“Don Quijote” by Cervantes Saavedra
《堂·吉訶德》，塞萬(wàn)提斯·薩維德拉著

Much reading and book-learning can drive you to try and become one of the characters in your favorite novels.
涉獵書傳、博學(xué)強(qiáng)記可以讓你成為你最喜愛(ài)的小說(shuō)中的人物形象。

This is what happens to Don Quixote, who attempts many chivalrous knightly acts while hampered by a world that has rejected knightly virtues.
唐吉坷德就是這么一個(gè)人。他彬彬有禮、處處發(fā)揚(yáng)騎士的美德善行，卻不為周遭世界接受。

The Guardian placed this 400-year-old classic novel among the its all-time Top 100 books.
《衛(wèi)報(bào)》曾評(píng)選出100本經(jīng)典書目，這部享譽(yù)400年的經(jīng)典巨著也在其中。

Cervantes weaves all three elements – madness, comedy, and fantasy – in between conversations and adventures shared between Quixote and Sancho Panza, his seemingly simple-minded but loyal and outspoken aide de camp.
在塞萬(wàn)提斯筆下，癲狂、喜劇和夢(mèng)幻這三種元素交織在一起，融匯于唐吉坷德和桑喬·潘扎烈倆人的對(duì)話和歷險(xiǎn)中。桑丘·潘沙是堂吉訶德的侍從，他看似頭腦簡(jiǎn)單，卻很忠誠(chéng)，而且直言不諱。

“A Treatise of Human Nature” by David Hume
《人性論》，大衛(wèi)·休謨著

Exploring the link between science and human nature, or a scientifically applied moral philosophy, is the goal of this Treatise.
這本書主要探索科學(xué)和人性的關(guān)系，或者說(shuō)是道德哲學(xué)的科學(xué)應(yīng)用。

Building on early complaints against the endless conjecture and wranglings between philosophers, this work promotes a move away from metaphysical speculation and a permanent shift toward systems based on observational fact.
基于哲學(xué)家們無(wú)盡的臆測(cè)和爭(zhēng)執(zhí)，這本著作促進(jìn)了形而上學(xué)思辨向事實(shí)觀察體系的永久轉(zhuǎn)變。

By banishing supernatural doctrine that looks beyond the existing world, fear and prejudice can take a backseat in human experience.
書中摒棄了洞察世事的超自然教條，恐懼和偏見(jiàn)占據(jù)人類體驗(yàn)的次要地位。

“None” by B. Kovner
《無(wú)人》，布魯斯·柯夫納

Einstein's favourite reading during his last few months of his life were humorist stories of B.Knovner, a writer for the Jewish Daily Forward.
愛(ài)因斯坦臨終前最后幾個(gè)月最愛(ài)讀的是《猶太日?qǐng)?bào)》幽默大師布魯斯·柯夫納的小說(shuō)。

Kovner (pen name for Jacob Adler) wrote a series of humoirst stories in Yiddish for the forward. Einstein looked forward to each new episode in his last several months.
柯夫納是筆名，原名雅各布·阿德勒。柯夫納用意第緒語(yǔ)給《猶太日?qǐng)?bào)》寫稿。愛(ài)因斯坦臨終前每個(gè)月都心心念念盼望柯夫納出一集新故事。

“Isis Unveiled: Secrets of the Ancient Wisdom Tradition” by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
《揭開(kāi)伊西斯的面紗》，海倫娜·彼羅夫娜·布拉瓦茨基

As a theosophist, Blavatsky promoted pantheism and greatly influenced both Mahatma Gandhi and Annie Besant.
作為神智學(xué)者，布拉瓦茨基宣揚(yáng)泛神論，對(duì)甘地和安妮·貝費(fèi)特有很大影響。

In this work, spiritualism and occult practices are the base for examining ancient Eastern and Western wisdom, rather than the traditionally reversed path of finding knowledge.
這本著作中，唯心論和神秘學(xué)是檢驗(yàn)古代中西智慧的基礎(chǔ)，而不是傳統(tǒng)意義上與之相反的求知道路。

Blavatsky examines existing philosophical systems and ideas and finds them to be inadquate.
布拉瓦茨基認(rèn)為現(xiàn)行的哲學(xué)體系和思想存有不足。

“The Brothers Karamasov” by Dostoevsky
《卡拉馬助夫兄弟們》，陀思妥耶夫斯基

This is of the best allegorical novels to explain the fractured nature of 19th century Russia. Each character is representative of one of the ruling classes.
這是最棒的諷喻小說(shuō)之一，闡釋了19世紀(jì)俄國(guó)社會(huì)的階級(jí)對(duì)立。每一個(gè)人物都代表了統(tǒng)治階級(jí)的一員。

There is the father Fyodor, the landowner who is negligent about his land, but greedy in using its produce for himself. There's Dmitri, who has been passed around from house to house. There's the skeptic Ivan, who wishes to live more among cold concepts than people. And gentle Alyosha, the mystic and religious peacemaker, and the illegitimate Smerdyakov.
父親費(fèi)奧多是地主，疏于農(nóng)作卻掛念著農(nóng)產(chǎn)品。還有德米特里，在各家各戶輾轉(zhuǎn)。另有疑神疑鬼的伊萬(wàn)，與其和人相處，更愿意活在冰冷的概念里。還有溫柔的阿遼沙，既神秘又信奉宗教的和事佬，及私生的斯梅迪亞克。

Throughout are themes of love, law, and duty, which makes this one of the best Dostoyesky books to read besides Crime and Punishment.
貫穿整個(gè)小說(shuō)的主題是愛(ài)、法律和責(zé)任，這使其成為杜斯妥也夫斯基《罪與罰》之外最值得一讀的書。

（來(lái)源：滬江英語(yǔ) 編輯：許晶晶）