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Persuasion

内容简介

ThisWordsworthEditionincludesanIntroductionandNotesbyElaineJordan,ReaderinLiterature,UniversityofEssex.Whatdoespersuasionmean-afirmbelief,ortheactionofpersuadingsomeonetothinksomethingelse?AnneElliotisoneofAusten'squietestheroines,butalsooneofthestrongestandthemostopentochange.ShelivesatthetimeoftheNapoleonicwars,atimeofaccident,adventure,themakingofnewfortunesandalliances.Awomanofnoimportance,shemanoeuvresinherrestrictedcircumstancesasherlong-timeloveCaptainWentworthdidinthewars.Eventhoughsheisnearlythirty,wellpastthesell-bybloomofyouth,Austenmakesherwinoutforherselfandforotherslikeherself,inaregeneratedsociety.《劝导》描写了一个曲折多磨的爱情故事。贵族小姐安妮·埃利奥特同青年军官温特沃思倾心相爱,订下了婚约。可是,她的父亲沃尔特爵士和教母拉塞尔夫人嫌温特沃思出身卑贱,没有财产,极力反对这门婚事。安妮出于“谨慎”,接受了教母的劝导,忍痛同心上人解除了婚约。八年后,在战争中升了官、发了财的温特沃思上校休役回乡,随姐姐、姐夫当上了沃尔特爵士的房客。他虽说对安妮怨忿未消,但两人不忘旧情,终于历尽曲折,排除干扰,结成良缘。女主人公Anne在19岁的时候爱上了一文不名的男主人公Wentworth,但是他们的婚姻遭到Anne的父亲(一位挥霍无度的大地主)和LadyRussell(像母亲一样照顾Anne长大)的反对。Anne听从了他们的劝导,放弃了这段感情。但是在其后的十年内,她一直无法忘记Wentworth,失败的爱情也使她过早的失去了青春美貌。十年之后,Wentworth先生功成名就,而Anne的父亲却因为经济拮据而不得不将自己的庄园租给了Wentworth先生的朋友。两人再次见面时,Anne成了嫁不出去的老姑娘,Wentworth先生却有很多年轻美貌的小姐围绕着、盼望着能够得到他的青睐。不过这个故事的结局我想大家都可以猜到,我们的Anne小姐最后还是和Wentworth先生再次坠入情网,又一个奥斯丁式的happyending。

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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