- AN EPISODE OF FIDDLETOWN
- BARKER'S LUCK
- A YELLOW DOG
- A MOTHER OF FIVE
- BULGER'S REPUTATION
- IN THE TULES
- A CONVERT OF THE MISSION
- THE INDISCRETION OF ELSBETH
- THE DEVOTION OF ENRIQUEZ
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→the precocious boyhood; →assimilated Greek with amazing facility; The life of Bret Harte (four quite distinct parts)→devoured voraciously the works of Shakespeare, Dickens, Irving, Froissart, Cervantes, Fielding; →attempted various forms of composition.
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adj. A word is about "number".
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n. A man or woman who is engaged in commerce/business.
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v. A word is similar to "force sb. to do sth."
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n. one of parts of something.
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n. Some things come together.
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adj. A word is to praise someone who did good job in some areas.
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adv. A word means doing something greedily.
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v. A word means swallowing something or destroying something.
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n. A word is similar to "equipment." or "intelligence". Here is the use of the second one.
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