纯爱英文馆
2012-9
中国国际广播出版社
马克·吐温
426
300000
马克·吐温的中短篇小说通常都围绕着一个具体情节展开，以挥洒自如的笔力极尽夸张之能事，使读者明知不能却渐入佳境，信以为真；掩卷深思时终于认识到这种不可能中却有着极大的真实性，作家笔下的人和事或许就存在于你的身边，甚或就在你的身上。
The ￡1, 000, 000 Bank-NotePlaying CourierThe Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyThe Story of the Bad Little BoyJournalism in TennesseeHow I Edited an Agricultural PaperThe Facts in the Great Beef ContractThe Story of the Good Little BoyExperience of the McWilliamses withMembranous CroupMy Watch： An Instructive Little TaleA Curious Dream： Containing a MoralThe Invalid's Story
"Tend to you presendy." I waited till he was done with what he was at， then he took me into a back room， and overhauled a pile of rejected suits， and selected the rattiest one for me. I put it on.lt didn't fit， and wasn't in any way attractive， but it was new， and I was anxious to have it; so I didn't find any fault， but said， with some diffidence： "It would be an accommodation to me if you could wait some days for the money. I haven't any small change about me. " The fellow worked up a most sarcastic expression of countenance， and said： "Oh， you haven't? Well， of course， I didn't expect it. I'd only expect gentlemen like you to carry large change. " I was nettled， and said： "My friend， you shouldn't judge a stranger always by the clothes he wears. I am quite able to pay for this suit; I simply didn't wish to put you to the trouble of changing a He modified his style a litde at that， and said， though still with something of an air： "I didn't mean any particular harm， but as long as rebukes are going， I might say it wasn't quite your affair to jump to the conclusion that we couldn't change any note that you might happen to be carrying around. On the contrary， we can" I handed the note to him， and said： "Oh， very well; I apologize." He received it with a smile， one of those large smiles which go all around over， and have folds in them， and wrinkles， and spirals， and look like the place where you have thrown a brick in a pond; and then in the act of his taking a glimpse of the bill this smile froze solid， and turned yellow， and looked like those wavy， wormy spreads of lava which you find hardened on little levels on the side of Vesuvius never before saw a smile caught like that， and perpetuated. The man stood there hold in the bill， and looking like that， and the proprietor hustled up to see what was the matter， and said， briskly： "Well， what's up? What's the trouble? What wants?" I said： "There isn't any trouble. I'm waiting for my change. " "Come， come; get him his change， Tod; get lum his change." Tod retorted： "Get him his change! It's easy to say， sir; but look at the bill yourself. " ……
还没有开始看，很喜欢马克吐温，小时候看的都是中文版的，现在开始看英文的吧。
书挺好的，本来以为是硬装的，却是普通平装的，而且书也比想象中小，不过拿来打发排队打饭的时间还是不错的。
喜欢这样的封面，这类型的书给人以很宁静的感觉
马克吐温的东西真的很吸引人