The Old Wives' Tale (Penguin Classics)读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | None页 | 2020 | Penguin Classics |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD 15.00 | 2020-02-20 … | 2020-07-04 … | 78 |
The Old Wives' Tale (1908) celebrates the romance of even the most ordinary lives as it tells the story of the two Baines sisters, placid stay-at-home Constance and rebellious Sophia, from their girlhood to their last days. They move from the family drapery shop in provincial Bursley during
the repressive mid-Victorian period to old age in the modern era of mass marketing and the internal combustion engine. The setting ranges from the Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Bursley to a Paris brothel, the action from the controlled domestic routine of the Baines household to wife murder and the
Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1.
This edition of The Old Wives' Tale gives fascinating critical insights into Bennett's most wide-ranging novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece.
作者简介阿诺德 本涅特 A. Bennet(t)(1867-1931） 英国作家。出生在斯塔福德郡的小镇汉利附近。父亲是律师。童年时生活穷苦，促使他追求事业的成功，以摆脱贫穷和屈辱。他曾在伦敦学习法律，当过律师事务所的书记员和《妇女》杂志的编辑，写过小说、剧本、评论等。以后专门从事写作。
小说《老妇人的故事》（1908）是本涅特的代表作，它描写伯斯里镇布店老板贝恩斯的两个女儿从朝气蓬勃的姑娘变成平庸的老妪，反映了19世纪后半叶英国工业城镇里中产阶级的生活。姐姐康斯坦丝嫁给布店的伙计，守着父亲留下的小家业平淡地过了一生。妹妹索菲亚不愿在沉闷的小镇中生活，和一个推销员私奔到巴黎，遭到遗弃，以收取房租维持生活，后来老死在家乡。小说的主题是青春和美丽不可避免地要变成衰老和丑陋。两姐妹生活中的悲剧正是平庸空虚的小市民社会环境所造成的。有的评论家认为这部作品反映了英国中...
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