威廉·德雷谢维奇(William Deresiewicz),毕业于哥伦比亚大学,在耶鲁大学担任过十年英文教授,在哥伦比亚大学担任过五年研究生导师。他是一名颇有影响力的文学评论家,其文章经常出现在《纽约时报》《大西洋月刊》《国家》《共和》上。近年来他关注美国大学的教育状况,《精英教育的劣势》(The Disadvantage of an Elite Education)一文在网络上点击率超过100 万次。他的畅销书《优秀的绵羊》在国内引进出版后,引起广泛讨论和相当程度的共鸣。
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核心看点
作者以个人成长经历串联奥斯丁六部小说
探讨文学阅读如何重塑价值观与幸福感
揭示日常琐事中蕴含的严肃人生哲理
读者共识
文笔幽默风趣,金句频出,启发性强
部分读者认为内容略显鸡汤或像回忆录
成功将经典文学与当代青年困惑相连接
精彩摘录
"“The more I know of the world,” she said, “the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.” Not only would such a man need virtue and intelligence, but his figure would have to be striking, his eyes full of spirit and fire. And to be worthy of her passion, something stil"
"“It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy,” she said, “it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.”"
"And thus we feel, like Marianne, that true love is wild and free, that it knows no bounds or rules. We skip classes, make love outdoors, take crazy risks that turn us into people our friends don’t recognize. When Marianne and Willoughby first got together—this was what frightened her sister the most"
"But making a mature decision, patiently feeling and thinking your way toward mutual respect and regard and esteem, accepting the responsibility of challenging and being challenged, refusing both the comforts of fantasy and the cynicism of calculation—that is the really radical, the really original, "
"And that was the most momentous revelation of all. Not only does your happiness depend upon your choice of mate, your very self depends upon it—your character, your soul. Love is more than just good feelings. A friction-free relationship, supposing that such a thing were even possible, would, I now "
"A longer one, but a different one. Austen never married, but she did have children, and many more than eight or eleven. Their names are Emma and Elizabethand Catherine, Anne and Fanny and Elinor and Marianne. Their names are Henry and Edward and Wentworth and Willoughby, Mr. Collins and Miss Bates a"
"For her, I saw, love is not something that happens to you, suddenly or otherwisel; it;s something you have to prepare yourself for. As long as Elizabeth thought that she was right about anything, as long as Emma disdained the people around her, as long as Marianne ignored her sister's advice about t"