We know that it is essential to read some classic original English books in learning English. Next, I collected the English classics that I must read. Welcome to reading.
Must-read English classics
1, gone with the wind
Gone with the Wind is a romantic novel by Margaret Mitchell, a famous American woman writer, which reflects the theme of the American Civil War. Scarlett, the protagonist, has always fascinated readers with her rebellious spirit and self-improvement spirit. This enduring novel touched countless readers. Has been made into movies many times. This movie is also called Gone with the Wind.
2. Journey to the center of the earth.
Underground Travel is a novel by French novelist jules verne, published in 1864, and is considered as one of the classics of science fiction. Journey to the Center of the Earth has also been adapted into movies and TV series for many times, including the 3D movie journey to the center of the earth released in 2009. The story begins with a famous German geologist, Dr. Litton Brook, who wants to decipher the code written on parchment. From this code, the doctor learned that there is an underground passage leading to the underground in a crater cave in Iceland, which has eternal mystery, so he summoned up his courage and took his nephew Alexis and guide Hans to explore the underground. After encountering various dangers, during their narrow escape, they fled back to the ground from the crater of a volcanic island in the Mediterranean. This is a wonderful adventure story.
3. Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist is a realistic novel published by British writer Dickens on 1838. Based on the foggy city of London, this paper tells the tragic life story and experience of an orphan. Oliver, the protagonist, grew up in an orphanage. After an apprenticeship, he fled hard, strayed into a thief's den, and was forced to associate with vicious murderers. Finally, with the help of good people, he found his own life story and got happiness. Like Dickens' other novels, this book exposed many social problems at that time, such as workhouses, child labor and juvenile criminal gangs. This book has been adapted into movies, TV and stage plays many times.
4. three musketeers "three musketeers"
Three musketeers (also known as three musketeers) is a very interesting story, which is set against the background of the conflict between French King Louis XIII and Prime Minister Cardinal Li Sailiu, who were fully armed and in power at the beginning of the 7th century, interspersed with intrigues between ministers and factions. D 'Artagnan, the hero of the book, rode a long, thin horse with fifteen crowns left by his father, and set off for Paris, hoping to become one of the King Musketeers led by his countryman father Trevor. At the Captain's Palace, he met three musketeers, atos, Potous and aramis, and through the popular duel among European knights, the four became bosom friends who knew each other for life and death.
5. War and Peace "War and Peace"
Since its publication, War and Peace has been called "the greatest novel in the world". This voluminous masterpiece vividly describes the major historical events and various fields of life in Russian society from 1805 to 1820 with epic momentum. The author's extensive coverage and overall grasp of life, and the full disclosure of the internal relations between individual phenomena and the whole, personal destiny and the surrounding world make this novel have great ideological and artistic qualities. This is Tolstoy's first novel.
6. Count of Monte Cristo "Count of Monte Cristo"
The Count of Monte Cristo is the masterpiece of Dumas (1802- 1870), a famous French popular historical novel. Tang Taisi, Lao Wang's first mate, was entrusted by the captain to send a letter to the Napoleonic Party. He was framed by two scumbags and a judge and killed in prison. Father Faria, a cellmate, taught him all kinds of knowledge and told him the secret of a batch of treasures buried in Monte Cristo before his death. After Tang Taisi escaped from prison, he found the treasure and became a rich man. From then on, it was renamed the Count of Monte Cristo, and after careful planning, it repaid the benefactor and punished the enemy. This book is full of romantic legends, with novel chapters and fascinating chapters.
7. Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights
The novel describes the story of Heathcliff, a gypsy outcast, who went out to get rich because of humiliation and unsuccessful love after being adopted by the old owner of the villa, and retaliated against Linton, the landlord who married his girlfriend Catherine, and his children when he came back. The whole article is full of strong fighting spirit of resisting oppression and pursuing happiness, and is always shrouded in a strange and tense romantic atmosphere. At first, it was regarded as a naive fantasy of young women writers divorced from reality, but combined with the fierce class struggle in the region and the social phenomenon in Britain, it was quickly highly affirmed by critics and warmly welcomed by readers.
