书目

SenseandSensibility[理智与情感]

内容简介

OneOfJaneAusten'SMostBelovedNovels,BroughtToLifeInASparklingDramatization!WhenMr.DashwoodDies,HeMustLeaveTheBulkOfHisEstateToTheSonByHisFirstMarriage,WhichLeavesHisSecondWifeAndThreeDaughters(Elinor,Marianne,AndMargaret)InStraitenedCircumstances.TheyAreTakenInByAKindlyCousin,ButTheirLackOfFortuneAffectsTheMarriageabilityOfBothPracticalElinorAndRomanticMarianne.WhenElinorFormsAnAttachmentForTheWealthyEdwardFerrars,HisFamilyDisapprovesAndSeparatesThem.AndThoughMrs.JenningsTriesToMatchTheWorthy(AndRich)ColonelBrandonToHer,MarianneFindsTheDashingAndFieryWilloughbyMoreToHerTaste.BothRelationshipsAreSorelyTried.ButThisIsARomance,AndThroughTheHardshipsAndHeartbreak,TrueLoveAndAHappyEndingWillFindTheirWayForBothTheSisterWhoIsAllSenseAndTheOneWhoIsAllSensibility.TheDashwoodSistersAreVeryDifferentFromEachOtherInAppearanceAndTemperament;Elinor'SGoodSenseAndReadinessToObserveSocialFormsContrastWithMarianne'SImpulsiveCandorAndWarmButExcessiveSensibility.BothStruggleToMaintainTheirIntegrityAndFindHappinessInTheFaceOfACompetitiveMarriageMarket.

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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