《英语散文选读》是高等院校英语专业教材,也可作为社会上英语爱好者自学之用。编者以独特的视角,精选了弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫、D.H.劳伦斯、伯特兰·罗素、乔森纳·斯威夫特等不同历史时期的四十位西方**作家、学者的名篇全文和节选,内容涉及文学、艺术、历史、社会、宗教和日常生活等诸多方面,所选作品老到深邃与机智活泼兼收、简洁朴实与华丽堂皇并举,堪称思想性和艺术性兼而有之的上乘佳作,英语学习者和爱好者可从中管窥精深博大的西方文明思想。
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Unit1
TextA My Wood
TextB The Crooked Streets
Unit2
TextA On a Faithful Friend
TextB The Ant-Lion
Unit3
TextA Film Making
TextB The Natrue of Dramatic Illusioln
Unit4
TextA Meditation on the Moon
TextB The Faces of Buddha
Unit5
TextA Snow
TextB This Auturmn Morning
Unit6
TextA Seeing People off
TextB The Shadow in the Rose Garden
Unit7
TextA On Arrivals
TextB On Doors
Unit8
TextA French and English
TextB The English and the Americans
Unit9
TextA The Pleasures of Ignorance
TextB The Pleasures of Ingorance
Unit10
TextA A Hanging
TextB The Ecstasy of War
Unit11
TextA The Inner Ring
TextB On Being Modern-Minded
Unit12
TextA Why We Fall in Love
TextB My Own Ten Rules for a Happy Marriage
Unit13
TextA Of Great Pace
TextB A Little Great Man
Unit14
TextA The Spider and the Bee
TextB Old China
Unit15
TextA Getting up on Cold Mornings
TextB Company of the Wisest Men
Unit16
TextA In July
TextB The Town Week
Unit17
TextA The Convalescent
TextB A Country Sunday
Unit18
TextA Conversation
TextB Letter to His Son