8. Gulliver's travels
Gulliver's Travels is an outstanding satirical novel of jonathan swift's travels, which expresses the author's thoughts in a perfect artistic form. The author deeply analyzed the British social reality at that time with rich irony and fictional fantasy plots. In addition, movies and animations of the same name are also adapted from novels.
9. Jane Eyre "Jane Eyre"
Jane Eyre is the masterpiece of Charlotte Brontexq, a famous British woman writer in the 19th century. It is generally believed that Jane Eyre is a poetic portrayal of Charlotte Brontexq's life and an autobiographical work. Tell the story of an English woman who became an orphan from childhood, constantly pursued freedom and dignity, persisted in herself, and finally got happiness through various hardships.
10, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by adventures of sherlock holmes
The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes is the general name of detective novels written by Conan Doyle in England, with 4 novels and 56 short stories. Among them, The Study of Blood Characters tells how Holmes solved a bizarre murder case through the memory of his assistant Watson. Signs of Four describes a tragedy caused by a conspiracy around Agrander's treasure. Other famous films include The Hound of the Baskerville, The Empty House and uncanny valley.
1 1, Thorn Bird "Thorn Bird"
The Thorn Birds is a family novel by Colleen mccullough, an Australian contemporary writer. Based on the love entanglement between the heroine Meggie and Father Ralph, the story of three generations of Cleary family is described, which spans more than half a century. Ralph longed for the power of the church, but fell in love with Meggie, a beautiful girl from Cleary's family. For the "God" he pursued, he abandoned secular love, but his heart was extremely contradictory and painful. Taking this as the center, it also shows the joys and sorrows of more than ten members of the Cleary family. It has the reputation of Gone with the Wind in Australia.
12, love education/heart "love education"
The Education of Love is one of the Italian children's literature works by Eduardo de Amicus. It is set in Risojimanto and includes many patriotic scenes. This book was first published in June 1886+ 10/8, with a total of 100 articles. It mainly consists of three parts: the ten-month diary of Italian fourth-grade pupil Amrico; The exhortation and inspiration articles written by his parents in their diaries; And ten short stories that the teacher read in class, among which paragraphs such as "Young Pen Geng" and "Three Thousand Miles to Find Mother" are particularly famous.
Required English Classic Entry Level
1. Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet, william shakespeare.
2. Austin: Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice, published in 18 13, is the representative work of Jane Austen, a British novelist in the 9th century.
3. Orwell: Animal Farm
Animal Farm, also known as Animal Farm, Animal Farm and A Pig's Face, is a dystopian fable novel by the famous British writer George Orwell.
4. Dickens: Great expectations
Great Expectations, also known as Tears of a Lone Star, is an educational novel written by British writer Charles Dickens in his later years.
5. Golding: Lord of the flies
Lord of the flies is an allegorical novel published by william golding in 1954.
6. Buck: A Beautiful Earth
(Note: This is The Good Earth, written by Pearl Buck, a famous China writer and English translator of Water Margin, with China as the theme in the early 20th century, which is the literary basis for Americans to understand China).
7. Twain: Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Mark Twain: Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
8. Tan: The Joy Luck Club
(representative works of American Chinese literature)
The Joy Luck Club is Amy Tan's best-selling work. The novel tells the story of four immigrant families from China who play mahjong and have dinner in the Joy Luck Club.
9. Webster: Daddy Long Legs
Daddy Long Legs is an epistolary novel published by American writer jean webster in 19 12. It tells the story of an orphan girl named Jie.
10. von Goethe: young werther
Young werther is the first novel that made Goethe famous almost overnight in Germany.
1 1. Chekhov: cherry orchard
Cherry orchard is the last play of Russian playwright anton Chekhov.
12. Frank: Diary of a young girl
Het Achterhuis was written by Anne Frank. The contents of the published edition of this book are extracted from Anne's diary written during the Nazi occupation of Holland, and compiled and published by her living father after the war.
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