出版日期:2014-7
ISBN:9787510078075
作者:[美] 华盛顿·欧文
页数:450页
作者简介
本书收录了包括《睡谷传说》、《鬼新郎》、《瑞普•凡•温克尔》在内的34篇小说及随笔。欧文通过丰富的想象和精巧的笔法,将他在美国及欧洲旅行时的所见所闻呈现在读者面前,让读者仿佛置身其中地看到一睡20年的瑞普•凡•温克尔,以及富于浪漫传奇色彩又谐趣十足的睡谷无头骑士……
书籍目录
THE AUTHOR’S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF............................................ 1
THE VOYAGE ........................................................................................... 5
ROSCOE .................................................................................................. 13
THE WIFE ................................................................................................ 22
RIP VAN WINKLE .................................................................................. 32
ENGLISH WRITERS ON AMERICA ..................................................... 57
RURAL LIFE IN ENGLAND .................................................................. 69
THE BROKEN HEART ........................................................................... 78
THE ART OF BOOKMAKING ............................................................... 86
A ROYAL POET ...................................................................................... 95
THE COUNTRY CHURCH ................................................................... 114
THE WIDOW AND HER SON .............................................................. 121
A SUNDAY IN LONDON ..................................................................... 131
THE BOAR’S HEAD TAVERN, EASTCHEAP .................................... 134
THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE ................................................ 150
RURAL FUNERALS ............................................................................. 163
THE INN KITCHEN .............................................................................. 179
THE SPECTER BRIDEGROOM ........................................................... 182
WESTMINSTER ABBEY ...................................................................... 201
CHRISTMAS ......................................................................................... 215
THE STAGECOACH ............................................................................. 223
CHRISTMAS EVE ................................................................................. 231
CHRISTMAS DAY ................................................................................ 246
THE CHRISTMAS DINNER ................................................................. 263
LONDON ANTIQUES ........................................................................... 284
LITTLE BRITAIN .................................................................................. 292
STRATFORD-ON-AVON ...................................................................... 312
TRAITS OF INDIAN CHARACTER .................................................... 336
PHILIP OF POKANOKET..................................................................... 350
JOHN BULL........................................................................................... 371
THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE ........................................................... 385
THE ANGLER ....................................................................................... 396
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW ................................................ 408
L’ENVOY ............................................................................................... 448
内容概要
华盛顿•欧文(Washington Irving,1783-1859),19世纪美国著名作家、短篇小说家,被誉为“美国文学之父”。1820年,欧文的《见闻札记》出版,引起欧洲和美国文学界的重视,这部作品奠定了欧文在美国文学史上的地位。