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1、TheMillontheFlossEliot,GeorgePublished:1860Type(s):NovelsSource:Guten1AboutEliot:MaryAnne(MaryAnn,Marian)Evans(22November1819–22December1880),betterknownbyherpennameGeorgeEliot,wasanEnglishnovelist.ShewasoneoftheleadingwritersoftheVictorianera.Hernovels,largelysetinprovincialEngland,
2、arewellknownfortheirrealismandpsychologicalperspicacity.Sheusedamalepenname,shesaid,toensurethatherworksweretakenseriously.Femaleauthorspub-lishedfreelyundertheirownnames,butEliotwantedtoensurethatshewasnotseenasmerelyawriterofromances.Anadditionalfactormayhavebeenadesiretoshieldherp
3、rivatelifefrompublicscrutinyandtopreventscandalsattendingherrelationshipwiththemarriedGeorgeHenryLewes.2Part1BoyandGirl3Chapter1OutsideDorlcoteMillAwideplain,wherethebroadeningFlosshurriesonbetweenitsgreenbankstothesea,andthelovingtide,rushingtomeetit,checksitspas-sagewithanimpetuous
4、embrace.Onthismightytidetheblackships–ladenwiththefresh-scentedfir-planks,withroundedsacksofoil-bearingseed,orwiththedarkglitterofcoal–arebornealongtothetownofSt.Ogg's,whichshowsitsaged,flutedredroofsandthebroadgablesofitswharvesbetweenthelowwoodedhillandtheriver-brink,tingeingthewat
5、erwithasoftpurplehueunderthetransientglanceofthisFebru-arysun.Farawayoneachhandstretchtherichpastures,andthepatchesofdarkearthmadereadyfortheseedofbroad-leavedgreencrops,ortouchedalreadywiththetintofthetender-bladedautumn-sowncorn.Thereisaremnantstilloflastyear'sgoldenclustersofbeehi
6、ve-ricksrisingatintervalsbeyondthehedgerows;andeverywherethehedgerowsarestuddedwithtrees;thedistantshipsseemtobeliftingtheirmastsandstretchingtheirred-brownsailscloseamongthebranchesofthespreadingash.Justbythered-roofedtownthetributaryRippleflowswithalivelycurrentintotheFloss.Howlove
7、lythelittleriveris,withitsdarkchangingwavelets!ItseemstomelikealivingcompanionwhileIwanderalongthebank,andlistentoitslow,placidvoice,astothevoiceofonewhoisdeafandloving.Irememberthoselargedippingwillows.Irememberthestonebridge.AndthisisDorlcoteMill.Imuststandaminuteortwohereonthebrid
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