传说有这样一群人,他们胆大妄为、气焰嚣张、肆无忌惮地勒索、施暴,这一伙人危险而神秘,他们究竟是江洋大盗,还是绿林好汉?这群人臭名昭著,其行径耸人听闻,他们就是人们口中的“强盗”。关于他们的传说五花八门、经久不衰,这群人诡秘莫测,既令人好奇,又让人望而却步。那么传说究竟是真是假,这群强盗又是邪是正?
小说选取独特的角度讲述了一位富有的英国人对强盗故事的态度的转变——这位英国人最初坚决不相信这些传说中的故事,对它们不屑一顾,再后来开始变得饶有兴趣。作者从侧面展示了强盗的危险和神秘,既耸人听闻,又让人好奇。
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28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."
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