还有一些极棒的中国小说，其实算不上冷门，因为它们在中国家喻户晓，只是英语读者不太熟悉而已：《红楼梦》（Dream of Red Mansions/Story of the Stone），一部讲述两个家族及其衰亡史诗的小说；《儒林外史》（The Scholars），另一部18世纪由一系列相连故事构成的长篇小说，本质上是政治讽刺；还有《水浒传》（Outlaws of the Marsh/The Water Margin），……
Some other fabulous Chinese novels, not really obscure as they are the most famous novels in China, but not well known to English speaking readers: Dream of Red Mansions/Story of the Stone, an epic about two families and the decline of their fortunes; The Scholars, another 18th century long book of linked stories that's basically political satire; and Outlaws of the Marsh/The Water Margin,…
……与《公主新娘》（The Princess Bride）和《最后的独角兽》（The Last Unicorn）一样，是一部老少皆宜的童话，时而令人捧腹，时而感人至深。它在1985年荣获世界奇幻奖，Hughart 随后又创作了两部续作：《石头记》（The Story of the Stone）和《八笔高人》（Eight Skilled Gentlemen）。它们都讲述了高利大师（Master Kao Li，一位“性格微有瑕疵”的学者）和路羽（Lu Yu，通常被称为“牛十”，是他的跟班也是故事的叙述者）的冒险历程。……
…with The Princess Bride and The Last Unicorn as a fairy tale for all ages, by turns incredibly funny and deeply touching. It won the World Fantasy Award in 1985, and Hughart produced two sequels: The Story of the Stone, and Eight Skilled Gentlemen. All present the adventures of Master Kao Li, a scholar with "a slight flaw in [his] character", and Lu Yu, usually called Number Ten Ox, his sidekick and the story's narrator.…
想法挺好，但讲真，光存书签根本不够。我至今还清晰地记得自己浏览过一个网站，上面有 Barry Hughart 为其小说（《鸟之桥》、《石头记》和《八笔高人》）手打的打字机手稿笔记。我当时考虑过把这些扫描图保存下来，但心想它们反正一直在就没存。自那以后他去世了，那些页面也彻底消失了……
It's a nice idea, but really, bookmarks aren't enough. I can still distinctly remember reading a site which had Barry Hughart's typewritten notes for his novels (_Bridge of Birds_, _The Story of the Stone_, and _Eight Skilled Gentlemen_), and I considered saving the files for the image scans, but didn't figuring they would always be available. Since then, he has passed away and the pages in question vanished…
我选《沙丘》和《冰与火之歌》是因为它们主题相似。要论冗长篇幅，除了《源氏物语》或《红楼梦》（Story of the Stone），我想不出19世纪有哪部小说为了讲完一个完整故事而突破百万字大关的。我是说，人们过去老拿《战争与和平》长开玩笑，可它字数其实也就徘徊在半数……
I picked Dune/Song of Ice and Fire because they're thematically similar. In terms of bloat, excluding the Tale of Genji or the Story of the Stone, I can hardly think of anything in the 1800s that pushes into the 1M+ word mark in order to tell a complete story. I mean, people used to joke about War & Peace being long and it's hovering around 1/2…
还有一些极棒的中国小说，其实算不上冷门，因为它们在中国家喻户晓，只是英语读者不太熟悉而已：《红楼梦》（Dream of Red Mansions/Story of the Stone），一部讲述两个家族及其衰亡史诗的小说；《儒林外史》（The Scholars），另一部18世纪由一系列相连故事构成的长篇小说，本质上是政治讽刺；还有《水浒传》（Outlaws of the Marsh/The Water Margin），……
Some other fabulous Chinese novels, not really obscure as they are the most famous novels in China, but not well known to English speaking readers: Dream of Red Mansions/Story of the Stone, an epic about two families and the decline of their fortunes; The Scholars, another 18th century long book of linked stories that's basically political satire; and Outlaws of the Marsh/The Water Margin,…
霍克斯（Hawkes）和闵福德（Minford）翻译的《石头记》（The Story of the Stone）。https://www.goodreads.com/series/175344
The Story of the Stone by Hawkes and Minford. https://www.goodreads.com/series/175344
……与《公主新娘》（The Princess Bride）和《最后的独角兽》（The Last Unicorn）一样，是一部老少皆宜的童话，时而令人捧腹，时而感人至深。它在1985年荣获世界奇幻奖，Hughart 随后又创作了两部续作：《石头记》（The Story of the Stone）和《八笔高人》（Eight Skilled Gentlemen）。它们都讲述了高利大师（Master Kao Li，一位“性格微有瑕疵”的学者）和路羽（Lu Yu，通常被称为“牛十”，是他的跟班也是故事的叙述者）的冒险历程。……
…with The Princess Bride and The Last Unicorn as a fairy tale for all ages, by turns incredibly funny and deeply touching. It won the World Fantasy Award in 1985, and Hughart produced two sequels: The Story of the Stone, and Eight Skilled Gentlemen. All present the adventures of Master Kao Li, a scholar with "a slight flaw in [his] character", and Lu Yu, usually called Number Ten Ox, his sidekick and the story's narrator.…
想法挺好，但讲真，光存书签根本不够。我至今还清晰地记得自己浏览过一个网站，上面有 Barry Hughart 为其小说（《鸟之桥》、《石头记》和《八笔高人》）手打的打字机手稿笔记。我当时考虑过把这些扫描图保存下来，但心想它们反正一直在就没存。自那以后他去世了，那些页面也彻底消失了……
It's a nice idea, but really, bookmarks aren't enough. I can still distinctly remember reading a site which had Barry Hughart's typewritten notes for his novels (_Bridge of Birds_, _The Story of the Stone_, and _Eight Skilled Gentlemen_), and I considered saving the files for the image scans, but didn't figuring they would always be available. Since then, he has passed away and the pages in question vanished…
我选《沙丘》和《冰与火之歌》是因为它们主题相似。要论冗长篇幅，除了《源氏物语》或《红楼梦》（Story of the Stone），我想不出19世纪有哪部小说为了讲完一个完整故事而突破百万字大关的。我是说，人们过去老拿《战争与和平》长开玩笑，可它字数其实也就徘徊在半数……
I picked Dune/Song of Ice and Fire because they're thematically similar. In terms of bloat, excluding the Tale of Genji or the Story of the Stone, I can hardly think of anything in the 1800s that pushes into the 1M+ word mark in order to tell a complete story. I mean, people used to joke about War & Peace being long and it's hovering around 1/2…