沃特金森家的晚宴 (The Watkinson Evening)

Life is too short for a long story. Why not sit down and enjoy a short tale? When staying in New York, the Morlands received two evening invitations, both at the same night. One sounded boring and the other was what they wanted. Which one would they go?时间太少,小说太长,不如读一篇短故事。 同一天夜晚接到两份邀请,一个索然无味一个心之所向,他们最终会奔赴哪一场?最终会有怎样的经历与感悟? The Short Stories by Great Writers series is an outstanding showcase for the world's finest short stories. Newly translated into and annotated in Chinese, the 9-set series is an excellent choice for both English and Chinese language learners as well as story lovers. The authors represented include Charles Dickens, Alexander Pushkin, Thomas Hardy, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan, and other major writers of world literature. The variety in style and subject is enormous, but all these stories have one point in common–the enduring quality of the writing, which places them among the masterpieces of the world's fiction. Humour Stories by Great Writers is one book from the series.驰名全县的跳蛙不一定能赢下所有赌局,丈夫每晚出门也不一定是为了私会情人;偶发善心可能让晋升擦肩而过,沉浸哲学也可能与爱情失之交臂。啼笑皆非的故事,洞彻生活的智慧。马克•吐温、安东尼•霍普、欧•亨利......文学大家带来11个精彩短篇,加上全新的译文诠释,博读者茶余饭后轻松一笑,领略两种语言的魅力。