我的心灵藏书馆 红字 英文版
2012-1
中国宇航出版社
N·霍桑
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《红字》的情节并不复杂，其精华在于对人物的分析。霍桑认为“人心的真实重于情节和细节的真实”。小说中的三个主人公都身负罪恶，但是他们的结局却是不同。海斯特坦白地面对罪恶，甘愿受辱接受惩罚，以德行之美洗刷罪恶，终获新生。迪梅斯戴尔暗中负罪，备受良心煎熬，但在最后关头忏悔，依然得到了人们的谅解和宽容。齐林沃斯一心复仇，丧心病狂地从别人的痛苦中得到满足，是寸足的魔鬼化身。小说的结构、主人公的名字和出场都有精心的安排，在这里就不一一赘述了，请读者带着好奇之心，细细阅读吧!
纳撒尼尔·霍桑（Nathaniel Hawthorne，1804-1864），美国19世纪著名浪漫主义小说家。霍桑出生于美国马萨诸塞州塞勒姆镇，其家族是当地移民望族的后裔，第一代祖先威廉·哈桑（John Hathorne）是当地地方官员，为著名的1682年塞勒姆“驱巫案”的三名主审法官之一。霍桑的父亲是位船长，在霍桑4岁时死于海上，霍桑在母亲的抚养下长大。霍桑全家信奉新教，故其童年经历使他深受清教道德观念的影响。也正是由于霍桑对其祖先的清教徒做法感到不满，所以在他大学毕业以后不久，在其姓氏Hathorne中加入“w”，成为Hawthorne。
THE CUSTOM HOUSE
INTRODUCTORY TO THE SCARLET LETTER"
Chapter 1 THE PRISON-DOOR
Chapter 2 THE MARKET-PLACE
Chapter 3 THE RECOGNITION
Chapter 4 THE INTERVIEW
Chapter 5 HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
Chapter 6 PEARL
Chapter 7 THE GOVERNOR'S HALL
Chapter 8 THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
Chapter 9 THE LEECH
Chapter 10 THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
Chapter 11 THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
Chapter 12 THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
Chapter 13 ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
Chapter 14 HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
Chapter 15 HESTER AND PEARL
Chapter 16 A FOREST WALK
Chapter 17 THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
Chapter 18 A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
Chapter 19 THE CHILD AT THE BROOK-SIDE
Chapter 20 THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
Chapter 21 THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
Chapter 22 THE PROCESSION
Chapter 23 THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
Chapter 24 CONCLUSION
"It were well，" muttered the most iron-visaged of the old dames，"if we stripped Madame Hester's rich gown off her dainty shoulders; and as for the red letter，which she hath stitched socuriously，I'll bestow a rag of mine own the umatic flannel，to make afitter one! " "Oh，peace，neighbours，peacel" whispered their youngest companion; "do not let her hear you l Not a stitch in that embroidered letter，but she has felt it in her heart." The grim beadle now made a gesture with his staff. " Make way，good people，make way，in the King's name!"criedhe." Open a passage; and I promise ye，Mistress Prynne shall be set where man，woman，and child may have a fair sight of her braveapparel，from this time till an hour past meridian.A blessing on the righteous Colony of the Massa chusetts，where iniquity0 is dragged out into the sunshine! Come along，Madame Hester，and show your scarlet letter in the market-place!" A lane was forthwith opened through the crowd of spectators.Preceded by the beadle，and attended by an irregular procession of.stern-browed men and unkindly-visaged women，Hester Prynne set forth towards the place appointed for her punishment.A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys，understanding little of the matter inhand，except that it gave them a half-holiday，ran before her progress，turning their heads continually to stare into her face，and at thewinking baby in her arms，and at the ignominious letter on her breast.It was no great distance，in those days，from the prison-door to the market-place.Measured by the prisoner's experience，however，itmight be reckoned a journey of some length; for，haughty as herdemean our was，she perchance underwent an agony from every footstep of those that thronged to see her，as if her heart had been flunginto the street for them all to spurn and trample upon.In ourn ature，how ever，there is a provision，alike marvellous and mercifulthat the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture，but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it With almost a serene deportment，the refore，Hester Prynne passed through this portion of her ordeal，and came to a sort of scafiold，at