《best historical novels and tales(乔纳森尼尔德历史小说故事精选).》第23章
Eighteenth Century Macmillan & Co。 ANNALS OF THE PARISH John Galt Scotch Village Life; 1760… 1810 W。 Blackwood & Sons EVELINA Frances Burney Fashionable manners; end Eighteenth Century J。 M。 Dent & Co。 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Jane Austen Everyday Society; beginning of Nineteenth Century Macmillan & Co。 ADAM BEDE George Eliot English Rural Life; beginning of Nineteenth Century W。 Blackwood & Sons DESTINY Susan E。 Ferrier Scotch character; beginning of Nineteenth Century J。 M。 Dent & Co。 TRAITS AND STORIES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY William Carleton Irish Peasant…life; beginning of Nineteenth Century J。 M。 Dent & Co。 O"DONNEL Lady Morgan Irish character; beginning of Nineteenth Century Colburn; 1814 THE GRANDISSIMES G。 W。 Cable America; early Nineteenth Century (Creole life) Hodder & Stoughton PENDENNIS and THE NEWES Thackeray Late Georgian Early Victorian manners Smith Elder & Co。 CRANFORD Mrs。 Gaskell English Provincial Life in the second quarter of the Nineteenth Century Macmillan & Co。 PERLYCROSS R。 D。 Blackmore English Provincial Life in the second quarter of the Nineteenth Century Sampson Low & Co。 THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE Nathaniel Hawthorne Margaret Fuller and the 〃Brook Farm〃 group; under fictitious names。 Walter Scott THE TRAGIC EDIANS George Meredith Ferdinand Lassalle; under fictitious name Constable & Co。 UNCLE TOM"S CABIN Mrs。 H。 Beecher…Stowe Slavery in America Routledge; Cassell; and others A KENTUCKY CARDINAL AND AFTERMATH James Lane Allen American Manners; 1850 Macmillan & Co。 BARCHESTER TOWERS Anthony Trollope Life in an English 77 … Page 78… A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales Cathedral City; middle of Nineteenth Century Chapman & Hall SUNNINGWELL F。 Warre Cornish 〃High Church〃 and 〃Broad Church;〃 middle of Nineteenth Century Constable & Co。 BEAUCHAMP"S CAREER George Meredith English Politics; middle of Nineteenth Century Constable & Co。 MARY BARTON Mrs。 Gaskell Manufacturing Districts; middle of Nineteenth Century Smith; Elder; & Co。 SUGGESTED COURSES OF READINGJUVENILE。 As likely to assist Parents and Teachers; I propose to give two lists (covering English History from the Norman Conquest) for Boys and Girls respectively; but a passing allusion may; first of all; be made to tales dealing with more ancient periods。 For the illustration of Greek and Roman History; those books of Professor A。 J。 Church which are entered in my Pre…Christian section may be safely remended; while the pictures of First Century life given in Wallace"s 〃Ben Hur;〃 Lytton"s 〃Last Days of Pompeii;〃 and Whyte Melville"s 〃The Gladiators〃 are; perhaps; as likely to interest an intelligent boy or girl in the 〃teen〃 stage as any similar productions that could be mentioned。 Turning to the Early History of our own isle; I would specially mention Mr。 Henty"s 〃Beric the Briton〃; the 〃Aescendune〃 series of tales (〃Edwy the Fair;〃 〃Alfgar the Dane;〃 and 〃The Rival Heirs〃) by the late Rev。 A。 D。 Crake; Mr。 C。 W。 Whistler"s 〃Havelok the Dane;〃 〃A Thane of Wessex;〃 &c。; and the various books chosen to represent Alfred and his times。 In preparing the following lists; I have had in view; for the most part; the average Juvenile taste; doubtless many of the more advanced works might be offered in special cases; but; in regard to that; the Parent or Teacher can alone judge。 Some of the tales entered in (I。) reappear in (II。); but a parison will disclose important differences。 A reference to the General List will; in most cases; reveal a more exact specification; for the sake of convenience; the tales are here grouped according to Reigns only。 Of the romances dealing with American and Foreign History to be found in the foregoing pages; many are suitable for young readers; but the 78 … Page 79… A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales sequence not being very close (for any lengthy period at least); separate lists would appear superfluous。 Such writers (to mention only a few) as Fennimore Cooper; Mrs。 J。 G。 Austin; G。 C。 Eggleston; Kirk Munroe; and Elbridge S。 Brooks; may be particularly remended for American History; while Scott; Dumas; Charlotte M。 Yonge; Miss Roberts (author of 〃Mademoiselle Mori〃); and G。 A。 Henty; have all illustratedin more or less adequate fashionthe course of events in Foreign Countries。 The novels of Dumas are not infrequently considered somewhat 〃strong meat;〃 but his 〃 She… Wolves of Machecoul〃 and 〃Black Tulip〃 may be safely placed in any hands。 ENGLISH HISTORY SINCE THE CONQUEST (Boys)。 HAROLD Lytton Norman Conquest; HaroldWilliam I。 Geo。 Routledge & Sons THE CAMP OF REFUGE C。 Macfarlane Norman Conquest; HaroldWilliam I。 Constable & Co。 HEREWARD THE WAKE Charles Kingsley Norman Conquest; HaroldWilliam I。 Macmillan & Co。 WULF THE SAXON G。 A。 Henty Norman Conquest; Harold William I。 Blackie