也叫《天方夜谭》,是阿拉伯文字中的瑰宝。传说阿拉伯古代有一个国王,每天娶一个女子,第二天早上就把她杀了。有一个姑娘要阻止他这种残忍的做法,自愿做他的一夜王后。进入王宫后,她就开始给国王讲故事,讲到紧要关头,行刑时间到了,国王正听得津津有味,就说:过一天再杀吧。可是故事一个接一个讲下去,每次要杀她时故事都到了“欲知后事如何,且听下回分解”的节骨眼上,国王为了听故事,只好一天天延迟杀她的时间。就这样,故事一直讲了一千零一夜,国王终于改掉了他的可怕做法,她从此成为长久的王后。这就是“一千零一夜“的来由。她讲的故事能如此吸引那位国王,当然是非常动听的。确实,像《阿里巴巴和四十大盗》、《神灯》、《辛巴德航海历险记》这些故事早已传遍全世界。
你一定听过《狼来了》、《龟兔赛跑》这些小故事,却不一定知道它们都出自古希腊的《伊索寓言》!《伊索寓言》是世界上最古老的一部寓言集,也是在全世界范围内流传最广的古代文学名著之一。到目前为止,世界上至少有数亿人阅读过这部作品。如此的阅读普及率,除了《圣经》之外,恐怕世间再难有别的书籍可以与其相媲美了。本书为一代翻译大师周作人经典全译本,根据商伯利(Émile Chambry)编订的《伊索寓言》(Aesopi Fabulae, Paris,一九二七年)希腊原文译出。周氏译文淡朴典雅,注文详尽,极富见地,所选书目至为精当,凡古希腊文、日文、英文、世界语,译出者均是世界一流文学经典,具有极高的审美情趣与文学价值。
The Æsop for Children(伊索寓言儿童版) 立即阅读
According to Herodotus, Aesop was a slave who lived in Samos in the 6th century B.C. His moral animal fables have delighted young and old for centuries. This fabulous full-color edition of the classic Aesop features the original illustrations of Milo Winter. This unique collection features 147 of the best-loved fables, including such favorites as "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse," "The Ants and the Grasshopper," "The Goose and the Golden Egg," "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," and "The Hare and the Tortoise" and all their wonderful and amusing animal characters.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(爱丽丝梦游仙境) 立即阅读
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 fantasy novel written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre.
Grimms' Fairy Tales(格林童话) 立即阅读
The first volume of the first edition was published in 1812, containing 86 stories; the second volume of 70 stories followed in 1815. For the second edition, two volumes were issued in 1819 and a third in 1822, totalling 170 tales. The third edition appeared in 1837; fourth edition, 1840; fifth edition, 1843; sixth edition, 1850; seventh edition, 1857. Stories were added, and also subtracted, from one edition to the next, until the seventh held 211 tales.
Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(汤姆·索亚历险记) 立即阅读
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. He skips school to swim and is made to whitewash the fence the next day as punishment. He cleverly persuades his friends to trade him small treasures for the privilege of doing his work.
Through the Looking-Glass(爱丽丝漫游镜中世界) 立即阅读
I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole ...without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Charles Dodgson, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig; time is abandoned at a disordered tea-party; and a chaotic game of chess makes a seven-year-old girl a Queen. But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling word play, puzzles, paradoxes and riddles, are poignant moments of elegiac nostalgia for lost childhood. Startlingly original and experimental, the Alice books provide readers with a double window on both child and adult worlds.