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

一分钟读完十部西方文学经典

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《赫芬顿邮报》图书版（Books | Huff Post ） 2011 年 9 月 27

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译者：江烈农

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If you ’ ve ever lamented to someone about not having enough

time to read, there ’ s a cure for what ails you. While nothing can

replace the feel of a good novel in your hands — and the eau de

stink of the used bookstore you found it in — the

Book-A-Minute website aims to catch you up on all the classics

you ’ ve been meaning to read since⋯ forever.“ When even t CliffsNotes are just too long, come here. Covers everything

from 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 books

below 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 crazy

crazy 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 the