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。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A telegram next day gave hope of his speedy return, but in the evening a letter apprised her of the difficulties his proposition had met with, and the morning after brought another, in which he openly expressed his dissatisfaction with the Admiralty.
-- The young wife went up to her husband, and said, with tears in her eyes, though her voice was firm, and her face beamed with animation: "Edward, when Captain Grant wrote that letter and threw it into the sea, he committed it to the care of God.
-- Glenarvan, meantime, wrote his letter for Tom Austin.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- To Catherine and Lydia, neither the letter nor its writ-er were in any degree interesting.
-- As for their mother, Mr. Collins's letter had done away much of her ill-will, and she was preparing to see him with a degree of composure which astonished her husband and daughters.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- To this purpose, getting a kind of letter of naturalisation, I purchased as much land that was uncured as my money would reach, and formed a plan for my plantation and settlement; such a one as might be suitable to the stock which I proposed to myself to re-ceive from England.
-- This being regularly attested by a notary, and a procu-ration affixed, he directed me to send it, with a letter of his writing, to a merchant of his acquaintance at the place; and then proposed my staying with him till an account came of the return.
-- There was a letter of my partner's, congratulating mevery affectionately upon my being alive, giving me an ac-count how the estate was improved, and what it produced a year; with the particulars of the number of squares, or acres that it contained, how planted, how many slaves there were upon it: and making two- and-twenty crosses for blessings, told me he had said so many AVE MARIAS to thank the Blessed Virgin that I was alive; inviting me very passion-ately to come over and take possession of my own, and in the meantime to give him orders to whom he should de-liver my effects if I did not come myself; concluding with a hearty tender of his friendship, and that of his family; and sent me as a present seven fine leopards' skins, which he had, it seems, received from Africa, by some other ship that he had sent thither, and which, it seems, had made a better voyage than I.
-- I wrote next a letter of thanks to my two trustees, with all the acknowledgment that so much justice and honesty called for: as for sending them any present, they were far above having any occasion of it.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In this state of her spirits, a letter was delivered to her from the post, which contained a proposal particularly well timed.
-- The letter was from this gentleman himself, and written in the true spirit of friendly accommodation.
-- He seemed really anxious to accommodate them and the whole of his letter was written in so friendly a style as could not fail of giving pleasure to his cousin; more especially at a moment when she was suffering under the cold and unfeeling behaviour of her nearer connections.
-- The house, too, as described by Sir John, was on so simple a scale, and the rent so uncommonly moderate, as to leave her no right of objection on either point; and, therefore, though it was not a plan which brought any charm to her fancy, though it was a removal from the vicinity of Norland beyond her wishes, she made no attempt to dissuade her mother from sending a letter of acquiescence.
-- In a very few weeks from the day which brought Sir John Middleton's first letter to Norland, every thing was so far settled in their future abode as to enable Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters to begin their journey.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then he got out a letter from a bunch in his coat pocket.
-- Just then a knock came at their door and the maidservant handed a letter in.
-- She, on the contrary, was not at all inclined to accept anything less than a complete fulfilment of the letter of their relationship, though the spirit might be wanting.
-- The day after their theatre visit he began writing her regularly-- a letter every morning, and begging her to do as much for him.
-- Drouet was reminded of his promise a day or two later by the receipt of a letter announcing that the first rehearsal was set for the following Friday evening, and urging him to kindly forward the young lady's address at once, in order that the part might be delivered to her.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There was one where a young lady was at a window looking up at the moon, and tears running down her cheeks; and she had an open letter in one hand with black sealing wax showing on one edge of it, and she was mashing a locket with a chain to it against her mouth, and under- neath the picture it said 'And Art Thou Gone Yes Thou Art Gone Alas.'
-- He left a letter behind for Harvey, and said he'd told in it where his money was hid, and how he wanted the rest of the prop-erty divided up so George's g'yirls would be all right for George didn't leave nothing.
-- And that letter was all they could get him to put a pen to.'
-- He hasn't had any too much time and besides he mightn't a got the letter at all, you know.'
-- Then Mary Jane she fetched the letter her father left be-hind, and the king he read it out loud and cried over it.
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