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没有谁会是你永远的港湾——毛姆《面纱》丨原版书限时福利
很多女生一到25岁还没对象,就开始变得焦虑。面对家人的不断逼婚,她们面临一个选择:是继续等待真爱,还是找个差不多的人就嫁了?
毛姆的《面纱》这本书,可以解答这个问题。
这本书是女性精神觉醒的经典读本。书里的主人公叫凯蒂,凯蒂从小就是个美人坯子,于是她的母亲贾斯丁夫人便把希望寄托在女儿身上,带她参加各种舞会,一心想钓一个金龟婿。凯蒂凭借着出色的外貌,流转于男人之间,肆无忌惮地向他们施展魅力,同时又小心翼翼地跟他们若即若离,她喜欢看这些人为自己争风吃醋。转眼间,凯蒂25岁了。
在母亲眼里,女儿25岁还未出嫁就是一种悲哀。她收起了对凯蒂的百般宠爱,开始不断指责她:
Mrs. Garstin did not mince her words in the domestic circle and she warned her daughter tartly that she would miss her market.
贾斯汀太太在家里一向想说什么就说什么,她刻薄地警告她的女儿,如果还不抓紧,慢慢地她会失去市场。
人要一赌上气,就忘记了事情的初衷;只想着气着别人,忘记了也耽误了自己。
“One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.”“一个男人深爱着一个女人,并不意味着希望余生和她一起度过。”
Kitty found the work a refreshment to her spirit. She went to the convent every morning soon after sunrise and did not return to the bungalow till the westering sun flooded the narrow river and its crowded junks with gold.凯蒂发现工作像一服清醒剂,让她的精神焕发。她每天清晨太阳升起后不久就匆匆赶往修道院,直到西边的太阳把狭窄的河流和河面上拥挤的小船染成金黄色才回到家中。
"I want a girl because I want to bring her up so that she shan't make the mistakes I've made. When I look back upon the girl I was I hate myself. But I never had a chance."“我想要个女孩,因为我想亲手把她抚养长大,让她不要再犯我曾经犯过的错误,当我回首小的时候,我恨自己,但又没有机会重新来过。”
"I'm going to bring up my daughter so that she's free and can stand on her own feet."“我会抚养我的女儿,让她自由自在,能够自食其力。”
"I'm not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he's willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life."“我把一个孩子带到这个世界上来,爱她,把她养大,不是为了让她将来和哪个男人睡觉,从此一辈子依附于他。”
"I want her to be fearless and frank. I want her to be a person, independent of others because she is possessed of herself, and I want her to take life like a free man and make a better job of it than I have."“我想培养她无所畏惧和诚实坦率的品质,我想把她培养成一个不依附于他人,拥有独立人格的人,我想让她自由自在地生活,比我活得成功精彩。”
She could not know what the future had in store for her, but she felt in herself the strength to accept whatever was to come with a light and buoyant spirit.
她不知道什么样的未来在等待着她,但是她自信有力量,用轻松愉快的心情来接受无论什么样的挑战。