The Story of an Hour
出版时间
2001-09-01
ISBN
9780789154798
评分
★★★★★
书籍介绍
“Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.” American short-story writer Kate Chopin’s tale “The Story of an Hour” was first published in Vogue in 1894 and has endured to become one of her most beloved works. Upon learning of her husband’s death, Louise Mallard considers how this fateful event will change her life, meditating on the ideas of loss, freedom, and the bounds of marriage. “The Story of an Hour” was brought to life by Tina Rathbone as a part of the PBS anthology series American Playhouse. Be it mystery, romance, drama, comedy, politics, or history, great literature stands the test of time. ClassicJoe proudly brings literary classics to today’s digital readers, connecting those who love to read with authors whose work continues to get people talking. Look for other fiction and non-fiction classics from ClassicJoe.
AI导读
核心看点
- 一小时内的心理剧变，从悲痛到狂喜。
- 深刻探讨婚姻束缚与女性自我觉醒。
- 结尾丈夫生还，极具讽刺与悲剧张力。
适合谁读
- 英美文学及短篇小说爱好者。
- 对女性主义议题感兴趣的读者。
- 英语专业学生及文学分析学习者。
读前提醒
- 篇幅极短，建议一气呵成读完。
- 注意被动语态营造的疏离感。
- 留意门窗意象象征禁锢与自由。
读者共识
- 结构精妙，反转震撼，文学经典。
- 自由启蒙代价沉重，引发深思。
- 常被用作高校英语文学课例文。
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成，不等同于全文精读。
精彩摘录
- "Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death. It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was th"
- "Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death."
- "It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name le"
- "She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her."
- "There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul."
- "She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countle"
- "She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams. She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certai"
- "Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will - as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been."
作者简介
Katherine O'Flaherty (1850-1904), known by her married name Kate Chopin, was an American author of short stories and novels. Her works appeared in literary magazines and popular American periodicals of the day, including Vogue and The Atlantic. In 1899, her second novel, The Awakening, was published to much outrage and harsh criticism based upon moral, rather than literary, standards.
用户评论
我会伤心因为失去丈夫；但是逝者已矣，我也会好好计划未来，马上恢复意识
Intro to English Literature 第一篇阅读
此时她们还没有属于自己的一间房子，但已经偷过小小的窗子，看遥远的天空。
"she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window."
想起某个日本老太太的采访“那个讨厌的家伙已经到另一个世界去啦”hhh
我承认第一遍没看出真实剧情。
厉害
Louise一点点感受到真实的世界，对自由惶恐不安到决定拥抱自由，她清晰地知道自己的感受，爱 但也没这么爱。读她就像是读自己，但又不完全一样，所以阅读的过程里既在看她找到了自由，也在感受并且寻找自己的自由和勇气。文章短小，但起承转合俱全，是一个非常棒值得一读的故事～
第一次读其实是在18年的专四真题卷，当时第一遍愣是没看懂Mrs. Mallard为什么最后去世了，看到答案之后才恍然大悟，她原本以为的"Body and soul free"被失望取代了。没想到文学导论的老师又布置了这篇的论文。前段时间读的Trifles也是这样，丈夫杀死了她的金丝雀，她选择了勒死自己的丈夫。极端的情节反应的都是女性受压抑的命运与觉醒的尝试。今天专四的最后一篇阅读是献给艾米丽的玫瑰，虽然只选了开头的部分，但我还是蛮惊讶专四会一次又一次选择这些题材的小说作为考题。虽然读英语很痛苦，但我们接触到的一些东西是其他的专业不会有的。
高中好像读过 现在通识课又讲
非常精彩的描写
珍贵的自我 可哀的女性
First-intro to Novels
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