Silas Marner

图书标准信息

• 作者 George Eliot（乔治·艾略特） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1981-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553212297
• 定价 20.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 208页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Embitteredbyafalseaccusation,disappointedinfriendshipandlove,theweaverSilasMarnerretreatsintoalongtwilightlifealonewithhisloom...andhisgold.Silashoardsatreasurethatkillshisspirituntilfatestealsitfromhimandreplacesitwithagolden-hairedfoundingchild.Whereshecamefrom,whoherparentswere,andwhoreallystolethegoldarethesecretsthatpermeatethismovingtaleofguiltandinnocence.Amoralallegoryoftheredemptivepoweroflove,itisalsoafinelydrawnpictureofearlynineteenth-centuryEnglandinthedayswhenspinningwheelshummedbusilyinthefarmhouses,andofasimplewayoflifethatwassoontodisappear.

【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.