With an Introduction by Dr Pamela Knights, Department of English Studies, Durham University On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondriacal wife Zeena. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute, the only place she can go is Ethan's farm. An embittered man and an enchanting young woman meeting in such circumstances unleash predictable consequences as passions are aroused between the three protagonists, Edith Wharton's characterisation and deft handling of reversals of fortune are so accomplished that Ethan Frome has remained enduringly popular since its first publication in 1911 and is considered her greatest tragic story.
磕磕绊绊总算把此书读了一遍。 书前言中有一段叙述:美国心理派女作家伊迪丝华顿伊特有的细腻和力量,在她最富盛名的《以坦弗洛美》写出了当初美国从农业国转向工业国的物质问题和道德问题。从这一方面来说此部小说与路遥的《人生》有些相似。 我刚翻开书就有莫名其妙的感...
评分这是一本很容易被忽略的书,薄薄一册,素白的包装,实在显得太不起眼。但就是这样一本不起眼的小书却令我反复读过多次,并且每次读来都仍然不免唏嘘感慨主人公命运的悲惨,同时也为伊迪斯华尔顿的叙述功力所折服。 如果抛开序幕和尾声,那么这部中篇小说的主题内容其实只有四...
评分磕磕绊绊总算把此书读了一遍。 书前言中有一段叙述:美国心理派女作家伊迪丝华顿伊特有的细腻和力量,在她最富盛名的《以坦弗洛美》写出了当初美国从农业国转向工业国的物质问题和道德问题。从这一方面来说此部小说与路遥的《人生》有些相似。 我刚翻开书就有莫名其妙的感...
评分Ethan Frome was once mentioned in Edith Wharton’s autobiography, A Backward Glance: The book to the making of which I brought the greatest joy and the fullest ease was ‘Ethan frome’. For yrs I had wanted to draw life as it really was in the derelict moun...
评分Ethan Frome was once mentioned in Edith Wharton’s autobiography, A Backward Glance: The book to the making of which I brought the greatest joy and the fullest ease was ‘Ethan frome’. For yrs I had wanted to draw life as it really was in the derelict moun...
The love story ends like a ghost story. The ailing Zeena ejected Mattie on the pretext that someone handier than her would be helpful in doing housework. Frome made a clean breast of his affection for her en route to the station. The two merrymakers sledding down the slopes expecting nothing untoward were only to be commiserated instead of blessed.
评分这是个非常让人心碎,心痛的故事。伊坦遭受的不幸痛苦折磨简直不堪想象,不忍提及。我们的感觉就像Mrs. Hale的感觉一样。我们知道为什么她在听到Ethan一家时情绪瞬间低沉。 华顿的行文任然非常优雅,对人物的讽刺也隔着纸也能强烈的感受到。
评分不太能理解Mattie的感情。故事持续的时间非常短,四个冬夜。但读到最后很唏嘘Frome的命运,不只是悲惨,更有种宿命感。 压抑了整整一个下午。
评分A masterpiece with well-intended content and eye-catching turn of plot, Wharton's novella has inherited the American literary tradition. The platonic love is craftily decorated with the wild yet idyllic setting, and the disillusionment, savored by the ingenious gothic-like ending, is a precious lesson learnt in the pursuit of happiness and ideals.
评分A masterpiece with well-intended content and eye-catching turn of plot, Wharton's novella has inherited the American literary tradition. The platonic love is craftily decorated with the wild yet idyllic setting, and the disillusionment, savored by the ingenious gothic-like ending, is a precious lesson learnt in the pursuit of happiness and ideals.
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