外国名著英文读书笔记概括读后感合集一

英文读物读书笔记/读后感合集1

【Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland】爱丽丝漫游仙境

Abstract概括:

A blonde English girl called Alice met a rabbit with a clock in its hands who was able to speak when she was boring beside a river.She chased the strange rabbit and fell into a hole which connected to a rum world.In this world,Alice met many strange animals and strange people.And the law of nature in her original world actually didn’t work here.In the end of her journey,she woke up and found that journey was all a dream.

Theme主题:

This story has two main themes from my point of view.

For one thing,as a masterwork of Children’s Literature,Alice’s Adventure s in Wonderland is a perfect model showing both fun and fancy .The main character is a little girl who is full of imagination and creativity,thus her dream was illogical,rule-breaking and absurd.For example,animals could all speak,time could stand still,Mock Turtle became a creature and white roses could be painted red in order to become red roses.Maybe those thoughts are all what we tend to overlook or laugh as we grow up gradually,but they are of great significance.The book praises children’s innocence and imagination and call s on people to regain and keep a childlike innocence to face up to pressure and difficulties in real life.

For another,set in 20s,this book reflects on the social reality of the U.K. at that time.Animals and people in that world consistently obeyed social manners with great pedantry.Alice recited poems throughout the story and the mice just recited its text book but knew nothing about what it said,which satirized temporal education mode.The cruel

and irritable queen and the snobbish and vulgar duchess are the symbol of the nobility the book criticizes.This book even describes a judge near the end to symbolize the chaotic Victorian court with heavy irony.

To sum up,Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is more than a children’s story and is a piece of literature with great era significance to people of all ages.

【Grimm's Fairy Tales】格林童话

Abstract概括:

When Holy Roman Empire, which was Germany’s predecessor, experienced collapsing and splitting up after Napoleonic Wars , many litterateurs wanted to save their German culture to make it unified. Linguistician Jacob Grimm and Willian Grimm, a pair of brothers, were two of those patriotic people. They collected a variety of folk stories and fairy tales then edited them into a story collection. It includes popular stories like Snow White, Cinderella, Little Red-Cap and Little Briar-Rose with typical characters such as animals, witches, royal, monsters and civilians. These fairy tales are aimed at teaching children to build nice characters and personalities, and helping them develop the ability to distinguish right and wrong.

Statements and comments书中观点和评论:

1. IN olden times when wishing still helped on, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so

much,was astonished whenever it shone in her face.

Comment:

”wishing still helped on ” implies the religious culture in German and in this passage sun

could see and appreciate with personification. They all emphasize the beauty of the young princess and add the whole story a breath of mystery.

2. "Aha!" she cried scornfully. "You have come for your Mistress Darling, but that beautiful bird is no longer sitting in her nest, nor is she singing any more. The cat got her, and will scratch your eyes out as well. You have lost Rapunzel. You will never see her

again."

Comment:

It uses symbolization twice. The beautiful bird symbolizes the Rapunzel because she was beautiful and sings well. The cat symbolizes the witch because she was evil and offensive. The use of symbolization makes the sentences vivid and visual.

3.

——King, what are thou doing now?

Sleeping thou, or wakest thou?

And my guests, what may they do?

——They are sleeping soundly, too.

——What does little baby mine?

——Sleepeth in her cradle fine.

Comment:

Conversation between the queen and the cook becomes a short poem. It not only conveyed information about the queen’s husband, child and stepmother, but also used rhyme to make it catchy. Maybe that accounts for the longevity and popularity of Grimm’s

【Jane Eyre】简·爱

Abstract概括：

An orphan called Jane Eyre was raised up by a cruel aunt.Her aunt and cousins abused her even though she tried to behave herself.Irritatedly,she offered to go to school to get away from her bad relatives.There she met a close friend but the terrible environment and medical condition claimed her friend’s life.After graduation,she received a position to teach a girl in Thornfield.She fell in love with the

haciendado——Mr.Rochester.However,after they were engaged,Jane found the exsistence of his lunatic former wife.Jane left him.One year later,she returned to Thornfield and heard about a big fire which had happened here.She found the lonely Mr.Rochester and compromised with her lover.

