名利场

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　　I know that the account of this kind of solitary imprisonment is insufferably tedious， unless there is some cheerful or humorous incident to enliven it a tender gaoler， for instance， or a waggish commandant of the fortress， or a mouse to come out and play about Latudeo's beard and whiskers， or a subterranean passage under the castle， dug by Trenck with his nails and a toothpick： the historian has no such enlivening incident to relate in the narrative of Amelia's captivity. Fancy her， if you please， during this period， very sad， but always ready to smile when spoken to; in a very mean， poor， not to say vulgar position of life; singing songs， making puddings， playing cards， mending stockings， for her old father's benefit. So， never mind， whether she be a heroine or no; or you and I， however old， scolding ，and bankrupt - may we have in our last days a kind soft shoulder on which to lean and a gentle hand to soothe our gouty old pillows.　　Old Sedley grew very fond of his daughter after his wife's death， and Amelia had her consolation in doing her duty by the old man.　　But we are not going to leave these two people long in such a low and ungenteel station of life， Better days， as far as worldly prosperity went， were in store for both. Perhaps the ingenious reader has guessed who was the stout gentleman who called upon Georgy a this school in company with our old friend Major Dobbin. It was another old acquaintance returned to England， and at a time when his presence was likely to be of great comfort to his relatives there.　　Major Dobbin having easily succeeded in getting leave from his good-natured commandant to proceed to Madras， and thence probably to Europe， on urgent private affairs， never ceased travelling night and day until he reached his journey's end， and had directed his march with such celerity that he arrived at Madras in a high fever. His servants who accompanied him brought him to the house of the friend with whom he had resolved to stay until his departure for Europe in a state of delirium; and it was thought for many， many days that he would never travel farther than the burying-ground of the church of St. George's， where the troops should fire a salvo over his grave， and where many a gallant officer lies far away from his home.　　Here， as the poor fellow lay tossing in his fever， the people who watched him might have heard him raving about Amelia. The idea that he should never see her again depressed him in his lucid hours0.He thought his last day was come， and he made his solemn preparations for departure， setting his affairs in this world in order and leaving the little property of which he was possessed to those whom he most desired to benefit. The friend in whose house he was located witnessed his testament. He desired to be buried with a little brown hair-chain which he wore round his neck and which， if the truth must be known， he had got from Amelia's maid at Brussels， when the young widow's hair was cut off， during the fever which prostrated her after the death of George Osborne on the plateau at Mount St. John，　　He recovered， rallied， relapsed again， having undergone such a process of blood-letting and calomel as showed the strength of his original constitution. He was almost a skeleton when they put him onboard the Ramch under East Indiaman， Captain Bragg， from Calcutta， touching at Madras， and so weak and prostrate that his friend who had tended him through his illness prophesied that the honest major would never survive the voyage， and that he would pass some morning， shrouded in flag and hammock， over the ship's side， and carrying down to the sea with him the relic that he wore at his heart. But whether it was the sea air， or the hope which sprung up in him afresh， from the day that the ship spread her canvas and stood out of the roads towards home， our friend began to amend， and he was quite well （though as gaunt as a greyhound） before they reached the Cape.' Kirk will be disappointed of his majority this time，' he said with a smile; 'he will expect to find himself gazetted by the time the regiment reaches home.' For it must be premised that while the major was lying ill at Madras， having made such prodigious haste to go thither， the gallant-th， which had passed many years abroad， which after its return from the West Indies had been baulked of its stay at home by the Waterloo campaign， and had been ordered from Flanders to India， had received orders home; and the major might have accompanied his comrades， had he chosen to wait for their arrival at Madras.　　……

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英国现实主义小说家。1811年7月18日生于印度加尔各答附近的阿里帕，1863年12月24日卒于伦敦。父亲为英国东印度公司官员。4岁丧父，母亲改嫁，继父为富商，萨克雷得以在英国查特豪斯公学及剑桥大学三一学院接受系统教育，出入上流社会，并赴欧洲大陆游学。离开大学后，曾尝试办报，并在巴黎学习绘画。1833年以后，所得遗产挥霍殆尽，先后任《弗雷泽杂志》和《笨拙》杂志专栏作者，撰写了大量中短篇小说、长篇小说、散文、游记、书评。1847年以后开始创作长篇连载小说《名利场》，1851～1853 年在本国及美国举办文学讲座 ，其讲稿发表的有《 18世纪的英国幽默作家 》。1859～1862年任《康希尔杂志》主编。因积劳成疾，52岁便患心脏病逝世。

