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Mansfield Park

内容简介

ThisWordsworthEditionincludesanIntroductionandNotesbyDrIanLittlewood,UniversityofSussex.AdulteryisnotatypicalJaneAustentheme,butwhenitdisturbstherelativelypeacefulhouseholdatMansfieldPark,ithasquiteunexpectedresults.Thediffidentandmuchput-uponheroineFannyPricehastostruggletocopewiththeresults,re-examiningherownfeelingswhileenduringthecheerfulamorality,old-fashionedindifferenceandpriggishdisapprovalofthosearoundher.善良懂事的范妮由于家境穷困,从小被寄养在富裕的姨妈家。姨妈家的两个表姐虽然聪敏美丽,但都高傲任性,幸亏表兄埃德蒙的亲切关怀,才使她在寄人篱下的生活中得到安慰和快乐。成年后的范妮也常随表姐表兄参加社交聚会,他们在牧师家里结识了风流倜傥的青年克劳福德和他的妹妹玛丽。埃德蒙对美丽机智的玛丽一见倾心,范妮的两个表姐则拼命追求克劳福德,未料克劳福德在逢场作戏后发现自己真心喜欢的是范妮,而范妮深爱的却始终是温和真诚的埃德蒙……陷入感情纠葛的这几对青年男女最后的结局出人意料,却也在情理之中。范妮是个出身贫寒的少女,寄住在姨父伯特伦爵士家。面对纨绔子弟的纠缠、表兄的放浪形骸和心中的暗恋对象,温柔善良的范妮要何去何从?高尚的品德是否能为她赢得伯特伦爵士的器重和埃德蒙的爱?

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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