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Hugo's standard is being reprinted to tie in with the Disney animated feature. Though the average kid is not likely to wade through this epic, Hyperion's illustrated edition is actually quite nice if you're looking for a quality hardcover at a good price. 内容简介
Before the huge crowd that packed the cathedral square, La Esmeralda stood between two executioners. Suddenly Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame, rushed at the executioners and felled them with his enormous fists. He snatched the gypsy girl in one arm and ran with her into the church. A moment later he appeared at the top of the bell tower. Holding the girl above his head, he showed her triumphantly to all of Paris while his thunderous voice roared savagely to the sky: " Sanctuary Sanctuary Sanctuary "
Set amid the riot, intrigue, and pageantry of medieval Paris, Victor Hugo' s masterful tale of heroism and adventure has been a perennial favorite since its first publication in 1831 and remains one of the most thrilling stories of all time. 作者简介
Victor-Marie Hugo was born in 1802 at Besanon, where his father, an officer under Napoleon, was stationed. In his first decade the family moved from post to post: Corsica, Naples, Madrid. After his parents separated in 1812, Hugo lived in Paris with his mother and brothers. At twenty he married Adele Foucher and published his first poetry collection. Hugo was elected to the Academie Francaise in 1841. The accidental death two years later of his eldest daughter and her husband devastated him and marked the end of his first literary period. By then politics had become central to his life. Though he was a Royalist in his youth, his views became increasingly liberal after the July revolution of 1830: Freedom in art, freedom in society, there is the double goal. He initially supported the political ascent of Louis Napoleon, but turned savagely against him after being denied a role in government following the coup de'tat of 1851. Hugo went into exile in Brussels and Jersey, launching fierce literary attacks on the Second Empire. After the fall of the Second Empire in 1870, Hugo returned to France and was reelected to the National Assembly, and then to the Senate. He had become a legendary figure and national icon. 精彩书评
Grade 6-9. These visually appealing abridgments of classic titles make fairly difficult and complex novels accessible to a junior high audience. Virtually all kids are aware of Disney's not-so-ugly Quasimodo as the hunchbacked bell ringer of the Notre Dame Cathedral in 15th-century hang-'em-high Paris, and many will have seen some film version of Dracula. Massively trimmed, these retellings have brief, readable chapters; the violence is toned down and the eroticism erased. Competent illustrators bring visual unity to the presentations. Beginning with table-of-contents pages that feature portraits of the casts of characters, the books then devote a few pages to setting the place and mood of the tales. Two-page spreads of text and drawings are framed by related facts and illustrated with details from paintings, photographs, and even movie stills, all of which provide fascinating geographical, historical, and archaeological tidbits. These heavily illustrated books are guaranteed to give young people a leg up on high school and college English classes with their vivid re-creations of cruel, horrific, and romantic European worlds.
——John Sigwald, Unger Memorial Library, Plainview, TX
Set in fifteenth-century Paris, Hugo's powerful novel evokes medieval life as it tells of the doomed love of Quasimodo, the grotesque bell-ringer at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, for Esmeralda, the beautiful gypsy. Bill Homewood's vibrant performance captures the passion of Hugo's characters in his spellbinding narration. Whether he's thundering Frollo's lust or bellowing Quasimodo's despair, Homewood's strong voice reveals the emotions of the characters with skill and confidence. Fine liner notes include information about Hugo and a list of the classical music skillfully selected for the narrative transitions.
——P.B.J.
Grade 4-6. Done in picture-book format, this retelling is, of necessity, reduced to its bare bones, but the essentials of the complex plot have been captured. The pictures, full of action and crowded with scenes of the Parisian mob, the Festival of Fools, and the airy heights of the cathedral are skillfully drawn and colored with pale hues. Quasimodo's crooked figure and distorted face are appropriately repulsive, a foil to Esmeralda's grace and beauty. Middle grade readers familiar with the Disney movie will particularly enjoy this spin-off of the original novel.
——Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
《呼啸山庄》 艾米莉·勃朗特以其唯一的长篇小说《呼啸山庄》在英国文学史上留下了浓墨重彩的一笔。这部作品不仅是哥特式小说的典范,更是一部关于爱、复仇、阶级和自然力量的宏大史诗。故事的背景设定在阴郁荒凉的英格兰北部旷野,两座相互对立的庄园——呼啸山庄和画眉山庄——成为了恩怨纠葛的舞台。 故事的叙述者,一个名叫洛克伍德的租客,初到约克郡便被卷入了呼啸山庄那令人不安的氛围中。他从仆人奈莉·迪恩那里,逐渐拼凑出了一个跨越两代人的、充满激情与毁灭性的爱情悲剧。 故事的核心是希斯克利夫和凯瑟琳·恩肖之间那段超越世俗、近乎病态的依恋。希斯克利 perbedaan 作为一个孤儿被恩肖先生收养,他与凯瑟琳青梅竹马,他们的灵魂仿佛从一开始就紧密相连。他们一起在荒野中奔跑,分享着对自由和野性的向往,这份情感深厚到足以蔑视任何社会规范。然而,当恩肖先生去世后,凯瑟琳的哥哥希德利·恩肖对希斯克利施加了残酷的对待,加上凯瑟琳自身对社会地位的渴望,促使她做出了一个改变所有人命运的决定:嫁给富有的林顿家族的埃德加。 这个选择,是凯瑟琳“背叛”了她真正的灵魂伴侣。正如她在奈莉面前痛苦忏悔的那样:“我就是希斯克利。”她的婚姻成为了压垮希斯克利精神的最后一根稻草。他愤而出走多年,归来时已蜕变成一个富有、但内心被复仇的火焰彻底吞噬的男人。 希斯克利夫的回归,是一场精心策划的、对所有曾伤害过他的人的毁灭行动。他利用经济手段,一步步夺取了呼啸山庄和画眉山庄的产权,将曾经的仇敌——希德利、林顿夫妇——置于他的绝对控制之下。他的复仇对象不仅仅是活着的个体,更包括了他们下一代的命运。他强迫他的儿子林顿·希斯克利娶了凯瑟琳的女儿凯瑟琳·林顿,并利用这段婚姻达到了对林顿家族财产的最终掌控。 小说中最令人着迷的,是人物的复杂性和道德的模糊性。《呼啸山庄》中没有绝对的善人或恶人,只有被环境、阶级和无法遏制的激情所扭曲的灵魂。希斯克利夫,无疑是文学史上最著名的反英雄之一。他的残忍令人发指,但他所有的恶行都根植于他被抛弃的痛苦和被挚爱背叛的绝望。他追求的不是简单的物质报复,而是精神层面的同步毁灭——他希望看到所有与凯瑟琳有关的人都陷入与他当年相同的痛苦深渊。 凯瑟琳·恩肖,则代表了那个时代女性在个人欲望与社会责任之间的挣扎。她的选择并非完全出于贪婪,更多是源于她对“上流社会”的向往以及对稳定生活的渴望,但这无疑是她悲剧的起点。 勃朗特笔下的自然环境,并非只是背景,它与人物的内心世界紧密相连,具有强烈的象征意义。呼啸山庄那狂风呼啸、贫瘠萧瑟的荒原,正是希斯克利和凯瑟琳原始、不受约束的激情的写照。在暴风雨中,他们的爱情显得狂野而不可抗拒;而在林顿家那精致、受约束的画眉山庄里,爱意则变得温和而驯服。小说中,荒原上的幽灵、夜间的低语,都为故事增添了浓厚的哥特式恐怖色彩,暗示着死亡和过去的阴影从未真正消散。 故事的后半段,转向了“第二代”的命运——小凯瑟琳、哈里顿·恩肖以及林顿·希斯克利。起初,他们似乎注定要重复父辈的悲剧。小凯瑟琳继承了母亲的美丽与韧性,而哈里顿,则被希斯克利故意贬低为文盲和粗鲁的野人,以报复他的父亲希德利。然而,正是这种宿命般的重演,最终导向了救赎。 在希斯克利夫的死亡之后,荒原上的怨灵似乎终于得到了安息。小凯瑟琳和哈里顿,这两位在痛苦中被塑造出的年轻一代,意外地找到了彼此灵魂的契合点。哈里顿从野蛮的阴影中被唤醒,而小凯瑟琳则学会了爱与宽恕。他们的结合,标志着两大家族之间长达数十年的仇恨链条终于被斩断,象征着狂野的激情最终必须让位于宁静与和谐。 《呼啸山庄》之所以成为永恒的经典,在于它对人类情感最极端形态的深刻探索。它探讨了爱的界限——爱可以成为滋养生命的泉源,也可以蜕变为毁灭一切的毒药。小说中那种无可名状的、近乎宗教般的激情,以及那种对社会约束的激烈反抗,使得这部作品超越了简单的爱情故事,成为对人性和自由的永恒追问。即便是随着时间的推移,我们依然能感受到那股从约克郡旷野吹来的、令人心悸的、永不平息的呼啸之声。