夜莺与玫瑰

章节摘录

　　What is the use of a statue if it cannot keep the rain off？ he said. I must look for a good chimney-pot, and he determined to fly away.　　But before he had opened his wings, a third drop fell, and he looked up, and saw Ah！ what did he see？　　The eyes of the Happy Prince were filled with tears, and tears were running down his golden cheeks. His face was so beautiful in the moonlight that the little swallow was filled with pity.　　Who are you？ he said.　　I am the Happy Prince.　　Why are you weeping then？ asked the swallow; you have quite drenched me.　　When I was alive and had a human heart, answered the statue, I did not know what tears were, for I lived in the Palace of Sans-Souci, where sorrow is not allowed to enter. In the daytime I played with my companions in the garden, and in the evening ！ led the dance in the great hall. Round the garden ran a very lofty wall, but I never cared to ask what lay beyond it, everyth！ng about me was so beautiful. My courtiers called me the Happy Prince, and happy indeed I was, if pleasure be happiness. So I lived, and so I died. And now that I am dead they have set me up here so high that I can see all the ugliness and all the misery of my city and though my heart is made of lead yet I cannot choose but weep.　　What！ is he not solid gold？ said the swallow to himself. He was too polite to make any personal remarks out loud.　　Far away,continued the statue in a low musical voice, far away in a little street there is a poor house. One of the windows is open, and through it I can see a woman seated at a table. Her face is thin and worn and she has coarse, red hands, all pricked by the needle, for she is a seamstress. She is embroidering passion-flowers on a satin gown for the loveliest of the queens maids-of-honour to wear at the next court-ball. In a bed in the corner of the room her little boy is lying ill. He has a fever and is asking for oranges. His mother has nothing to give him but river water, so he is crying. Swallow, swallow, little swallow, will you not bring her the ruby out of my sword-hilt？ My feet are fastened to this pedestal and I cannot move.

媒体关注与评论

　　小夜莺让玫瑰花刺深深地刺入胸膛，直抵心脏，一阵剧痛将她击中。痛楚越来越强烈，而她的歌声却越来越嘹亮，因为她歌唱的是因牺牲而完美的爱情，这种爱情不会在坟墓中消亡。　　——《夜莺与玫瑰》

内容概要

I have nothing to declare except my genious.

王尔德，这位英国文学史上不世出的天才，为我们留下了包括诗歌、戏剧、小说、随笔等诸多优秀作品，至今为人津津乐道。而他的两部童话集《快乐王子和其他故事》与《石榴屋》更使无论儿童与成年读者久久回味。

书籍目录

The Happy PrinceThe Nightingale and the RoseThe Selfish GiantThe Devoted FriendThe Remarkable RocketThe Young KingThe Birthday of the InfantaThe Fisherman and His SoulThe Star-Child

编辑推荐

　　智趣和戏剧性是王尔德童话中最吸引人的特性。智趣源于华丽的笔法和生动的比喻；而戏剧性来自善良与美丽的形象所经历的变迁——心灵的磨砺与成长，这总能紧紧扣住读者的心弦。王尔德将人性的美归于至爱，他作品中的角色无不体现着他追求理想艺术的初衷。同时，他也追求语言的表达效果。他的童话全部琅琅上口，韵律悠扬。读他的童话，会觉得这位维多利亚时代的伟大作家至今仍可以透过文字与我们娓娓交谈。

作者简介

《夜莺与玫瑰—王尔德童话集》是王尔德全部童话作品的合集。包括《快乐王子和其他故事》与《石榴屋》两个集子。王尔德一生共创作了九篇童话，全部收录在本集中。

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