《英文现代短篇小说阅读与理解》

PART Ⅰ STORIES FOR DISCUSSION1

1．Quality John Galsworthy1

CONTENTS3

INTRODUCTION：3

Understanding the Short Story3

2．How Beautiful with Shoes Wilber D．Steele14

3．A Little Cloud James Joyce46

4．That Evening Sun William Faulkner66

PART Ⅱ STORIES FOR FURTHER READING AND STUDY90

1．A Special Occasion Joyce Cary90

2．My Oedipus Complex Frank O’Connor94

3．Paul’s Case Willa Cather109

4．Two Soldiers William Faulkner135

5．The Father Hugh Garner155

6．A Summer’s Reading Bernard Malamud170

7．The Old Venerable A．E．Coppard181

8．To Build a Fire Jack London192

9．The Japanese Quince John Galsworthy212

10．The Catbird Seat James Thurber217

11．The Killers Ernest Hemingway229

12．The Season’s Dying Eugene Ziller242

APPENDIX Ⅰ Short Story and Novel Compared260

APPENDIX Ⅱ Biographical Notes261