书籍目录

BEFORE THE CURTAINCHAPTER Ⅰ CHISWlCK MALLCHAPTER Ⅱ IN WHICH MISS SHARP AND MISS SEDLEY REPARE TO QPEN THE CAMPAIGNCHAPTER Ⅲ REBECCA IS IN PRESENCE OF THE ENEMYCHAPTER Ⅳ THE GREEN SILK PURSECHAPTER Ⅴ DOBBIN OF OURSCHAPTER Ⅵ VAUXHALLCHAPTER Ⅶ CRAWLEY OF QUEEN'S CRAWLEYCHAPTER Ⅷ MISS REBECCA SHARP TO MISS AMELIA SEDLEY, RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON. (FREE,-- PITT CRAWLEY. )CHAPTER Ⅸ FAMILY PORTRAITSCHAPTER Ⅹ MISS SHARP BEGINS TO MAKE FRIENDSCHAPTER Ⅺ ARCADIAN SIMPLICITYCHAPTER Ⅻ QUITE A SENTIMENTAL CHAPTERCHAPTER ⅩⅢ SENTIMENTAL AND OTHERWISECHAPTER ⅩⅣ MISS CRAWLEY AT HOMECHAPTER Ⅹ IN WHICH REBECCA'S HUSBAND APPEARS FOR A SHORT TIMECHAPTER ⅩⅥ THE LETTER ON THE PINCUSHIONCHAPTER ⅩⅥ HOW CAPTAIN DOBBIN BOUGHT A PIANOCHAPTER ⅩⅧ WHO PLAYED ON THE PIANO CAPTAIN DOBBIN BOUGHTCHAPTER ⅩⅨ MISS CRAWLEY AT NURSECHAPTER ⅩⅩ IN WHICH CAPTAIN DOBBIN ACTS AS THE. MESSENGER OF HYMENCHAPTER ⅩⅪ A QUARREL ABOUT AN HEIRESSCHAPTER ⅩⅫ A MARRIAGE AND PART OF A HONEYMOONCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅢ CAPTAIN DOBBIN PROCEEDS ON HIS CANVASSCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅣ IN WHICH MR. OSBORNE TAKES DOWN THE FAMILY BIBLECHAPTER ⅩⅩⅤ IN WHICH ALL THE PRINCIPAL PERSONAGES THINK FIT TO LEAVE BRIGHTONCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅥ BETWEEN LONDON AND CHATHAMCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅦ IN WHICH AMELIA JOINS HER REGIMENTCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅧ IN WHICH AMELIA INVADES THE LOW COUNTRIESCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅨ BRUSSELSCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩ "THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME" ~CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅪ IN WHICH JOS SEDLEY TAKES CARE OF HIS SISTERCHAPTER ⅩⅩXⅡ IN WHICH JOS TAKES FLIGHT, AND THE WAR IS BROUGHT TO A CLOSECHAPTER ⅩⅩⅫ IN WHICH MISS CRAWLEY'S RELATIONS ARE VERY ANXIOUS ABOUT HERCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅣ JAMES CRAWLEY's PIPE IS PUT OUTCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅤ WIDOW AND MOTHERCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅥ HOW TO LIVE WELL ON NOTHING A YEARCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅦ THE SUBJECT CONTINUEDCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅧ A FAMILY IN A VERY SMALL WAYCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅨ A CYNICAL CHAPTERCHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩL IN WHICH BECKY IS RECOGNIZED BY THE FAMILYCHAPTER XLⅠ IN WHICH BECKY REVISITS THE HALLS OF HER ANCESTORSCHAPTER XLⅡ WHICH TREATS OF THE OSBORNE FAMILYCHAPTER LⅠ IN WHICH A CHARADE IS ACTED WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT PUZZLE THE READERCHAPTER LⅡ IN WHICH LORD STEYNE SHOWS HIMSELF IN A MOST AMIABLE LIGHTCHAPTER LⅢ A RESCUE AND A CATASTROPHECHAPTER LⅣ THE OLD PIANOCHAPTER LⅤ IN WHICH THE SAME SUBJECT IS PURSUEDCHAPTER LⅥ GEORGY IS MADE A GENTLEMANCHAPTER LⅦ EOTHENCHAPTER LⅧ OUR FRIEND THE MAJORCHAPTER LⅨ THE OLD PIANOCHAPTER LⅩ RETURNS TO THE GENTEEL WORLDCHAPTER LⅪ IN WHICH TWO LIGHTS ARE PUT OUTCHAPTER LⅫ AM RHEINCHAPTER LXⅢ IN WHICH WE MEET AN OLD ACQJAINANOECHAPTER LXⅣ A VAGABOND CHAPTERCHAPTER LXⅤ FULL OF BUSINESS AND PLEASURECHAPTER LXⅥ AMANTIUM IRAECHAPTER LXⅦ WHICH CONTAINS BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS

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