The Madonna of the Futureby Henry JamesWe had been talking about the masters who had achieved but a singlemasterpiecethe artists and poets who but once in their lives hadknown the divine afflatus and touched the high level of perfection.Our host had been showing us a charming little cabinet picture by apainter whose name we had never heard, and who, after this singlespasmodic bid for fame, had apparently relapsed into obscurity andmediocrity. There was some discussion as to the frequency of th
她走在街上,满怀激情地幻想着自己成了剧中的角色;一整段的忧郁或快乐的独白脱口而出——生活比戏剧更叫人惊叹,她心花怒放……每一天,她都在憧憬,她渴望被发现,也试图利用各种机会将自己点亮,会有更多人认识她、记住她、欣赏她乃至迷恋她;这是她对自己人生的一个期待…… 嘉宝,一个曼妙绝伦的名字。从最淫荡的妓女到最高贵的女王,她演绎不同身份、不同性格的女性,以其冷峻娇美、楚楚动人的神态和细腻逼真、荡气回肠的表演,被美国影评界称做“好莱坞有史以来最伟大的女性”,同时也是好莱坞乃至世界电影有史以来最神秘的女性。很多人以为她是天使,是祈祷美丽的对象。她因在美国好莱坞现身为全世界的人们所认识和铭记,而最早有幸拥有她、发现她的是瑞典人——瑞典是嘉宝的故乡。 她喜欢对人们讲述她做过的梦 瑞典地处北欧,偏于寒冷,常年阴雨连绵,时有狂烈风暴发生。除了和挪威接壤,周边便是湛蓝的海...
THE STORY OF BIG KLAUS AND LITTLE KLAUSIn a certain village there lived two people who had both the samename. Both were called Klaus, but one owned four horses and theother only one. In order to distinguish the one from the other,the one who had four horses was called Big Klaus, and the one whohad only one horse, Little Klaus. Now you shall hear what befellthem both, for this is a true story.The whole week through Little Klaus had to plough for Big Klaus,...
第一章 在躺到铺得整整齐齐的床上之前,死者先脱下夹克,摘下领带,挂在门边的椅了上,然后解开鞋带,脱了鞋子放在椅子下,换穿黑色的皮拖鞋。他吸了三支有滤嘴的香烟,将烟捻熄在床边小桌上的烟灰缸里后,他在床上躺好,把子弹射进了自己的嘴里。 他把自己弄得面目全非。 离他最近的邻居是一个因为去年猎麇鹿而臀部受伤,所以提前退休的陆军上尉。他在出了意外之后患上失眠症,常常夜里自己坐着玩扑克牌。那天他才把牌拿出来,就听到墙的另一边传来枪声,于是马上打电话报警。 两名警察接到无线电通知,破门而入,时间是三月七日凌晨三点四十分,当时床上的男人已死亡三十二分钟之久。警察没有多久就弄清了案情,几乎可以确定死者是死于自杀。...
THE HAUNTED HOTELA Mystery of Modern Veniceby Wilkie CollinsTHE FIRST PARTCHAPTER IIn the year 1860, the reputation of Doctor Wybrow as a Londonphysician reached its highest point. It was reported on goodauthority that he was in receipt of one of the largest incomesderived from the practice of medicine in modern times....
Charmides and Other Poemsby Oscar WildeContents:CharmidesRequiescatSan MiniatoRome UnvisitedHumanitadLouis NapoleonEndymionLe JardinLa MerLe PanneauLes BallonsCanzonetLe Jardin Des TuileriesPan: Double VillanelleIn The ForestSymphony In YellowSonnets:Helas!To MiltonOn The Massacre Of The Christians In BulgariaHoly Week At GenoaUrbs Sacra AeternaE Tenebris...
一点翠钿,被遗落在了芍药花栏的栏杆前。这个小小的场景,很容易就被人忽略而过,实际上,自它产生以来,也确实一直被忽略着。单从字面上,我们就不难猜测出,“翠钿”是一种女人用的首饰,因此,好像一切都很明白,没什么可多说的,这里呈现的只是一个“绮艳”的场面而已,而“绮艳”,一向就是文学创作的大忌。让我们还是赶紧从这个冷僻的角落掉转目光,去关注那些真正具有研究价值的重大主题……但是,且住,有人应该注意到,事情并不像我们想当然的那么简单,在花蕊夫人的《宫词》中,出现过这样一位宫女的形象:“翠钿贴靥轻如笑,玉凤雕钗袅欲飞。”谜底因此而破解了:花蕊夫人词意中的翠钿,并不是“泛指”,不是在笼统地指称一般的首饰,她笔下的对象非常明确。这里所涉及的,是当时流行的一种特殊的化妆风气,正所谓“素面已云妖,更著花钿饰”(杜光庭《咏西施》),在中国历史上曾经有很长一段时期,女性们流行用各种各...
The Essays of Montaigne, V10by Michel de MontaigneTranslated by Charles CottonEdited by William Carew Hazilitt1877CONTENTS OF VOLUME 10.VII. Of recompenses of honour.VIII. Of the affection of fathers to their children.IX. Of the arms of the Parthians.X. Of books.XI. Of cruelty.CHAPTER VIIOF RECOMPENSES OF HONOURThey who write the life of Augustus Caesar,[Suetonius, Life ofAugustus, c. 25.] observe this in his military discipline, that he was...
Murad the Unlucky and Other Talesby Maria EdgeworthContents:IntroductionMurad the UnluckyThe Limerick GlovesMadame de FleuryINTRODUCTIONMaria Edgeworth came of a lively family which had settled inIreland in the latter part of the sixteenth century. Her father atthe age of five-and-twenty inherited the family estates atEdgeworths-town in 1769. He had snatched an early marriage, whichdid not prove happy. He had a little son, whom he was educating...
Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Versesby Thomas HardyContents:Moments of VisionThe Voice of Things"Why be at pains?""We sat at the window"Afternoon Service at MellstockAt the Wicket-gateIn a MuseumApostrophe to an Old Psalm TuneAt the Word "Farewell"First Sight of Her and AfterThe RivalHeredity"You were the sort that men forget"She, I, and TheyNear Lanivet, 1872Joys of MemoryTo the MoonCopying Architecture in an Old Minster...