The Portrait of a Lady

出版者:Bantam USA

作者:Henry James

页数:560

出版时间:1984-2-24

价格:GBP 4.29

装帧:Mass Market Paperback

isbn号码:9780553211276

图书标签:HenryJames美国文学小说英文原著英文原版英文美国亨利·詹姆斯

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Capturing the grandeur of a gracious, splendid Europe of wealth and Old World sensibilities, this glorious, complex novel has become a touchstone for a great writer’s entire literary achievement. From the opening pages, when the high-spirited American girl Isabel Archer arrives at the English manor Gardencourt, James’s luminous, superbly crafted prose creates an atmosphere of intensity, expectation, and incomparable beauty.

Isabel, who has been taken abroad by an eccentric aunt to fulfill her potential, attracts the passions of a British aristocrat and a brash American, as well as the secret adoration of her invalid cousin, Ralph Touchett. But her vulnerability and innocence lead her not to love but to a fatal entrapment in intrigue, deception, and betrayal. This brilliant interior drama of the forming of a woman’s consciousness makes The Portrait of a Lady a masterpiece of James’s middle years.

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孔子说：一个人的好坏可以从周围的人判断得知。但不是所以人都说好和坏。而是周围的好人都喜欢，周围的坏人都讨厌。这种人才是好人。当然坏人就正好相反。而伊莎贝尔就遇上了这样的人，即梅尔夫人和吉尔伯特·奥斯蒙德。她周围较亲近的人都不“喜欢”他们，而他们却受到其他人...

Henry James受George Eliot影响非常明显，喜欢借助大量细腻的心理刻画来塑造人物性格，但他失败之处在于缺乏足够的对话和行动支撑，人物形象过于抽象，远远不及George Eliot笔下的人物生动饱满，甚至人物性格的定位也缺乏说服力。尤其主角的portrait，本来就因为视角繁...  

读这本书前几章时，乃至整部小说的阅读过程中，我常常几乎以为自己打开的是简·奥斯汀的第七本小说（类似她的女同胞J·K·罗琳，最厚的一本）。的确，这位在他72岁时终于加入英国国籍的美国人，在小说开篇时以优雅闲适的语言——这语言常被认为是不可翻译的，但博尔赫斯说：“...  

I suddenly found myself sobbing like a baby after reading this novel, as if I myself had confronted that tragic destiny of Isabel. It’s said that a novel is in its broadest sense a personal, a direct impression of life. When we read between the lines, we a...  

I suddenly found myself sobbing like a baby after reading this novel, as if I myself had confronted that tragic destiny of Isabel. It’s said that a novel is in its broadest sense a personal, a direct impression of life. When we read between the lines, we a...  

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I... I fear life and what should come.

唯一比维多利亚小说强的地方就是人物和关系更加subtle而不过于明晰 除此之外基本没有亮点 对Isabel不同阶段间的转变写的不太清楚 对几个男suitors的刻画也不太饱满 Madame Merle的戏完全可以更足。总之就是各方面都欠

It's in the setting of gloomy Rome that the nobleness in Isabel shines. In Gardencourt, she is too stereotypical to be lovable.

It's in the setting of gloomy Rome that the nobleness in Isabel shines. In Gardencourt, she is too stereotypical to be lovable.

It's in the setting of gloomy Rome that the nobleness in Isabel shines. In Gardencourt, she is too stereotypical to be lovable.