生命中善良的光辉总会照亮前方的道路。一对父女误入黑店,旅店伙计和强盗狼狈为奸,准备杀人夺财。生命危在旦夕之时,旅店的女仆向她们伸出援手。父女能否获救?女仆的命运又将如何?
《迟来的旅客》一文讲述了一个惊心动魄、与强盗搏斗的故事。美丽娇弱的小姐和她的父亲入住一家旅馆,不料旅馆的伙计和强盗狼狈为奸,准备深夜杀人灭口,掠夺钱财。白天被小姐善良的眼神所感动的女仆决心救下小姐和她的父亲,知恩图报的父女逃走后叫来了附近村庄的警卫队。深夜里,一场正义与邪恶的较量开始了……
欧文为读者营造了一种田园生活般的意境,他擅长描写精灵鬼怪的悬念与恐怖,使故事跌宕起伏。同时他又是一个喜欢怀旧的人。他的作品更像是午后一缕慵懒的和风,在你耳边低吟一曲,使你充满倦意。
“没有欧文就没有美国文学的最早声誉,也就没有以后小说创作伟大局面的产生和出现。”
华盛顿·欧文是27世纪美国最著名的作家,号称美国文学之父。
America's first genuine internationally best-selling author
Irving is largely credited as the first American Man of Letters.
His friend, the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, acknowledged Irving's role in promoting American literature: "We feel a just pride in his renown as an author, not forgetting that, to his other claims upon our gratitude, he adds also that of having been the first to win for our country an honorable name and position in the History of Letters".
As George William Curtis noted, there "is not a young literary aspirant in the country, who, if he ever personally met Irving, did not hear from him the kindest words of sympathy, regard, and encouragement."
- 迟来的旅客
- The Belated Travellers
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