Topic: 记得以前有个磨刀老头在这帖了很多外国名著中的名句, 可惜都是翻译的, 喜欢英语小说的大侠们能否把您最喜欢的小说开头帖在这儿? @华人论坛:枫下论坛 The Rolia Forum of

枫下拾英 / 乐韵书香 / 记得以前有个磨刀老头在这帖了很多外国名著中的名句, 可惜都是翻译的, 喜欢英语小说的大侠们能否把您最喜欢的小说开头帖在这儿? -klassische(老迷); 2007-2-27 (#3522262@0)

我先帖一个: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife"------Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice -klassische(老迷); 2007-2-27 (#3522270@0)

一个二十刚出头的女孩子能对社会有如此敏锐的观察, 而且用这样一个句子单刀直入地进入主题, 不愧为最伟大的女作家之一, 比Bronte 姐妹强多了. -klassische(老迷); 2007-2-27 (#3522894@0)

我非常喜欢这个开头, 在Rolia应该是第三次推荐它了, 因为这段对英国十九世纪的描写用在今天的中国是再合适不过了. -klassische(老迷); 2007-2-27 (#3522904@0)

这个是不是太色了。说的是国王宠幸王后后的事情。他们想要一个孩子，那个气味就是那个那个气味。还开了上帝一个玩笑。18岁以上才能看。....Various odours hover in the air and one of them is unmistakable for without its presence the long-awaiting miracle could not possibly take place, and besides, the much-quoted immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary occurred but once so that the world might know that Almighty God, when He so chooses, had no need of men, though He cannot dispense with women. -triton(雪上越野); 2007-2-27 {363} (#3522562@0)

这个玩笑的确是开的不错. Baltasar and Blimunda - by Jose Saramago -triton(雪上越野); 2007-2-27 (#3522611@0)

Fountainhead -- Ayn RandHoward Roark Laughed.
He stood naked at the edge of a cliff. The lake lay far below him. A frozen explosion of granite burst in flight to the sky over motionless water. The water seemed immovable, the stone -- flowing. The stone had the stillness of one brief moment in battle when thrust meets thrust and the currents are held in a pause more dynamic than motion. The stone glowed, wet with sunrays. -nevernerverland(A-ha); 2007-2-27 {401} (#3522835@0)

Atlas Shrugged -- Ayn Rand"Who is John Galt?"
The light was ebbing, and Eddie Willers could not distinguish the bum's face. The bum had said it simply, without expression. But from the sunset far at the end of the street, yellow glints caught his eyes, and the eyes looked straight at Eddie Willers, mocking and still—as if the question had been addressed to the causeless uneasiness within him. -nevernerverland(A-ha); 2007-2-27 {374} (#3522841@0)

嗯, 谢谢! she seems to be the type of writers that I would like. :) -klassische(老迷); 2007-2-27 (#3522912@0)

Atlas Shruggedis prolaimed to be the most influential book next to Bible, and embraced by American Intellectuals like Alan Greenspan. Her followers are like a cult, although she denied in many occasions.
Check out her interview from youtube, a rare public appearance of hers. -nevernerverland(A-ha); 2007-2-27 {262} (#3522944@0)

thanks for the introduction.....but i don't think of Alan Greenspan as an intellectual. :))) -klassische(老迷); 2007-2-27 {66} (#3522951@0)

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