出版時(shí)間:2009-10 出版社:外文出版社 作者:簡·奧斯汀 頁數(shù):196
內(nèi)容概要
埃麗諾和瑪麗安兩姐妹生在一個(gè)體面的英國鄉(xiāng)紳家庭,姐姐善于用理智來控制情感,妹妹卻往往在情感上毫無節(jié)制,因此在戀愛中碰到挫折時(shí),她們作出了不同的反應(yīng):姐姐忍辱負(fù)重,始終與人為善;妹妹心高氣傲,幾近崩潰……與主人公命運(yùn)情牽相關(guān)的閑得發(fā)慌的鄉(xiāng)紳太太,勢利無情的兄嫂一家,市儈虛偽的遠(yuǎn)房姐妹,以及少女心中那三位或道德敗壞或正直優(yōu)柔的戀人悉數(shù)登場,全書以喜劇開頭,悲劇發(fā)展,終以喜劇收場,是一則以細(xì)膩筆觸和生動(dòng)對白見長、講述沒有富裕嫁妝的少女婚戀的經(jīng)典故事。 本書為《世界名著佳段閱讀》叢書之一。
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Jennings had the satisfaction of discovering to be her relations, andthis was enough for Sir John to invite them directlyto the park, as soon as their present engagements atExeter were over. The young ladies arrived: their appearance wasby no means ungenteel or unfashionable. Their dresswas very smart, their manners very civil, they weredelighted with the house, and in raptures with thefurniture, and they happened to be so dotingly fondof children that Lady Middletons good opinion wasengaged in their favour before they had been an hourat the park. She declared them to be very agreeablegirls indeed, which for her ladyship was enthusiasticadmiration. Sir Johns confidence in his own judgmentrose with this animated praise, and he set off directlyfor the cottage to tell the Miss Dashwoods of the MissSteeles arrival, and to assure them of their being thesweetest girls in the world... When their promised visit to the park andconsequent introduction to these young ladies tookplace, they found in the appearance of the eldest,who was nearly thirty, with a very plain and not asensible face, nothing to admire; but in the other,who was not more than two or three and twenty, theyacknowledged considerable beauty; her features werepretty, and she had a sharp quick eye, and a smartnessof air, which though it did not give actual elegance orgrace, gave distinction to her person.——Their mannerswere particularly civil, and Elinor soon allowed themcredit for some kind of sense, when she saw with whatconstant and judicious attentions they were makingthemselves agreeable to Lady Middleton. With herchildren they were in continual raptures, extollingtheir beauty, courting their notice, and humouringtheir whims; and such of their time as could be sparedfrom the importunate demands which this politenessmade on it, was spent in admiration of whatever herladyship was doing……
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