《英美短篇小说精粹--从司各特至福克纳》选材突出经典，选文全是英美短篇小说大师的作品，有的作品几乎是所有短篇小说集必不可少的选文，特别适合初涉文学的英语专业学生学习。  选文内容丰富，可读性强，既可作为文学教材使用，也可作为语言训练的阅读教材。每篇小说后面都附有阅读思考题，便于教师上课使用或学生自学。

本书设定的阅读对象为全日制英语专业大学二、三年级学生，英语专业自考生。

本书选材突出经典，选文全是英美短篇小说大师的作品，有的作品几乎是所有短篇小说集必不可少的选文，特别适合初涉文学的英语专业学生学习。

选文内容丰富，可读性强，既可作为文学教材使用，也可作为语言训练的阅读教材。每篇小说后面都附有阅读思考题，便于教师上课使用或学生自学。另外，本书主编还可提供教学课件供广大教师朋友参考。

作家介绍部分尽量涉及作家在短篇小说发展史上的贡献，从理论上强化读者阅读小说时所获得的关于短篇小说发展脉络的感性认识。

本书设定的阅读对象为全日制英语专业大学二、三年级学生，英语专业自考生，已经通过大学英语四级考试的非英语专业学生，以及相当程度的其他英语文学爱好者。

Unit I Sir Walter Scott

 I.Brief Introduction to the Authol

 II. Selected Reading

 1. Death of the Laird's Jock

 2. The Tapestried Chamber

Unit II Washington Irving

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 II. Selected Reading

 1. The Widow and Her Son

 2. Rip Van Winkle

Unit III Nathaniel Hawthorne

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 11. Selected Reading

 1. The Minister's Black Veil

 2. Young Goodman Brown

Unit IV Edgar Allan Poe

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 II. Selected Reading

 1. The Tell-Tale Heart

 2. Thou Art the Man

Unit V Charles Dickens

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 lI. Selected Reading

 1. The Child's Story

 2. The Detective Police

Unit YI Herman Melville

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 11. Selected Readings

 1. The Lightning-Rod Man

 2. The Bell-Tower,

Unit VII Mark Twain

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 I1. Selected Reading

 1. Running for Governor

 2. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Unit VIII Robert Louis Stevenson

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 I1. Selected Reading

 1. The Touchstone

 2. The Song of the Morrow

Unit IX Oscar Wilde

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 11. Selected Reading

 1. The Sphinx without a Secret

 2. The Nightingale and the Rose

Unit X Joseph Conrad

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 1I. Selected Reading

 1. The Lagoon

 2. II Conde

Unit XI O. Henry

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 II. Selected Reading

 1. Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen

 2. Gift of the Magi

Unit XU Stephen Crane

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 11. Selected Reading

 1. The Duel That Was Not Fought

 2. The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky

Unit xm Virginia Woolf

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 I1. Selected Reading

 1. The String Quartet

 2. The Mark on the Wall

Unit XIV James doyce

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 11. Selected Reading

 1. Araby

 2. A Mother

Unit XV Katherine Mansfield

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 lI. Selected Reading

 1. The Woman at the Store

 2. Mr. and Mrs. Dove

Unit XYI William Faulkner

 I. Brief Introduction to the Author

 11. Selected Reading

 1. A Rose for Emily

 2. That Evening Sun

Appendix A Brief History of the Short Story