PART Ⅰ English eddays and essayists Chapter 1 Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根(1561–1626) Text A Of Studies Text B Of Marriage and Single Life Chapter 2 Jonathan Swift 喬納森·斯威夫特(1667–1745) Text A A Modest Proposal Text B The Spider and the Bee Chapter 3 Joseph Addison 約瑟夫·艾迪生 (1672–1719) & Richard Steele 理查德·斯梯爾(1672–1729) Text A The Spectator』s Account of Himself Text B The Spectator Club Chapter 4 Samuel Johnson 薩繆爾·約翰遜(1709–1784) Text A A Letter to Lord Chesterfield Text B On Idleness Chapter 5 Charles Lamb 查爾斯·蘭姆(1775–1834) Text A Dream-Children Text B New Year』s Eve Chapter 6 William Hazlitt 威廉·哈茲里特(1778–1830) Text A On Familiar Style (Excerpt) Text B On Going A Journey (Excerpt) PART I English Essays and Essayists Chapter 7 Thomas De Quincey 托馬斯·德·昆西(1785–1 Text A On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth Text B A Happy Home Chapter 8 Bertrand Russell 伯特蘭·羅素(1872–1970) Text A What I Have Lived For Text B On Human Nature and Politics Chapter 9 Edward Morgan Forster愛德華·摩根·福斯特(1879–1970) Text A My Wood Text B People Chapter 10 Virginia Woolf 弗吉尼亞·伍爾芙(1882–1941) Text A Street Haunting: A London Adventure (Excerpt) Text B A Room of One』s Own(Excerpt) Chapter 11 D H Lawrence D H 勞倫斯(1885–1930) Text A Whistling of Birds Text B Give Her a Pattern Chapter 12 George Orwell 喬治·奧威爾(1903–1950) Text A Some Thoughts on the Common Toad Text B Refl ections on Gandhi PART Ⅱ American essays and essayists Chapter 13 Benjamin Franklin 本傑明·富蘭克林(1706–1790) Text A The Way to Wealth Text B The Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams Chapter 14 Washington Irving 華盛頓·歐文(1783–1859) Text A Old Christmas Text B Westminster Abbey Chapter 15 Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉爾夫·瓦爾多·愛默生 (1803–1882) Text A Nature Text B Beauty Chapter 16 Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大衛·梭羅(1817–1862)
Text A Economy (Excerpt) Text B Solitude Chapter 17 Henry Louis Menken 亨利·路易斯·門肯(1880–1956) Text A The Penalty of Death Text B The Libido for the Ugly Chapter 18 Elwyn Brooks White 埃爾文·布魯克斯·懷特(1899–1985) Text A Once More to the Lake Text B Farewell, My Lovely!