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Persuasion

内容简介

Superbnovel,autumnalandmellowintone,concernsthelivesandlovesoftheElliotfamilyandtheirfriendsandrelatives,inparticularthethwartedromancebetweenAnneElliot(Austen'ssweetest,mostappealingheroine)andCaptainFrederickWentworth.Finelydrawncharacters,gentlesatireandwonderfulrecreationofgenteellifeintheEnglishcountryside.韶光正从安妮的身上消逝,风华正茂的时候,阅为接受了他人的“劝导”,她终与意中人温特沃斯上校分道扬镳。虽青春不再,又备受虚荣的父亲和姐姐的冷漠,但她的高贵仁慈却使她成为亲朋中最受欢迎的人。两人分手八年后再次相遇,上校不能冰释怨恨,违心追求他人;而安妮也险些接受伪君子堂兄的求婚。在因为家族事务而引发的一系列交往中,上校进一步发现安妮的无私与坚贞无人能比,而安妮也在一次次自我劝导中找回了爱的勇气。他们发现,重新团聚比第一次相爱更为幸福,于是,经受厂考验的他们不再若即若离,开始尽情地回忆并表白……

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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