书籍介绍
这并非一个让人读起来轻松的灰姑娘故事。当萨拉从寄宿学校的公主跌落为烧火女佣,被厨娘辱骂、被校长克扣,她所做出的反应却出乎意料——不是哭诉,不是反抗,而是沉默地"只是看着对方,在心里思考"。作者借这个十岁女孩之口,说出了全书最锋利的判断:"没有什么比愤怒更强大,而能克制愤怒的力量,比它更强。"这正是本书最打动人也最具争议之处:它没有让苦难本身变得高贵,而是让孩子学会在屈辱中守住内心的秩序。读者反复回味的,不是命运的翻盘,而是那个"寒冷夜里五个又香又甜的烤面包"里,一个人如何选择不被改变。它适合那些愿意让孩子早一点直面生活残酷、却又相信人可以在困境中保持不卑不亢的读者。
作者简介
弗朗西斯·霍奇森·伯内特,Frances Hodgson Burnett(1849-1924)是英国小说家,她的儿童文学作品一直为读者喜爱,其中著名的有《小公主》(A Little Princess)、《秘密花园》(The SecretGarden)和《小爵爷》(Little Lord Fauntleroy)。
AI导读
核心看点
  • 萨拉从富家女沦为女佣,逆境中坚守尊严
  • 以想象力和乐观心态对抗苦难,保持高贵
  • 经典灰姑娘故事,展现善良与坚韧的力量
读者共识
  • 萨拉是勇敢坚强、不卑不亢的女性榜样
  • 逆境中保持本心,善良是最宝贵的财富
  • 温暖治愈,让人相信美好与希望的力量
精彩摘录
  • "I don't answer very often. I never answer when I can help it. When people are insulting you, there is nothing so good for them as not to say a word-- just to look at them and THINK... ... When you will not fly into a passion people know you are strong enough to hold in your rage... ... There's nothi"
  • ""...and you will grow so fast that it will seem scarcely a year before you are big enough and clever enough to come back and take care of papa.""
  • ""Are you learning me by heart, little Sara?" he said, stroking her hair. "No," she answered, "I know you by heart, you are inside my heart.""
  • ""If I go on talking and talking," she said, "and telling you things about pretending, I shall bear it better. You don't forget, but you bear it better.""
  • ""Oh," he said, "She's better fun every year she lives. God grant this business may right itself and leave me free to run home and see her. What wouldn't I give to have her little arms round my neck this minute! What WOULDN'T I give!""
  • "头一两个月里,莎拉以为,自己尽力做好事情,挨了骂也不吭一声,这总能使凶狠驱使她的人变得心肠软一些吧。在她那高傲的幼小心灵中,她立意让人们看到,她是在努力养活自己,绝非依靠施舍。可是时间一点点过去,她看出根本软化不了任何人,她越是诚心诚意按照吩咐好好去做,那些女佣人就越加盛气凌人,对她毫不怜悯,而那个出口伤人的厨娘也益发地骂不绝口了。"
  • "莎拉自己从来不惹什么乱子,也不去管别人的闲事。她像个苦力那样干活儿;她踩踏在潮湿的街道上,提着一包包一篮篮的东西;她费尽力气,让小女孩在上法语课时集中注意力,不搞小动作;在她变得衣服更破烂形象更古怪时,别人索性叫她去地下室厨房吃饭;别人待她当她是没人疼的孤儿,她的心更加变得孤傲与凄楚,可是她从来不对任何人吐露自己的感受。 “军人从不抱怨,”她说,把小牙关咬得紧紧的,“我不想抱怨;我要假设这是整场战争的一个部分。”"
  • "I promised him I would bear it. And I will. You have to bear things. Think what soldiers bear! Papa is a soldier. If there was a war he would have to bear marching and thirstiness and, perhaps, deep wounds. And he would never say a word---not one word."
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