Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
列夫·托尔斯泰《安娜·卡列尼娜》
All happy families are happy alike, all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way.
幸福的家庭总是相似的,而不幸的家庭则各有各的不幸。
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
简·奥斯汀《傲慢与偏见》
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possessing of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
凡是有钱的单身汉,总想娶位太太,这已经成了一条举世公认的真理。
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫《洛丽塔》
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-Lee-Ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate of tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.
洛丽塔,我的生命之光,我的欲念之火。我的罪恶,我的灵魂,洛-丽-塔:舌尖向上,分三步,从上颚往下轻轻落在牙齿上。洛。丽。塔。
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
查尔斯·狄更斯《双城记》
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity. It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness. It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. We had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way.
这是最美好的时代,这是最糟糕的时代;这是智慧的年头,这是愚昧的年头;这是信仰的时期,这是怀疑的时期;这是光明的季节,这是黑暗的季节;这是希望之春,这是失望之冬。我们的前途拥有一切,我们的前途一无所有;我们正走向天堂,我们也正直下地狱。
The Great Gatsby by f. Scott Fitzgerald
弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德 《了不起的盖茨比》
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
在我年轻、幼稚的时候,父亲曾给了我一番教诲,我一直铭记在心:“每当你想要批评别人的时候,”他对我说,“你就记住在这世界上不是人人都享有过你所拥有的优越条件。”
The Catcher in the Rye by Jerome David Salinger
杰罗姆·大卫·塞林格《麦田里的守望者》
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
你要是听我聊,首先想知道的,大概是我在哪儿出生,我的糟糕的童年是怎么过去的,我爸妈在我出生前干嘛的,还有什么大卫·科波菲尔故事式的屁话,可是说实话,那些我他妈的都不想说。