Thoughts感想:

Jane is a woman with a strong sense of equality since she was a little girl and full of wisdom .She was brave enough to run after her love.Though she had experienced an unhappy or even painful childhood in her aunt‘s family,she forgave her aunt

anyhow.Though Mr.Rochester had kept the mystery of his former wife to himself,she forgave him and expressed her innocent love to her lover.It’s a book full of

struggle,concealment,misunderstanding and inequality which conveys us the great love,forgiveness,understanding and equality.

'I tell you I must go!' I retorted, roused to something like passion. 'Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?- a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?You think wrong!- I have as much soul as you,- and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities,nor even of mortal flesh;- it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal,- as we are!'

【Little Women】小妇人

Abstract概括:

The Marchs lived a poor but perfect life in America with four girls.Girls were mature and all worked because of their father’s joining the army.Meg an d Joe developed a friendship with the parentless and lonely boy Laurie who lived next door.Five children played together and learn a lesson daily since . The message that Mr. March was very ill pushed Mrs. March to left home for the hospital,while very soon Beth had got a scarlet fever.Other children tried their best to manage the family and luckily Beth and their father recovered.In another Christmas Day,the family reunited and Meg found her true love .

Thoughts感想:

This story describes a harmonious family during American Civil War.Generally,wars

ruin many cities, make people homeless and break up people’s family ,which give rise to lots of crimes and chaos.But in this story,people didn’t lose any virtue or conscience,and even depended on that difficult situation to learn to be stronger.Many values in this story including tolerance,anti-money worship,sharing,helping and perseverance are still what our society badly needs today.And more importantly,this story centers around women which conveys that women have the same passion,endurance and drive as men.They can build a wonderful future for themselves with extrodinary power hidden in their small bodies.

Extract摘录:

"They are quite worn out. Marmee must have a new pair."

"I thought I'd get her some with my dollar," said Beth.

"No, I shall!" cried Amy.

"I'm the oldest," began Meg, but Jo cut in with a decided, "I'm the man of the family now Papa is away, and I shall provide the slippers, for he told me to take special care of Mother while he was gone."

"I'll tell you what we'll do," said Beth, "let's each get her something for Christmas, land not get anything for ourselves."

"That's like you, dear! What will we get?" exclaimed Jo.

Everyone thought soberly for a minute, then Meg announced, as if the idea was suggested by the sight of her own pretty hands, "I shall give her a nice pair of gloves." "Army shoes, best to be had," cried Jo.

"Some handkerchiefs, all hemmed," said Beth.

"I'll get a little bottle of cologne. She likes it, and it won't cost much, so I'll have some left to

buy my pencils," added Amy.

【Robinson Crusoe】鲁滨逊漂流记

Abstract概括:

Robinson Crusoe was an adventurous and curious sailor who was once attacked by pirates near Africa and then escaped. After making a fortune in Brazil, Robinson set sail for Africa again but suffered a storm and was drifted to a deserted island alone. There he made full use of the food, clothes, books and tools in his original small boat and tilled the land, planted crops, farmed animals, made clothes and built house for himself. He even saved a wild man and taught him English. He lived in that deserted island for about twenty-eight years until an English boat saved him. When Robinson went home, he donated some money he got from Brazil to people once had given him a hand.

Extract摘录:

I had Tortoise or Turtles enough; but now and then one, was as much as I could put to any use. I had Timber enough to have built a Fleet of Ships. I had Grapes enough to have made Wine, or to have cur'd into Raisins, to have loaded that Fleet, when they had been built. But all I could make use of, was, All that was valuable. I had enough to eat, and to supply my Wants, and, what was all the rest to me? If I kill'd more Flesh than I could eat, the Dog must eat it, or the Vermin. If I sow'd more Corn than I could eat, it must be spoil'd. The Trees that I cut down, were lying to rot on the Ground. I could make no more use of them than for Fewel; and that I had no Occasion for, but to dress my Food.

Independent thoughts个人感想:

Though Robinson love adventures, from the passage above, I can also see an innocent man who is easily satisfied and understands the easy method to enjoy life——creating a gratitude for what you already have. As for Robinson’s parents, they wanted their son to be in line and never try to expose himself to the world out of his class or society. They thought only mi ddle class’s life was happy and mild. But their son was right from the beginning——happiness and mildness don’t come from the situation around ourselves but our own heart. Even in an uninhabited and lonely island, we can also labor to raise ourselves with a peaceful and positive attitude. It is no use being stuck in the environment around us.