紅字

內(nèi)容概要

《紅字》圍繞四個人物講述了一個情感的悲劇。身體畸形的英國老學(xué)究齊靈窩斯送年輕的妻子海斯特定居于波士頓，兩年后回到此地，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)妻子正立在該鎮(zhèn)的刑臺上，懷里抱著一個私生子。海斯特因拒絕說出通奸同犯，被判胸前帶紅色“A”字終生受辱……　　七年后，年輕的牧師齊姆斯太爾終于坦白了自己的罪惡，隨之猝然而死。一直暗中偵查妻子的情夫的齊靈窩斯也因心力交瘁，一年后死去。女主人海斯特因其勤勞、善良，最終獲得了人們的諒解，但她美好的年華也在痛苦的等待中耗盡了。只有活潑可愛的珍珠健康地成長起來，后來嫁給一位英國貴族，獲得美滿結(jié)局。

作者簡介

霍桑（1804－1864），美國文藝復(fù)興時期著名作家，超驗主義作家群中的主將之一?；羯５淖嫔嫌袃扇嗽鴧⑴c對異教徒的迫害，即所謂塞勒姆巫師案?；羯５耐昙丛诠沛?zhèn)林蔭遮蔽的“凄涼城堡”中度過的，大學(xué)畢業(yè)后又在老屋度過十二年的隱居生活，磨練文筆。但早年的創(chuàng)作并不成功，而且終生貧困。后來在民主黨朋友的幫助下到海關(guān)任職，又曾受做了總統(tǒng)的同學(xué)皮爾斯的提攜出任駐利物浦的領(lǐng)事。
　　《紅字》即是霍桑丟掉海關(guān)職務(wù)，在貧困的逼迫中夜以繼日地工作，僅用五個月的時間寫成的，從此奠定了在文學(xué)中的地位。其后又完成《帶七個尖頂?shù)姆孔印贰ⅰ队袷裣瘛返取?br />　　霍桑注意探索美國本土題材，反映新英格蘭時期清教徒們復(fù)雜的情感及心理活動，具有神秘色彩，語言凝練，意象豐富，至今仍具有震撼人心的藝術(shù)力量。

書籍目錄

THE CUSTOM-HOUSE INTRODUCTORYTO THE SCARLET LETTERTHE SCARLET LETTERI. THE PRISON DOORII. THE MARKET-PLACEIII. THE RECOGNITIONIV. THE INTERVIEWV. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE  VI. PEARLVII. THE GOVERNOR'S HALLVIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTERIX. THE LEECH  X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENTXI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEARTXII. THE MINISTER'S VIGILXIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTERXIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIANXV. HESTER AND PEARL  XVI. A FOREST WALK  XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONERXVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE  XIX. THE CHILD AT THE BROOKSIDEXX. THE MINISTER IN A MAZE  XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAYXXII. THE PROCESSIONXXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTERXXIV.  CONCLUSION

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　　often overflows and along which, at the base and in the rearof the row of buildings, the track of many languid years isseen in a border of unthrifty grass——here, with a view fromits front windows adown this not very enlivening prospect,and thence across the harbours.tands a spacious edifice ofbrick. From the loftiest point of its roof, during preciselythree and a half hours of each forenoon.floats or droops,in breeze or calm, the banner of the republic; but with thethirteen stripes turned vertically, instead of horizontally,and thus indicating that a civil, and not a military, post ofUncle Sam's government is here established. Its front isornamented with a portico of half-a-dozen wooden pillars,supporting a balcony, beneath which a flight of widegranite steps descends towards the street Over the entrancehovers an enormous specimen of the American eagle, withoutspread wings, a shield before her breast, and, if I recollectaright, a bunch of intermingled thunderbolts and barbedarrows in each claw. With the customary infirmity of temperthat characterizes this unhappy fowl, she appears by thefierceness of her beak and eye, and the general truculencyof her attitude, to threaten mischief to the inoffensivecommunity; and especially to warn all citizens careful oftheir safety against intruding on the premises which sheovershadows with her wings. Nevertheless, vixenly asshe looks.many people are seeking at this very momentto shelter themselves under the wing of the federal eagleimagining, I presume、 that her bosom has all the softnessand snugness of an eiderdown pillow. But she has no greattenderness even in her best of moods, and.　　……

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　　1. 霍桑出身于一個宗教氣氛濃烈的傳統(tǒng)家庭，美國東部早期移民的生活場景及神秘傾向一直在他的作品表現(xiàn)得十分突出，這也正是霍桑的許多文學(xué)作品的誘人之處，人們力求探尋到這種神秘力量背后蘊(yùn)含的東西，而這種神秘傾向又為他的作品平添了朦朧之　美。　　2. 霍桑在未成名之前曾勤勤懇懇地練筆十余年，因而，他的作品大都以精美的構(gòu)思和準(zhǔn)確的人物、景物描寫見長，文采燦然，是研習(xí)英語文學(xué)的絕佳的典范文本?！　?. 《紅字(英文版)》出現(xiàn)于美國本土文學(xué)的初創(chuàng)期，也就是所謂美國的文藝復(fù)興時期，霍桑與愛默生、麥爾維爾、梭羅等都是這一時期的代表人物，標(biāo)志了美國在精神上的獨立及文學(xué)上的成熟，學(xué)習(xí)美國文學(xué)史的人此書當(dāng)然不可不讀。

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