letter是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 信， 函件； 字母， 文字，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'You must let them know at home, if you please, Mr. Peggotty,' Isaid, 'when that letter is sent, that Mr. Steerforth is very kind to me,and that I don't know what I should ever do here without him.'
-- I hurried away to the parlour; and there I foundMr. Creakle, sitting at his breakfast with the cane and a newspaperbefore him, and Mrs. Creakle with an opened letter in her hand.
-- I have receiveda letter from Mr. Murdstone, in which he mentions that he woulddesire me to receive into an apartment in the rear of my house,which is at present unoccupied- and is, in short, to be let as a- inshort,' said the stranger, with a smile and in a burst of confidence,'as a bedroom- the young beginner whom I have now the pleasureto' and the stranger waved his hand, and settled his chin in hisshirt-collar.
-- I am solemnly convinced that Inever for one hour was reconciled to it, or was otherwise than 158miserably unhappy; but I bore it; and even to Peggotty, partly forthe love of her and partly for shame, never in any letter (thoughmany passed between us) revealed the truth.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- For a few days, every morning visit in Highbury included some mention of the handsome letter Mrs. Weston had received.
-- 'I suppose you have heard of the handsome letter Mr. Frank Churchill has written to Mrs. Weston?
-- Mr. Woodhouse saw the letter, and he says he never saw such a handsome letter in his life.'
-- She had heard, as soon as she got back to Mrs. Goddard's, that Mr. Martin had been there an hour before, and finding she was not at home, nor par-ticularly expected, had left a little parcel for her from one of his sisters, and gone away; and on opening this parcel, she had actually found, besides the two songs which she had lent Elizabeth to copy, a letter to herself; and this letter was from him, from Mr. Martin, and contained a direct pro-posal of marriage.
-- The style of the letter was much above her expec-tation.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- she exclaimed, throwing down the letter frolicsomely.
-- The same evening the letter was sent, and was duly sorted in Casterbridge post-office that night, to be returned to Weatherbury again in the morning.
-- Upon the mantel-shelf before him was a time-piece, surmounted by a spread eagle, and upon the eagle's wings was the letter Bathsheba had sent.
-- Here, in the quiet of Boldwood's parlour, where everything that was not grave was extraneous, and where the atmosphere was that of a Puritan Sunday lasting all the week, the letter and its dictum changed their tenor from the thoughtlessness of their origin to a deep solemnity, imbibed from their accessories now.
-- The letter must have had an origin and a motive.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A few days after his return to Paris, therefore, Rastignac sent his aunt's letter to Mme.
-- de Marcillac's letter of introduction, the poor student had been kindly received in that house before he knew the extent of the favor thus shown to him.
-- said Vautrin, pouncing on a letter in Christophe's hand.
-- he added, as he gave the letter back to Christophe.
-- said Vautrin, holding the letter up to the light.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Letter 1To Mrs. Saville, England St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17 You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regard-ed with such evil forebodings.
-- This letter will reach England by a merchantman now on its homeward voyage from Archan-gel; more fortunate than I, who may not see my native land, perhaps, for many years.
-- 'Compose yourself,' said Clerval, who observed my change of colour, 'I will not mention it if it agitates you; but your father and cousin would be very happy if they received a letter from you in your own handwriting.
-- 'If this is your present temper, my friend, you will per-haps be glad to see a letter that has been lying here some days for you; it is from your cousin, I believe.'
-- 66 FrankensteinChapter 6 lerval then put the following letter into my hands.
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