Charlotte's Web夏洛特的网 英文原版

E.B.White,theauthorofsuchbelovedclassicsasCharlotte'sWeb,StuartLittle,andTheTrumpetoftheSwan,wasborninMountVernon,NewYork.HegraduatedfromCornellUniversityin1921and,fiveorsixyearslater,joinedthestaffofTheNewYorkermagazine,theninitsinfancy.HediedonOctober1,1985,andwassurvivedbyhissonandthreegrandchildren.Mr.White'sessayshaveappearedinHarper'smagazine,andsomeofhisotherbooksare：OneMan'sMeat,TheSecondTreefromtheCorner,LettersofE.B.White,EssaysofE.B.White,andPoemsandSketchesofE.B.White.Hewoncountlessawards,includingthe1971NationalMedalforLiteratureandtheLauraIngallsWilderAward,whichcommendedhimformakinga“substantialandlastingcontributiontoliteratureforchildren.”Duringhislifetime,manyyoungreadersaskedMr.Whiteifhisstoriesweretrue.Inaletterwrittentobesenttohisfans,heanswered,“No,theyareimaginarytales...Butreallifeisonlyonekindoflife—thereisalsothelifeoftheimagination.”GarthWilliamsbeganhisworkonthepicturesfortheLittleHousebooksbymeetingLauraIngallsWilderatherhomeinMissouri,andthenhetraveledtothesitesofallthelittlehouses.HischarmingartcausedLauratoremarkthatsheandherfamily“liveagainintheseillustrations.”KateDiCamilloistheacclaimedauthorofmanybooksforyoungreaders,includingTheTaleofDespereaux,winneroftheNewberyMedal;BecauseofWinn-Dixie,aNewberyHonorBook;andTheTigerRising,aNationalBookAwardfinalist.ShelivesinMinneapolis,Minnesota.E·B·怀特，美国当代著名散文家、评论家，以散文名世，“其文风冷峻清丽，辛辣幽默，自成一格”。生于纽约蒙特弗农，毕业于康奈尔大学。作为《纽约客》主要撰稿人的怀特一手奠定了影响深远的“《纽约客》文风”。怀特对这个世界上的一切都充满关爱，他的道德与他的文章一样山高水长。除了他终生挚爱的随笔之外，他还为孩子们写了三本书：《斯图尔特鼠小弟》（又译《精灵鼠小弟》）、《夏洛的网》与《吹小号的天鹅》，同样成为儿童与成人共同喜爱的文学经典。