求推荐超经典的英语短篇小说，几分钟就能读完那种？

现在人的生活与工作都繁忙，没有大段时间耐心地看完一整本小说，尤其对于英语文章来说更是如此，所以给大家推荐一些经典英语短篇小说，值得细细品读。幸福结局 Happy Endingsby 玛格丽特·阿特伍德 Margaret Atwood阅读时长：5分钟内容简介Atwood, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale, shows off her token snark in this very short story, which takes the reader through all of the different ways in which a fictional couple, John and Mary, could possibly end up. Hint: It’s not so happy.精彩选段You'll have to face it, the endings are the same however you slice it. Don't be deluded by any other endings, they're all fake, either deliberately fake, with malicious intent to deceive, or just motivated by excessive optimism if not by downright sentimentality.The only authentic ending is the one provided here:John and Mary die. John and Mary die. John and Mary die.也可以搜索一下面几个经典小说来进行阅读。1.世界的最后一晚 The Last Night of the Worldby 雷·布莱伯利 Ray Bradbury阅读时长：7分钟2.《学校》 The Schoolby 唐纳德·巴塞尔姆 Donald Barthelme阅读时长：5分钟3.一个干净明亮的地方 A Clean, Well-Lighted Placeby 欧内斯特·海明威 Ernest Hemingway阅读时长：8分钟4.窥镜 The Looking-Glassby 安东·契诃夫 Anton Chekhov阅读时长：8分钟5.征兆与象征 Symbols and Signsby Vladimir Nabokov 弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫阅读时长：10分钟