吴小琴编著的《英语短篇小说选读》选取19世纪以来的英语短篇小说，并提供了作家作品的介绍，比如文学流派、作品风格、社会历史背景等，便于学生获取重要信息。选材力求难度适中，具有可读性，并把文学常识作为一个模块，贯穿在各个单元中。单元练习引导学生在预习时初步理解故事内容，在课堂与课后学习进行更深层次的思考，还特别设计了词汇练习，帮助学生扩大词汇量。
本教材适用于非英语专业的通识课、特色课，也适用于英语专业的学生阅读。

Unit 1 Materialism and Relationship
Main Reading: The Rocking-Horse Winner
Supplementary Reading: Love Is a Fallacy
Unit 2 Attitudes Toward Life
Main Reading: The Ant and the Grasshopper
Supplementary Reading: A Clean, WelMighted Place
Unit 3 Love and Duty
Main Reading: Eveline
Supplementary Reading: Hills Like White Elephants
Unit 4 Entry into Society
Main Reading: The Garden Party
Supplementary Reading: Her First Ball
Unit 5 Growing Up
Main Reading: My Oedipus Complex
Supplementary Reading: Araby
Unit 6 Beautiful Feelings
Main Reading: The Lost Phoebe
Supplementary Reading: The Gift of the Magi
Unit 7 Marriage and Family
Main Reading: The Story of an Hour
Supplementary Reading: The Shadow in the Rose Garden
Unit 8 Society and Tradition
Main Reading: A Rose for Emily
Supplementary Reading. The Lottery
Unit 9 Appearance and Reality
Main Reading: The Open Window
Supplementary Reading. A Friend in Need ~
Unit 10 Human Nature
Main Reading: The Cask of Amontillado
Supplementary Reading: Mrs Packletide's Tiger
Unit 11 Humanity and Friendship
Main Reading: The Last Leaf
Supplementary Reading: After Twenty Years
Unit 12 Man and Nature
Main Reading: The White Heron
Supplementary Reading: When Twilight Fails on the Stump Lots
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