Middlemarch

图书标准信息

• 作者 George Eliot 著
• 出版社 Random House Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2000-10
• ISBN 9780679783312
• 定价 86.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 848页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Modern Library Classics

【内容简介】

OneofthemostaccomplishedandprominentnovelsoftheVictorianera,Middlemarchisanunsurpassedportraitofnineteenth-centuryEnglishprovinciallife.DorotheaBrookeisayoungwomanofferventidealswhoyearnstoeffectsocialchangeyetfacesresistancefromthesocietysheinhabits.Inthisepicinasmalllandscape,Eliot'slargecastofpreciselydelineatedcharactersandtherichtapestryoftheirstoriesresultinawise,compassionate,andastutevisionofhumannature.AsVirginiaWoolfdeclared,GeorgeEliot"wasoneofthefirstEnglishnoveliststodiscoverthatmenandwomenthinkaswellasfeel,andthediscoverywasofgreatartisticmoment.",

【作者简介】

MaryAnnEvanswasbornonNovember22,1819,atChilversCoton,Warwickshire,England,thelastchildofanestateagent.Duringhergirlhood,shewentthroughaphaseofevangelicalpiety,butherstronginterestinphilosophyandherfriendshipwithreligiousfreethinkersledtoabreakwithorthodoxreligion.Whenoneofthesefriendsmarriedin1843,MaryAnntookoverfromhiswifethetaskoftranslatingD.F.Strauss’sTheLifeofJesusCriticallyExamined(1846),aworkthathaddeepeffectonEnglishrationalism.Afterherfather’sdeathshesettledinLondonandfrom1851to1854sheservedasawriterandeditoroftheWestminsterReview,theorganoftheRadicalparty.InLondonshemetshemetGeorgeHenryLewes,ajournalistandadvancedthinker.Leweswasseparatedfromhiswife,whohadhadtwosonsbyanotherman,buthadbeenunabletoobtainadivorce.InastepdaringforVictoriantimes,MaryAnnEvansbeganlivingopenlywithLewesin1854,inauniontheybothconsideredassacredasalegalmarriageandonethatlasteduntilhisdeathin1878.

WithLewes’sencouragement,MaryAnnEvanswroteherfirstfictionalwork,“TheSadFortunesoftheReverendAmosBarton,”forBlackwood’sMagazinein1857;itwasfollowedbytwomorestoriespublishedunderthepseudonymGeorgeElliot–“George”becauseitwasLewes’snameand“Eliot”because,shesaid,itwasgoodmouth-filling,easilypronouncedword.”Attheageofthirty-ninesheusedhermemoriesofWarwickshiretowriteherfirstlongnovel,AdamBede(1859),abookthatestablishedherastheforemostwomannovelistinherday.ThencameTheMillontheFloss(1860),SilasMarner(1861),andRomola(1863).HermasterpieceandoneofthegreatestEnglishnovels,Middlemarch,waspublishedin1871-72.HerlastworkwasDanielDeronda(1876).AfterLewes’sdeathGeorgeEliotmarriedJohnWalterCross.Hewasforty;shewassixty-one.BeforeherdeathonDecember22,1880,shehadbeenrecognizedbyhercontemporariesasthegreatestlivingwriterofEnglishfiction.

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