1 William ShakespeareSonnet 18 2
The Merchant of Venice(Act Ⅳ,Scene 1) 3
2 John MiltonTo Gyriack Skinner 23
Paradise Lost(excerpt from Book Ⅳ) 24
3 Daniel DefoeRobinson Crusoe(Chapters 7,8 9) 29
4 Jonathan SwiftGulliver s Travels(Part Ⅳ,Chapters 6 8) 45
5 Henry FieldingJoseph Andrews(Chapter 12) 63
6 Robert BurnsA Red,Red Rose 72
Three Satirical Epigrams 73
7 William BlakeLondon 75
I Heard an Angel Singing 76
8 William WordsworthThe Solitary Reaper 79
Composed upon Westminster Bridge 80
9 Jane AustenPride and Prejudice(Chapters 1 2） 82
10 George Gordon ByronSonnet on Chillon 93
Wellington 94
11 Percy Bysshe ShelleySong to the Men of England 101
Ode to the West Wind 103
12 John KeatsOn the Grasshopper and Cricket 109
To Autumn 110
13 Charles DickensDavid Copperfield(Chapter 11) 114
14 William Makepeace ThackerayVanity Fair（Chapter 6） 133
15 Emily BrontёWuthering Heights(Chapter 15) 152
16 Thomas HardyTess of the D Urbervilles(Chapters 13,55 56) 165
17 Oscar WildeThe Importance of Being Earnest(excerpt fromAct Ⅰ) 177
18 John GalsworthyThe Forsyte Saga(Birth of a Forsyte) 188
19 George Bernard ShawPygmalion(excerpts) 199
20 William Somerset MaughamA Friend in Need 222
21 Thomas Stearns EliotMorning at the Window 232
Aunt Helen 233
Cousin Nancy 234
22 John Boynton PriestleyAn Inspector Calls(excerpt from Act Ⅰ) 236
AMERICAN LITERATURE 236
1 Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography(Chapter 6) 258
2 Ralph Waldo EmersonThe American Scholar(excerpt) 272
3 Nathaniel HawthorneThe Minister s Black Veil 289
4 Henry Wadsworth LongfellowA Psalm of Life 308
Excelsior 310
The Quadroon Girl 312
5 Edgar Allan PoeAnnabel Lee 317
To Helen 319
6 Walt WhitmanSelections from Leaves of Grass 322
7 Emily DickinsonSelected Poems 328
8 Mark TwainThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(Chapter 11) 336
9 Theodore DreiserAn American Tragedy(Chapters 42 43) 349
10 Jack LondonLove of Life 377
11 Robert FrostThe Pasture 403
Mending Wall 404
The Road Not Taken 406
12 Eugene O NeillThe Hairy Ape(Scene Ⅷ) 409
13 Ernest HemingwayA farewell to Arms(Chapters 36 41) 417
14 John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath(Chapter 25) 448
15 Arthur MillerDeath of a Salesman(excerpt from Act Ⅱ) 455