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The Well-Beloved = 摯愛
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- 作者: Thomas Hardy[原作] , 甦活中英文編輯所[編輯]
- 出版社:Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation 甦活全球網路
- 出版年:2011[民100]
- 格式:EPUB 流式
The Well-Beloved completes the cycle of Hardy's great novels, reiterating his favourite themes of man's eternal quest for perfection in both love and art, and the suffering that ensues. Jocelyn Pierston, celebrated sculptor, tries to create an image of his ideal woman - his imaginary Well-Beloved - in stone, just as he tries to find her in the flesh. Powerful symbolism marks this romantic fantasy that Hardy has grounded firmly in reality with a characteristically authentic rendering of location, the Isle of Slingers, or Portland as we know it. Overt exploration of the relationship between erotic fascination and creativity makes this novel a nineteenth-century landmark in the persistent debate about art, aesthetics and gender.
- The Well-Beloved
- A Sketch of a Temperament
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- Thomas Hardy
- PREFACE
- PART FIRST — A YOUNG MAN OF TWENTY.
- I. A SUPPOSITITIOUS PRESENTMENT OF HER
- II. THE INCARNATION IS ASSUMED TO BE TRUE
- III. THE APPOINTMENT
- IV. A LONELY PEDESTRIAN
- V. A CHARGE
- VI. ON THE BRINK
- VII. HER EARLIER INCARNATIONS
- VIII. 'TOO LIKE THE LIGHTNING'
- IX. FAMILIAR PHENOMENA IN THE DISTANCE
- PART SECOND — A YOUNG MAN OF FORTY
- I. THE OLD PHANTOM BECOMES DISTINCT
- II. SHE DRAWS CLOSE AND SATISFIES
- III. SHE BECOMES AN INACCESSIBLE GHOST
- IV. SHE THREATENS TO RESUME CORPOREAL SUBSTANCE
- V. THE RESUMPTION TAKES PLACE
- VI. THE PAST SHINES IN THE PRESENT
- VII. THE NEW BECOMES ESTABLISHED
- VIII. HIS OWN SOUL CONFRONTS HIM
- IX. JUXTAPOSITIONS
- X. SHE FAILS TO VANISH STILL
- XI. THE IMAGE PERSISTS
- XII. A GRILLE DESCENDS BETWEEN
- XIII. SHE IS ENSHROUDED FROM SIGHT
- PART THIRD — A YOUNG MAN OF SIXTY
- I. SHE RETURNS FOR THE NEW SEASON
- II. MISGIVINGS ON THE RE–EMBODIMENT
- III. THE RENEWED IMAGE BURNS ITSELF IN
- IV. A DASH FOR THE LAST INCARNATION
- V. ON THE VERGE OF POSSESSION
- VI. THE WELL–BELOVED IS—WHERE?
- VII. AN OLD TABERNACLE IN A NEW ASPECT
- VIII. 'ALAS FOR THIS GREY SHADOW, ONCE A MAN!'