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1、TheBeastintheJungleJames,HenryPublished:1903Type(s):ShortFictionSource:http://www.gutenberg.org1AboutJames:HenryJames,sonoftheologianHenryJamesSr.andbrotherofthephilosopherandpsychologistWilliamJamesanddiaristAliceJames,wasanAmerican-bornauthorandliterarycriticofthelat
2、e19thandearly20thcenturies.HespentmuchofhislifeinEuropeandbecameaBritishsubjectshortlybeforehisdeath.Heisprimarilyknownfornovels,novel-lasandshortstoriesbasedonthemesofconsciousnessandmorality.Jamessignificantlycontributedtothecriticismoffiction,particularlyinhisinsist
3、encethatwritersbeallowedthegreatestfreedompossibleinpresentingtheirviewoftheworld.Hisimaginativeuseofpointofview,interiormonologueandpossiblyunreliablenarratorsinhisownnovelsandtalesbroughtanewdepthandinteresttonarrativefiction.Anex-traordinarilyproductivewriter,hepubl
4、ishedsubstantivebooksoftravelwriting,biography,autobiographyandvisualartscriticism.Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1Whatdeterminedthespeechthatstartledhiminthecourseoftheiren-counterscarcelymatters,beingprobablybutsomewordsspokenbyhimselfquitewithoutintention—spokenastheylinge
5、redandslowlymovedtogetheraftertheirrenewalofacquaintance.Hehadbeencon-veyedbyfriendsanhourortwobeforetothehouseatwhichshewasstaying;thepartyofvisitorsattheotherhouse,ofwhomhewasone,andthankstowhomitwashistheory,asalways,thathewaslostinthecrowd,hadbeeninvitedovertolunch
6、eon.Therehadbeenafterlunch-eonmuchdispersal,allintheinterestoftheoriginalmotive,aviewofWeatherenditselfandthefinethings,intrinsicfeatures,pictures,heir-looms,treasuresofallthearts,thatmadetheplacealmostfamous;andthegreatroomsweresonumerousthatguestscouldwanderattheirwi
7、ll,hangbackfromtheprincipalgroupandincaseswheretheytooksuchmatterswiththelastseriousnessgivethemselvesuptomysteriousappreciationsandmeasurements.Therewerepersonstobeobserved,singlyorincouples,bendingtowardobjectsinout-of-the-waycornerswiththeirhandsontheirkneesandtheir
8、headsnoddingquiteaswiththeemphasisofanexcitedsenseofsmell.Whentheyweretwotheyeithermingledtheirsoundsofecstasyormelte
