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NorthangerAbbey[诺桑觉寺]

内容简介

CatherineMorlandfallsinlovewithayoungclergymanwhilevacationinginBath,andhisfather,thinkingherwealthy,inviteshertobeaguestatNorthangerAbbey,thefamily'scountryestate.Heordersheroutofthehousewhenhediscoverssheisnotwealthy.ButHenrygoesafterherandpersuadeshertomarryhim.凯瑟琳·莫兰在舞会上爱上了亨利·蒂尼。同时,她还碰到了另一位青年约翰·索普。索普为了抬高自己的身价,向亨利的父亲蒂尼将军谎报了莫兰家的财产,蒂尼将军信以为真,竭力怂恿儿子去追求凯瑟琳。后来,索普追求凯瑟琳的奢望破灭,便恼羞成怒,把以前吹捧莫兰家的话全盘推翻,说她家如何贫穷。蒂尼将军再次听信谗言,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,他们经过一番周折,终于结为伉俪。

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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