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1、THEAUTOBIOGRAPHYOFASLANDERTHEAUTOBIOGRAPHYOFASLANDER1THEAUTOBIOGRAPHYOFASLANDERMYFIRSTSTAGEAtlasttheteacameup,andsoWiththatourtonguesbegantogo.Nowinthathouseyou'resureofknowingThesmallestscrapofnewsthat'sgoing.WefindittherethewisestwayTotakesomecareofwhatwesay.RECREATION.JANETAYLORIwasbornonthe2nd
2、September,1886,inasmall,dull,countrytown.WhenIsaythetownwasdull,Imean,ofcourse,thattheinhabitantswereunenterprising,forinitselfMuddletonwasapicturesqueplace,andthoughitlabouredundertheusualdisadvantageofadearthofbachelorsandasuperfluityofspinsters,itmighthavebeenpleasantenoughhaditnotbeenafavourit
3、eresortformykithandkin.Myfatherhaslongenjoyedaworld-widenotoriety;heisnot,however,asarulenamedingoodsociety,thoughhehabituallyfrequentsit;andasIamledtobelievethatmyautobiographywillpossiblybecirculatedbyMr.Mudie,andwilllieaboutondrawing-roomtables,Iwillmerelymentionthatamostrepresentationofmyproge
4、nitor,underhisnomdetheatre,Mephistopheles,maybeseennowinLondon,andIshouldrecommendallwhowishtounderstandhischaractertogototheLyceum,though,betweenourselves,hestronglydisapprovesofthewholeperformance.IwasintroducedintotheworldbyanoldladynamedMrs.O'Reilly.Shewasaverypleasantoldlady,thewifeofaGeneral
5、,andoneofthosesociable,friendly,talkativepeoplewhodomuchtocheertheirneighbours,particularlyinadeadly-livelyprovincialplacelikeMuddleton,wherethestandardofsocialintercourseisnotveryhigh.Mrs.O'Reillyhadbeeninherdayacelebratedbeauty;shewasnowgrey-hairedandstout,butstilltherewassomethingimpressiveabou
6、ther,andfewcouldresistthecharmofhermannerandthepleasanteasyflowofhersmalltalk.Herloveofgossipamountedalmosttoapassion,andnothingcameamisstoher;shelikedtoknoweverythingabouteverybody,andinthemainIthinkherinterestwasakindlyone,thoughshefoundthatalittlebitofscandal,everynowandthen,addedapiquantflavou
7、rtothehomelyfareprovidedbythecommonplacelifeoftheMuddletonians.Iwillnow,withoutfurtherpreamble,beginthehistoryofmylife.2THEAUTOBIOGRAPHYOFASLANDER"Iassureyou,mydearLena,Mr.ZaluskiisnothinglessthanaNihilist!"Theso
