PART Ⅰ English Essays and Essayists 2
Chapter 1 弗朗西斯·培根(1561-1626) 2
Text A Of Studies 4
Text B Of Marriage and Single Life 9
Chapter 2 乔纳森·斯威夫特(1667-1745) 13
Text A A Modest Proposal 15
Text B The Spider and the Bee 27
Chapter 3 约瑟夫·艾迪生(1672-1719)&理查德·斯梯尔(1672-1729) 34
Text A The Spectator's Account of Himself 37
Text B The Spectator Club 44
Chapter 4 萨缪尔·约翰逊(1709-1784) 53
Text A A Letter to Lord Chesterfield 56
Text B On Idleness 60
Chapter 5 查尔斯·兰姆(1775-1834) 65
Text A Dream-Children 68
Text B New Year's Eve 75
Chapter 6 威廉·哈兹里特(1778-1830) 85
Text A On Familiar Style(Excerpt) 87
Text B On Going A Journey(Excerpt) 91
Chapter 7 托马斯·德·昆西(1785-1859) 101
Text A On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth 104
Text B A Happy Home 111
Chapter 8 伯特兰·罗素(1872-1970) 118
Text A What I Have Lived For 120
Text B On Human Nature and Politics 123
Chapter 9 爱德华·摩根·福斯特(1879-1970) 132
Text A My Wood 135
Text B People 142
Chapter 10 弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙(1882-1941) 153
Text A Street Haunting:A London Adventure(Excerpt) 156
Text B A Room of One's Own(Excerpt) 163
Chapter 11 D.H.劳伦斯(1885-1930) 179
Text A Whistling of Birds 182
Text B Give Her a Pattern 189
Chapter 12 乔治·奥威尔(1903-1950) 196
Text A Some Thoughts on the Common Toad 199
Text B Reflections on Gandhi 206
PART Ⅱ American Essays and Essayists 220
Chapter 13 本杰明·富兰克林(1706-1790) 220
Text A The Way to Wealth 222
Text B The Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams 233
Chapter 14 华盛顿·欧文(1783-1859) 240
Text A Old Christmas 242
Text B Westminster Abbey 250
Chapter 15 拉尔夫·瓦尔多·爱默生(1803-1882) 263
Text A Nature 266
Text B Beauty 271
Chapter 16 亨利·大卫·梭罗(1817-1862) 280
Text A Economy(Excerpt) 283
Text B Solitude 290
Chapter 17 亨利·路易斯·门肯(1880-1956) 302
Text A The Penalty of Death 304
Text B The Libido for the Ugly 310
Chapter 18 埃尔文·布鲁克斯·怀特(1899-1985) 318
Text A Once More to the Lake 321
Text B Farewell,My Lovely! 331