我的心靈藏書館 紅字 英文版

內(nèi)容概要

　　《紅字》的情節(jié)并不復雜，其精華在于對人物的分析。霍桑認為“人心的真實重于情節(jié)和細節(jié)的真實”。小說中的三個主人公都身負罪惡，但是他們的結(jié)局卻是不同。海斯特坦白地面對罪惡，甘愿受辱接受懲罰，以德行之美洗刷罪惡，終獲新生。迪梅斯戴爾暗中負罪，備受良心煎熬，但在最后關(guān)頭懺悔，依然得到了人們的諒解和寬容。齊林沃斯一心復仇，喪心病狂地從別人的痛苦中得到滿足，是寸足的魔鬼化身。小說的結(jié)構(gòu)、主人公的名字和出場都有精心的安排，在這里就不一一贅述了，請讀者帶著好奇之心，細細閱讀吧!

作者簡介

　　納撒尼爾·霍桑（Nathaniel Hawthorne，1804-1864），美國19世紀著名浪漫主義小說家?；羯３錾诿绹R薩諸塞州塞勒姆鎮(zhèn)，其家族是當?shù)匾泼裢宓暮笠?，第一代祖先威廉·哈桑（John Hathorne）是當?shù)氐胤焦賳T，為著名的1682年塞勒姆“驅(qū)巫案”的三名主審法官之一?；羯５母赣H是位船長，在霍桑4歲時死于海上，霍桑在母親的撫養(yǎng)下長大?；羯Ｈ倚欧钚陆?，故其童年經(jīng)歷使他深受清教道德觀念的影響。也正是由于霍桑對其祖先的清教徒做法感到不滿，所以在他大學畢業(yè)以后不久，在其姓氏Hathorne中加入“w”，成為Hawthorne。

書籍目錄

THE CUSTOM HOUSE
INTRODUCTORY TO THE SCARLET LETTER"
Chapter 1 THE PRISON-DOOR
Chapter 2 THE MARKET-PLACE
Chapter 3 THE RECOGNITION
Chapter 4 THE INTERVIEW
Chapter 5 HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
Chapter 6 PEARL
Chapter 7 THE GOVERNOR'S HALL
Chapter 8 THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
Chapter 9 THE LEECH
Chapter 10 THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
Chapter 11 THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
Chapter 12 THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
Chapter 13 ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
Chapter 14 HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
Chapter 15 HESTER AND PEARL
Chapter 16 A FOREST WALK
Chapter 17 THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
Chapter 18 A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
Chapter 19 THE CHILD AT THE BROOK-SIDE
Chapter 20 THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
Chapter 21 THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
Chapter 22 THE PROCESSION
Chapter 23 THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
Chapter 24 CONCLUSION

章節(jié)摘錄

　　"It were well，" muttered the most iron-visaged of the old dames，"if we stripped Madame Hester's rich gown off her dainty shoulders; and as for the red letter，which she hath stitched socuriously，I'll bestow a rag of mine own the umatic flannel，to make afitter one! "　　"Oh，peace，neighbours，peacel" whispered their youngest companion; "do not let her hear you l Not a stitch in that embroidered letter，but she has felt it in her heart."　　The grim beadle now made a gesture with his staff.　　" Make way，good people，make way，in the King's name!"criedhe." Open a passage; and I promise ye，Mistress Prynne shall be set where man，woman，and child may have a fair sight of her braveapparel，from this time till an hour past meridian.A blessing on the righteous Colony of the Massa chusetts，where iniquity0 is dragged out into the sunshine! Come along，Madame Hester，and show your scarlet letter in the market-place!"　　A lane was forthwith opened through the crowd of spectators.Preceded by the beadle，and attended by an irregular procession of.stern-browed men and unkindly-visaged women，Hester Prynne set forth towards the place appointed for her punishment.A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys，understanding little of the matter inhand，except that it gave them a half-holiday，ran before her progress，turning their heads continually to stare into her face，and at thewinking baby in her arms，and at the ignominious letter on her breast.It was no great distance，in those days，from the prison-door to the market-place.Measured by the prisoner's experience，however，itmight be reckoned a journey of some length; for，haughty as herdemean our was，she perchance underwent an agony from every footstep of those that thronged to see her，as if her heart had been flunginto the street for them all to spurn and trample upon.In ourn ature，how ever，there is a provision，alike marvellous and mercifulthat the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture，but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it With almost a serene deportment，the refore，Hester Prynne passed through this portion of her ordeal，and came to a sort of scafiold，at thewestern extremity of the market-place.It stood nearly beneath theeaves of Boston's earliest church，and appeared to be a fixture there.　　In fact，this scaffold constituted a portion of a penal machine，which now，for two or three generations past，has been merely historical and traditionary among us，but was held，in the old time，to be as effectual an a gent，in the promotion of good citizenship，as everwas the guillotine among the terrorists of France.It was，in short，the plat form of the pillory; and above it rose the framework of that instrument of discipline，so fashioned as to confine the human head in its tight grasp，and thus hold it up to the public gaze.The very ideall of ignominy was embodied and made manifest in this contrivance of wood and iron.There can be no outrage，methinks，against our common nature-whatever be the delinquencies@ of the individual-no outrage more flagrant than to forbid the culprit to hide his face for shame; as it was the essence of this punishment to do.In Hester Prynne's instance，however，as not unfrequendy in other cases，her sentence bore，that she should stand a certain time upon the plat form，but without undergoing that gripe about the neck and confinement of the head，the proneness to which was the most devilish characteristic of this ugly engine.Knowing well her part，she ascendeda flight of wooden steps，and was thus displayed to the surrounding multitude，at about the height of a man's shoulders above the street.　　Had there been a Papist among the crowd of Puritans，he might have seen in this beautiful woman，so picturesque in her attire and mieno，and with the infant at her bosom，an object to remind him of the image of Divine Maternity，which so many illustrious painters have vied with one another to represent; something which should remind him，indeed，but only by contrast，of that sacred image of sinless mother hood，whose infant was to redeem the world.Here，there wasthe taint of deepest sin in the most sacred quality of human life，working such effect，that the world was only the darker for thiswoman's beauty，and the more lost for the infant that she had borne.　　The scene was not without a mixture of awe，such as must always sinvest the spectacle of gLult and shame in a fellow-creature，before society shall have grown corrupt enough to smile，instead of shuddering，at it.The witnesses of Hester Prynne's disgrace had not yet passed beyond their simplicity.They were stern enough to lookup on her death，had that been the sentence，without a murmur at its severity，but had none of the heartlessness of another social state，which would find only a theme for jest in an exhibition like the present.Even had there been a disposition to turn the matter into ridicule，it must have been repressed and overpowered by the solemn presence of men no less dignified than the Governor，and several of hiscoun sellors，a judge，a general，and the ministers of the town.　　……

媒體關(guān)注與評論

　　在用英語寫作的小說家中，很少有人能用如此少的文字表達出像《紅字》所表達的那么多的內(nèi)容……象征寓意的手法在散文中很少有人能像霍桑那樣運用得如此揮灑自如。　　——美國學者（喬治·珀金斯）　　　　光是批評家的鉛線是量不出他的深淺的。檢驗這樣一位作家僅僅用腦是不夠的，還必須用你的心靈。單靠觀摩考察，你不能了了解何為偉大，除了用直覺之外，你從他那里看不出什么東西；你無需叮當敲它，只要用手觸碰一下，你就可以知道它是真金了?！　　绹≌f家、散文家、詩人（赫爾曼·麥爾維爾）

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