人面巨石（第二级）（轻松英语名作欣赏）(The Great Stone Face)_纳撒尼尔·霍桑_中英双语在线阅读

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人面巨石（第二级）（轻松英语名作欣赏）
The Great Stone Face

作者:

纳撒尼尔·霍桑
译者:

李家真
出版社:

外语教学与研究出版社
语言:

英文
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导读

一个更细腻更深刻的“皇帝的新装”的故事。

Deep in a valley, there was a pretty little house.

It was surrounded by many tall trees.

Sitting in front of their small home, a mother and her young son were watching the sun go down.

"It is a very beautiful evening, isn't it?" the mother asked the boy.

He just nodded.

He was staring at something in the distance.Very far away, they could see the Great Stone Face.

They were many miles from it, but they could see it clearly.

内容简介

《人面巨石》是纳撒尼尔·霍桑晚年撰写的一篇短篇小说，目的是探求人的理想形象。一个名为欧内斯特的男孩从自己的母亲那里听说，一个注定要成为当代伟大人物的孩子将会降生，而那位伟大人物的长相将会跟山崖上岩石形成的“人面巨石”一模一样。欧内斯特自己过着虔诚谦卑的生活，一心等待山崖上的形象化身在活人身上。随着时间的推移，他先后遇见了一个富商、一位英勇的军人和一名政客，可他们的样子都与山崖上的形象大相径庭。有一天，一位诗人在观看欧内斯特向村民发表演说时宣称：“看看欧内斯特，他跟‘人面巨石’一模一样!”不过，在回家的路上，欧内斯特仍然在祈祷会有比他更聪明、更好的人出现，祈祷那个人会有跟“人面巨石”一样的长相。霍桑写过许多道德题材的作品，《人面巨石》即是其中之一。

作者简介

纳撒尼尔·霍桑（1804～1864），美国文学界最伟大的小说家之一。他出身于一个严格的清教徒家庭，孩提时代就对阅读产生了强烈的兴趣。1837年，他发表了第一部署名小说《故事新编》，由此确立了主流作家的地位。霍桑以其《红字》（1850）和《带有七个尖角阁的房子》（1851）著称。

Nathaniel Hawthornewas born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning.Much of Hawthorne's writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral metaphors with an anti-Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism. His themes often center on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity.