His words recalled the vision of that other afternoon when they had sat together over his tea-table and talked jestingly of her future. There were moments when that day seemed more remote than other event in her life; and yet she could always re-live it in its minutest.detail. (查看原文)
Lily Bart, a beautiful and unmarried woman, 29-year-old, living in the leisure-class of New York, is eager to marry. Unfortunately, she misses several chances of attaining her goal, some of which have been broken by her own faults, others by other people’s...
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Context Thorstein Veblen - The Theory of the Leisure Class Leisure: non-productive consumption of time 小说中Lily尝试过制帽女工的工作,但最终发现无产阶级的日子她没法过。然而,在Veblen的理论中,Lily曾经的闲暇日子也是基于一种和上层人士的雇佣关系,这也是一种剥...
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20世纪美国文学的最迷人之处在于它呈现出来的精神状态是桎梏了一个世纪以来的the vast majority of people了的,极多理论框架去试图阐释了的,但极少数人ever found a way out了的危机状态。 不过among all these我最relate的一本还是The House of Mirth,并且我认为我周围的女...
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