thewestern extremity of the market-place.It stood nearly beneath theeaves of Boston's earliest church，and appeared to be a fixture there. In fact，this scaffold constituted a portion of a penal machine，which now，for two or three generations past，has been merely historical and traditionary among us，but was held，in the old time，to be as effectual an a gent，in the promotion of good citizenship，as everwas the guillotine among the terrorists of France.It was，in short，the plat form of the pillory; and above it rose the framework of that instrument of discipline，so fashioned as to confine the human head in its tight grasp，and thus hold it up to the public gaze.The very ideall of ignominy was embodied and made manifest in this contrivance of wood and iron.There can be no outrage，methinks，against our common nature-whatever be the delinquencies@ of the individual-no outrage more flagrant than to forbid the culprit to hide his face for shame; as it was the essence of this punishment to do.In Hester Prynne's instance，however，as not unfrequendy in other cases，her sentence bore，that she should stand a certain time upon the plat form，but without undergoing that gripe about the neck and confinement of the head，the proneness to which was the most devilish characteristic of this ugly engine.Knowing well her part，she ascendeda flight of wooden steps，and was thus displayed to the surrounding multitude，at about the height of a man's shoulders above the street. Had there been a Papist among the crowd of Puritans，he might have seen in this beautiful woman，so picturesque in her attire and mieno，and with the infant at her bosom，an object to remind him of the image of Divine Maternity，which so many illustrious painters have vied with one another to represent; something which should remind him，indeed，but only by contrast，of that sacred image of sinless mother hood，whose infant was to redeem the world.Here，there wasthe taint of deepest sin in the most sacred quality of human life，working such effect，that the world was only the darker for thiswoman's beauty，and the more lost for the infant that she had borne. The scene was not without a mixture of awe，such as must always sinvest the spectacle of gLult and shame in a fellow-creature，before society shall have grown corrupt enough to smile，instead of shuddering，at it.The witnesses of Hester Prynne's disgrace had not yet passed beyond their simplicity.They were stern enough to lookup on her death，had that been the sentence，without a murmur at its severity，but had none of the heartlessness of another social state，which would find only a theme for jest in an exhibition like the present.Even had there been a disposition to turn the matter into ridicule，it must have been repressed and overpowered by the solemn presence of men no less dignified than the Governor，and several of hiscoun sellors，a judge，a general，and the ministers of the town. ……
在用英语写作的小说家中，很少有人能用如此少的文字表达出像《红字》所表达的那么多的内容……象征寓意的手法在散文中很少有人能像霍桑那样运用得如此挥洒自如。 ——美国学者（乔治·珀金斯） 光是批评家的铅线是量不出他的深浅的。检验这样一位作家仅仅用脑是不够的，还必须用你的心灵。单靠观摩考察，你不能了了解何为伟大，除了用直觉之外，你从他那里看不出什么东西；你无需叮当敲它，只要用手触碰一下，你就可以知道它是真金了。 ——美国小说家、散文家、诗人（赫尔曼·麦尔维尔）
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霍桑是一位世界观相当复杂的作家，他选择爱情悲剧作为《红字》的主题，使自己深深陷入难解的矛盾之中。爱情本是人类的天性，但按照基督教义。亚当和夏娃偷吃了伊甸园的智慧之果，懂得了男欢女爱，不再靠上帝创造而由自已繁衍人类，这本身正是“原罪”，至于私情，更触犯了基督教的第七戒。霍桑虽深受教会影响，但自从欧洲文艺复兴以来，爱情早已成了文艺作品永恒的主题，时时受到歌颂，他即使再保守，也不会不认为这是天经地义的了。于是，书中便处处可见作者难言的苦衷：他虽然谴责不合理的婚姻，甚至把男女主人公的爱情说成是“神圣的贡献”，但不敢肯定不合“法”的感情，更不肯使有情人终成眷属。他只能让齐灵渥斯在死前“良心发现”，把遗产全部留给珠儿。 实际上，霍桑在《红字》中要表达的，是社会现状和人类命运，并借以进一步探讨他所关心的“善”与“恶”的哲理。 本部作品文笔相当优美，但霍桑的独特风格和句式是比较难懂的，建议英语不是很好的人可以对照汉语译文阅读
小时候看过青少版，感动于母亲对女儿的爱，对爱情的坚定忠贞和反抗宗教束缚的勇气！震撼的结局让人难以忘怀！现在感受英文版的魅力！书友们千万不要错过这本好书！
比较喜欢这一系列，由北外的教授评译，重难点词汇也解释的比较多。非常适合英语学习者！
老师强烈推荐的，应该不错。。
书很好，包装很精美，没有折痕，但是句子有点长，英语初学者慎重点
好书，正在阅读中，纸张印刷均满意。
制作很好，封皮是真的很吸引人。
只是纸张用黄的就更好了。
有机会的话，想积满一套呢。
包装很精致，很喜欢，内容页很好
就是封面有点压皱了，不过可以理解啦
还挺好的～点赞，我喜欢这套书呢，推荐朋友们购买，质量很不错
封面不错，可惜不是进口书。