The Dark Flower (Large Print Edition)

出版者:BiblioLife

作者:John Galsworthy

页数:268

出版时间:2008-08-18

价格:USD 28.99

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780554267807

图书标签:英伦控tobystephens电子书Galsworthy

Covering almost 30 years in the life and loves of Mark Lennan, The Dark Flower opens in 1880 with 18-year-old undergraduate Mark studying art at Oxford, and ends 30 years later with Mark ostensibly happily married, yet torn between his wife and a beautiful teenage girl—the last and most disturbing manifestation of the "dark flower" of passion. Within a dozen pages, Galsworthy establishes his mastery of compelling narrative and sketches an irresistible plot. Much of his achievement lies in the mixture of pathos and humor that he derives from characters little able to express their feelings. There is much else to admire, from Galsworthy’s impressionistic descriptions and eye for detail to the subtle symmetry he creates between his characters, emphasizing the cyclical nature of the story. Published in 1913, the story also holds the fascination of a world about to be transformed by war—one in which a love letter could still be delivered by the hand of a discreet manservant, and the residents of Piccadilly kept their horses stabled close by so that they could gallop down to Richmond for fresh air.

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很喜欢这本书的中文译名。殷红，炽烈的火热透着血色渐渐变得凝重的黑。

很喜欢这本书的中文译名。殷红，炽烈的火热透着血色渐渐变得凝重的黑。

情怀之作。

情怀之作。

情怀之作。