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Northanger Abbey

内容简介

AboutthisWordsworthClassic:ThisWordsworthEditionincludesanIntroductionandNotesbyDavidBlair,UniversityofKent.NorthangerAbbeytellsthestoryofayounggirl,CatherineMorlandwholeaveshersheltered,ruralhometoenterthebusy,sophisticatedworldofBathinthelate1790s.AustenobserveswithinsightandhumourtheinteractionbetweenCatherineandthevariouscharacterswhomshemeetsthere,andtrackshergrowingunderstandingoftheworldabouther.Inthis,herfirstfull-lengthnovel,Austenalsofixeshersharp,ironicgazeonotherkindsofcontemporarynovel,especiallytheGothicschoolmadefamousbyAnnRadcliffe.Catherine'sreadingbecomesintertwinedwithhersocialandromanticadventures,addingtotheuncertaintiesandembarrassmentsshemustundergobeforefindinghappiness.NorthangerAbbey,中文译名为《诺桑觉寺》,19世纪最有影响的经典小说之一,由英国著名作家简·奥斯丁编著。女主人公凯瑟琳是牧师的女儿,是位心地善良、单纯的姑娘。乡绅艾伦夫妇无儿无女,凯瑟琳陪伴他们来到矿泉疗养地巴斯。在那里凯瑟琳结交了虚情假意的索珀兄妹,并与正直英俊的青年牧师亨利一见钟情。心术不正的索珀以为凯瑟琳要做艾伦夫妇的财产继承人,便因财“打定主意要娶凯瑟琳为妻”。仅凭索珀的介绍,亨利的父亲蒂尔尼,一位充满金钱和门第观念的将军,误以为凯瑟琳家很富有,于是他竭力怂恿儿子去追求凯瑟琳,并邀请她去他们位于诺桑觉寺的官邸做客,把她视为自家人。后来,索珀追求凯瑟琳的奢望破灭,恼羞成怒的他不但贬损凯瑟琳,而且还把她家说成一贫如洗。气急败坏的蒂尔尼将军把凯瑟琳赶出了家门,并勒令儿子把她忘掉。但是两位青年恋人并没有屈服,他们历经磨难,有情人终成眷属。该书自出版以来,一直畅销至今,已被译成世界上几十种文字。小说还被多次改编成电影、电视剧。书中所展现的爱情故事感染了一代又一代读者,特别是青年读者的心灵。无论作为语言学习的课本,还是作为通俗的文学读本,《诺桑觉寺》对当代中国的青少年都将产生积极的影响。

作者简介

JaneAustenwasbornonDecember16,1775atSteventonnearBasingstoke,theseventhchildoftherectoroftheparish.ShelivedwithherfamilyatSteventonuntiltheymovedtoBathwhenherfatherretiredin1801.Afterhisdeathin1805,shemovedaroundwithhermother;in1809,theysettledinChawton,nearAlton,Hampshire.Heresheremained,exceptforafewvisitstoLondon,untilinMay1817shemovedtoWinchestertobenearherdoctor.ThereshediedonJuly18,1817.AsagirlJaneAustenwrotestories,includingburlesquesofpopularromances.Herworkswereonlypublishedaftermuchrevision,fournovelsbeingpublishedinherlifetime.TheseareSenseandSensibility(1811),PrideandPrejudice(1813),MansfieldPark(1814)andEmma(1816).Twoothernovels,NorthangerAbbeyandPersuasion,werepublishedposthumouslyin1818withabiographicalnoticebyherbrother,HenryAusten,thefirstformalannouncementofherauthorship.Persuasionwaswritteninaraceagainstfailinghealthin1815-16.Shealsolefttwoearliercompositions,ashortepistolarynovel,LadySusan,andanunfinishednovel,TheWatsons.Atthetimeofherdeath,shewasworkingonanewnovel,Sanditon,afragmentarydraftofwhichsurvives.简·奥斯汀,是英国著名女性小说家,她的作品主要关注乡绅家庭女性的婚姻和生活,以女性特有的细致入微的观察力和活泼风趣的文字真实地描绘了她周围世界的小天地。

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