"Oh, Lord knows! I suppose the woman wants to live her own life; and the man wants to live his; and each tries to drag the other on to the wrong track. One wants to go north and the other southl and the result is that both have to go east, though they both hate the east wind. [ He sits down on the be"
"Cheltenham,Harrow,Cambridge,and India"
"教堂的钟声敲了十一点半。 钟声使他醒悟,觉得他自己的伪君子态度和对穷人的苛刻是不对的。"
"so deliciously low —— so horribly dirty 下流得可爱,肮脏得可怕"
"ahahahahowowoooo"
"the bravado of genteel poverty"
"Mrs Higgins 息夫人"
"what the devilare we going to talk about until Eliza comes?"
"Manners maketh man?" Higgins弄错了因果,没有钱,Cockney变RP也不顶用。
这版没有收录postscript(不过没关系,老师说是狗尾续貂):Eliza和Freddy结婚,在Higgins资助下开花店。
开放式结局本是为了彰显独立自主的Eliza有无限可能,只是大众太纠结一女二男的结局(从小看狗血校园剧的我也被绕进去了,没想到Eliza其实可以不选),萧伯纳索性就补一个大团圆哄哄读者。
然而竟不是“男一”?
"You certainly are a pretty pair of babies, playing with your live doll"——Eliza和Higgins之间毫无平等可言,读者不必费心脑补浪漫情愫。
不过《再造淑女》改得是真好看。