"A woman of seven and twenty, " said Marianne, after pausing a moment, "can never hope to feel or inspire affection again, and if her home be uncomfortable, or her fortune small, I can suppose that she might bring herself to submit to the offices of a nurse, for the sake of the provision and security of a wife. In his marrying such a woman therefore there would be nothing unsuitable. It would be a compact of convenience, and the world would be satisfied. In my eyes it would be no marriage at all, but that would be nothing. To me it would seem only a commercial exchange, in which each wished to be benefited at the expense of the other. " (查看原文)
It is a truth universally acknowledged ,that anyone existing in the world will be caught in an ineluctable dilemma, where you hesitate in the face of sense and sensibility. Actually, whenever l meets such crossroads, l naturally think of Jane Austen, an out...
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0 有用 流川雫 2010-05-30 20:25:45
……那啥读的时候没发现这个版本是少年儿童出版社的||||