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Edith Wharton’s masterpiece brings to life the grandeur and hypocrisy of a gilded age. Set among the very rich in 1870s New York, it tells the story of Newland Archer, a young lawyer engaged to marry virginal socialite May Welland, when he meets her cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska, a woman unbound by convention and surrounded by scandal. As all three are drawn into a love triangle filled with sensuality, subtlety, and betrayal, Archer faces a harrowing choice between happiness and the social code that has ruled his life. The resulting tale of thwarted love is filled with irony and surprise, struggle and acceptance. Recipient of the first Pulitzer Prize for fiction ever awarded to a woman, this great novel paints a timeless portrait of “society” still unmatched in American literature—an arbitrary, capricious social elite that professes inviolable standards but readily abandons them for greed and desire.
伊迪絲·華頓(Edith Wharton, 1862-1937)是紐約一個名門望族瓊斯傢的女兒。和她的朋友亨利·詹姆斯一樣,她在傢中接受瞭良好的教育,後來多次齣國旅行。1885年她和一個比她大十三歲的有錢的波士頓人愛德華·華頓結瞭婚。此人性格雖好,但他們卻很少共同之處,幾年以後,愛德華患瞭精神病,最終導緻瞭他們的離婚,從此以後,伊迪絲長住巴黎,直到1937年去世。
伊迪絲·華頓起初是為瞭排遣上流社會傢庭生活的苦悶而開始寫作的。她從1880年開始發錶小說,1889年第一部短篇小說集問世,獲得瞭意外的成功。1905年長篇小說《快樂之傢》齣版,使她成瞭20世紀前二十年最受歡迎的美國作傢。1920年齣版的《純真年代》為她獲得瞭普利策奬。她一共寫瞭十九部中長篇小說,齣版過十一本短篇小說集,還有大量的非小說作品。
The loss of innocence ---afterthought of The Age of Innocence When Ellen’s back with the hope of finding a shelter in her family, the people around her put much pressure on her despite her beautiful will of settling down after undergoing an unhappy marri...
評分王朔说中国女人的特点是在两性关系中往往表现得更有豪气,中国男人(读书人)反而显得懦弱猥琐。 我想这个观点其实放之四海皆准的。Ellen和Newland之间的这段感情其实从始至终都是由Ellen主导的。 Ellen真的在乎纽约社会对她离婚这件事的闲言碎语吗?她既然不在乎离婚,自然也...
評分纯真年代根本是一个可以用一句话说完的俗套故事——这点和十年前同样让我泣不成声的《似水年华》很像。不止是风格,情节也类似纠结——麦克尤恩《最初最后》的中文译本后面有几篇跋,其中一句深得我心:大意是说这类创作的相似度可以很高,因为每个人写作时都带入了曾经作为读...
評分如果只看梗概的话,伊迪丝·华顿的这部经典作品《纯真年代》,其实不过是一个再俗套不过的三角恋故事——里面有一个单纯的小姑娘,一个优雅的贵妇人,再加上摇摆不定的、善良但执意的男青年。故事里的人们就像是没有别的事情可做似的,整日只知道谈恋爱,“衣带渐宽终不悔,为...
評分‘I want somehow get away with you into a world where words like that – categories like that – won’t exist. Where we shall be simply two human beings who love each other, who are the life to each other, and nothing else will matter.’ ‘Oh, my dear - whe...
"But she was trained to conceal imaginary wounds under a Spartan smile." 純真麵具下的心機。
评分I love Ellen
评分"Their long years together had shown him that it did not so much matter if marriage was a dull duty, as long as it kept the dignity of a duty: lapsing from that, it became a mere battle of ugly appetites. Looking about him, he honoured his own past, and mourned for it." 讀著真叫人心酸。
评分世俗中被禁忌的愛情....人終究不能完全自由
评分感覺很慢的一本書,描寫很細膩,但是有點瑣碎。世界很大
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