[丹尼尔·德龙达].(daniel.deronda).乔治·艾略特.英文文字版

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1、DanielDerondaEliot,GeorgePublished:1876Categories(s):FictionSource:http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/74691AboutEliot:MaryAnne(MaryAnn,Marian)Evans(22November1819–22December1880),betterknownbyherpennameGeorgeEliot,wasanEnglishnovelist.Shewasoneoftheleadingwrite

2、rsoftheVictorianera.Hernovels,largelysetinprovincialEngland,arewellknownfortheirrealismandpsychologicalperspicacity.Sheusedamalepenname,shesaid,toensurethatherworksweretakenseriously.Femaleauthorspub-lishedfreelyundertheirownnames,butEliotwantedtoensurethat

3、shewasnotseenasmerelyawriterofromances.AnadditionalfactormayhavebeenadesiretoshieldherprivatelifefrompublicscrutinyandtopreventscandalsattendingherrelationshipwiththemarriedGeorgeHenryLewes.2Letthychiefterrorbeofthineownsoul:There,'midthethrongofhurryingdes

4、iresThattrampleonthedeadtoseizetheirspoil,Lurksvengeance,footless,irresistibleAsexhalationsladenwithslowdeath,Ando'erthefairesttroopofcapturedjoysBreathespallidpestilence.3Part1THESPOILEDCHILD.4Chapter1Mencandonothingwithoutthemake-believeofabeginning.Evens

5、cience,thestrictmeasurer,isobligedtostartwithamake-believeunit,andmustfixonapointinthestars'unceasingjour-neywhenhissiderealclockshallpretendthattimeisatNought.HislessaccurategrandmotherPoetryhasalwaysbeenunder-stoodtostartinthemiddle;butonreflectionitappea

6、rsthatherproceedingisnotverydifferentfromhis;sinceScience,too,reck-onsbackwardaswellasforward,divideshisunitintobillions,andwithhisclock-fingeratNoughtreallysetsoffinmediasres.Noretrospectwilltakeustothetruebeginning;andwhetherourprologuebeinheavenoronearth

7、,itisbutafractionofthatall-presupposingfactwithwhichourstorysetsout.Wasshebeautifulornotbeautiful?andwhatwasthesecretofformorexpressionwhichgavethedynamicqualitytoherglance?Wasthegoodortheevilgeniusdominantinthosebeams?Probablytheevil;elsewhywastheeffecttha

8、tofunrestratherthanofundisturbedcharm?Whywasthewishtolookagainfeltascoercionandnotasalonginginwhichthewholebeingconsents?ShewhoraisedthesequestionsinDanielDeronda'smindwasoccu-piedingambling:notintheop