The Blithedale Romance
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A good fit for
- 喜欢19世纪美国文学、已读过《红字》想继续深入霍桑的读者
- 对乌托邦共同体、社会改革实验史感兴趣的读者
- 研究不可靠叙述、第一人称叙事技巧的文学爱好者
- 想了解19世纪中叶美国知识分子精神状况的读者
Not a good fit for
- 期待强情节、快节奏故事的通俗小说读者
- 希望读到乌托邦实验成功案例或社会改造方案的读者
- 对19世纪浪漫主义文体与长篇议论性描写缺乏耐心的读者
Reading tips
- 先读《红字》，再看本书，可对比霍桑从清教道德转向社会改革的两条思路。
- 留意叙述者科弗代尔的立场——他说的和读者看到的常有落差，这是全书的关键。
- 可配合了解1840年代美国布鲁克农场实验的背景，读来会更有代入感。
- 中译本与《红字》合订收录，篇幅适中，宜在两三个晚上连续读完，以保持对人物关系的把握。
About the publisher
Shanghai Translation Publishing House is a Chinese publisher oriented mainly toward translation and publishing. Its publications cover foreign literature, world classics and classic works, as well as social culture, folk literature and classical poetry. The database contains 2,618 titles, including Never Let Me Go, Les Misérables (2 volumes), Don Quixote (illustrated collector's edition), The Complete Comedies of Molière (4 volumes), The Complete Novels of Kafka (3 volumes), The Collected Works of Dostoevsky (9-volume set), Reason and Persons, and Oedipus Rex (Translation Classics). Its author resources include foreign writers such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Victor Hugo, Cervantes and Molière, as well as translators such as Zheng Kelu, Sun Jiameng, Li Jianwu and Zhang Kun. The publisher has brands such as "Translation Classics Selections" and "Translation Documentary," and emphasizes translated works in foreign literature and the humanities and social sciences, while also publishing bilingual dictionaries and foreign-language educational books. Public information is limited; the above is based on the book information in the database.
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《福谷传奇》的中文译名为什么有两种说法？
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About the author
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a nineteenth-century American novelist, best known to Chinese readers for his novel The Red Letter, a quiet and highly symbolic work about sin and redemption. The library holds eight of his works, including The Red Letter, The Blithedale Romance, Grandfather's Chair and Tanglewood Tales. His writing often draws on colonial New England history and the Puritan tradition, and he is skilled at using allegorical narrative to explore the hidden corners of human nature and moral dilemmas. In his later years he retold Greek myths for young readers in clear, accessible prose that has become children's literature. Chinese editions of his work appear in foreign-literary classics, English-Chinese bilingual readers and illustrated myth collections. Public information on his life available in the library is limited, so it is not detailed here.
