Selected Short Stories of Jack London (English-Chinese Contrastive Translation)

Author: Tian Yan (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: To enhance the interest of learning and their social and cultural literacy, several professors and associate professors of foreign languages from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, who are passionate about foreign literature, have meticulously selected and compiled this series of "Red Tea House Classics Appreciation." Using simple yet authentic English that preserves the original style, paired with fluent Chinese translations, we present the unique charm and styles of short stories by these world-class writers to the readers. Our goal is to help readers learn the English language while familiarizing themselves with its historical background, political evolution, and economic development; understand its social customs, human psychology, and value systems; savor life, and enhance their appreciation of life's meaning, thereby improving their literary and humanistic qualities. The book uses simple yet authentic English that preserves the original style, paired with fluent Chinese translations, to present the unique charm and styles of short stories by these world-class writers to the readers, with the aim of helping them learn the English language while familiarizing themselves with its historical background, political evolution, and economic development; understand its social customs, human psychology, and value systems; savor life, and enhance their appreciation of life's meaning, thereby improving their literary and humanistic qualities. The book features five articles by Jack London, the "Let the words burn with the fire of life."