Twentieth Century Prose 1940-1960PDF电子书下载

1 THE DAY OUR AGE BEGAN．From the Second World War (Vol．I)＆by SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL 1

2 AN AWFUL PROSPECT．From Two Cheers for Democracy＆by E．M．FORSTER 9

3 THE FLOWER OF CITIES．From Mainly on the Air＆by SIR MAX BEERBOHM 14

4 COMFORTABLE WORDS．From The Silence of the Sea＆by HILAIRE BELLOC 22

5 FIDDLER DICK．From Annals of Innocence and Experience＆by SIR HERBERT READ 27

6 PORTRAIT OF AN ACTRESS．From The Moment and Other Essays＆by VIRGINIA WOOLF 31

7 SONS AND DAUGHTERS LONG AGO．From English Social History＆by G．M．TREVELYAN 40

8 A PEOPLE SLOW TO ANGER．From The Last Enemy＆by RICHARD HILLARY 48

9 THE MAKING OF AN ARTIST．From The Horse＇s Mouth＆by JOYCE CARY 54

10 A PENNY FOR THOUGHTS．From The Shrimp and the Anemone＆by L．P．HARTLEY 61

11 BOBBIE＇S ENGLISH CLASS．From The House in the Park＆by F．D．OMMANNEY 72

12 PICNICS AND BEDTIMES．From Left Hand Right Hand＆by SIR OSBERT SITWELL 80

13 PET MARJORY．From Memories＆by SIR DESMOND MACCARTHY 85

14 ＇OLD SLOWCOACH＇．From Still Glides the Stream＆by FLORY THOMPSON 92

15 HAPPINESS．From Perseus in the Wind＆by FREYA STARK 98

16 A CAVALIER LADY．From Two Quiet Lives＆by LORD DAVID CECIL 106

17 AN ENGLISH CRICKETER．From Gone to the Cricket＆by JOHN ARLOTT 114

18 PRODUCING A PLAY．From the Strand Magazine＆By BERNARD SHAW 119

19 A GENTIEMAN PRETENDING．From Thoughts in the Wilderness＆by J．B．PRIESTLEY 131

20 YOUTH AMONG THE RUINS．From The World My Wilderness＆by DAME ROSE MACAULAY 139

21 POETRY ON THE STAGE．From Poetry and Drama＆by T．S．ELLOT 147

22 A VIEW OF MARLOWE．From He That Plays the King＆by KENNETH TYNAN 156

23 REVOLUTION THE BRITISH WAY．From Bernard Shaw＆by A．C．WARD 163

24 CREATION AND CRITICISM ．From An Experience of Critics＆by CHRISTOPHER FRY 170

25 THE COMPLETE MAN．From Selected Speeches＆by PRINCE PHILIP，DUKE OF EDINBURGH 177

26 THE KING＇S MONEY-SPINNER．From The King＇s Peace＆by C．V．WEDGWOOD 181

27 OUT FROM LONDON．From Over the Bridge＆by RICHARD CHURCH 191

28 A THAMES NIGHT SWIM．From Under the Net＆by IRIS MURDOCH 202

29 A DAY IN A．D．44．From Still Digging＆by SIR MORTIMER WHEELER 207

30 KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM．From Portraits from Memory and Other Essays＆by BERTRAND RUSSELL 211

31 MENDING A BIRD．From The Drunken Forest＆by GERALD DURRELL 217

32 WILD FLOWER．From The Seeds of Time＆by JOHN WYNDHAM 226

33 THE MUSICAL SEAL．From Seal Morning＆by ROWENA FARRE 239

34 ENGLAND SAVED．From Elizabeth the Great＆by ELIZABETH JENKING 245

35 THE DOROBO AND THE BUFFALOES．From The Flame Trees of Thika＆by ELSPETH HUXLEY 250

36 ON THE MOON．From Life on Other Worlds＆by SIR HAROLD SPENCER JONES 260

37 THE LOST UMBRELLA．From The Times 264

38 WHAT! NO BOOKS!From The Times 268

BIOGRAPHICAL AND TEXTUAL NOTES 273