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10. Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray, 1848) 10. 威廉•梅克皮斯•萨克雷《名利场》，1848年出版 This novel features probably the greatest anti-heroine in English literature, Becky Sharp, and a plot that revolves around class, social climbing and a financial crisis that will seem eerily familiar to modern readers.Vanity Fair has it all. It both speaks of its time, and speaks of all times. 这部小说的主角或许就是英国文学史上最知名的非正统派女主角——贝奇•夏普，小说的情节围绕阶级、社会、跻身上流社会以及现代读者听来又熟悉又害怕的金融危机。《名利场》这些要素全都具备, 讲述那个年代，也讲述着每一个年代。 9. Frankenstein (Mary Shelley, 1818) 9. 玛莉•雪莱《科学怪人》，1818年出版 This pioneering work of science fiction and Gothic horror developed an indelible 'monster' of a theme that has endured for centuries: of the scientist as a “modern Prometheus”. 这部先锋作品集科幻和哥特式恐怖于一身，营造了一个难以磨灭的“恶魔”主题，即科学家中的“现代普罗米修斯”，几世纪以来经久不衰。 8. David Copperfield (Charles Dickens, 1850) 8. 查尔斯•狄更斯《大卫•科波菲尔》，1850年出版 David Copperfield is populated by some of the most vivid characters ever created. They are as much a part of readers' world, and their way of thinking about the world, as people they have actually met. | 
