North and South读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | 528页 | 8.7 | 2020 | Penguin Books Ltd (UK) |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBP 2.00 | 2020-02-20 … | 2021-03-26 … | 12 |
When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the north of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of the local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social justice. This is intensified by her tempestuous relationship with the mill-owner and self-made man, John Thornton, as their fierce opposition over his treatment of his employees masks a deeper attraction. In North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell skillfully fused individual feeling with social concern, and in Margaret Hale created one of the most original heroines of Victorian literature.
作者简介英國小說家。原名伊麗莎白‧克萊格霍恩‧斯蒂文森。周歲喪母﹐寄養在納茨福德姨母家裡﹐這座偏僻小城的風俗人情成為她日後創作的素材。14歲時她到附近的斯特雷特福德鎮一家女子學校學習。她自幼受到父親文學修養的燻陶﹐也受到父親和姨母虔誠的宗教信仰的影響。22歲時﹐她與曼徹斯特唯一神教會的副主持威廉‧蓋斯凱爾結婚。她的作品都是在丈夫鼓勵下寫成的。作為下級牧師的妻子﹐她往往配合丈夫做些慈善工作﹐或護理窮苦的病人﹐因而有機會接觸生活困難﹑有一定階級覺悟的產業工人﹐瞭解他們的生活與思想。這一切都形像地體現在她的優秀的現實主義小說《瑪麗‧巴頓》之中。
蓋斯凱爾夫人共發表過 6部長篇小說﹐《瑪麗‧巴頓》(1848)是第一部﹐它真實地反映了工人階級的生活和鬥爭﹐在19世紀英國小說的發展中佔著十分重要的地位。馬克思曾稱讚狄更斯﹑薩克雷和蓋斯凱爾夫人是“一...
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