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1、TheRomanSpringofMrs.StoneTennesseeWilliamsFirstpublishedin1950WithtenyearsaffectiontoPaulThenotedplaywrighttookhisfirstplungeintofictionwiththis1950novel.Reminiscentofhisbrandofdrama,theplotfollowsanolderwoman'sromanticinvolvementwithayoungermaninthegreatItaliancapital.Atthetimeofitsdebu
2、t,LJ(LibraryJournal)praisedthebookforits"splendidcharacterization".PartOne:ACOLDSUNATfiveo'clockintheafternoon,whichwaslateinMarch,thestainlessblueoftheskyoverRomehadbeguntopaleandthebluetransparencyofthenarrowstreetshadgatheredafaintopacityofvapor.Domesofancientchurches,swellingabovethe
3、angularroofslikethebreastsofrecumbentgiantwomen,stillbathedingoldlight,andsodidtheveryheightofthatimmensecascadeofstonestairsthatdescendedfromtheTrinitadiMontetothePiazzadiSpagna.Alldaythatprodigallyspreadingfountainofstairshadcollectedthesun-crouchingmultitudeofpersonswhohadnoregularorl
4、egitimateoccupation,andgradually,asthesunlowered,thisderelicthordehadclimbedhigher,likerefugeesofafloodclimbingintothehillsasthefloodwatermounted.Nowwhatwasleftofthemcrowdeduponthetopmoststepstoreceivethesun'svalediction.Theytookitwithanairofreverenceontheirstillfacesandhands,fortheywere
5、nearlyallsilentandnearlyallmotionlessnow.Theirliveliermembers,suchastheurchinvendorsoffalseAmericancigaretteswhofoundtheSpanishstairsaconvenientplacetoskipoutofsightandreachwhenoccasiondemanded,andthemoresuccessfulmendicantswhohadwadsoffilthypapertocountinprivate,werealreadyabandoningthe
6、tinypiazzaattheheadofthestairsanddriftingdownstreetsthatwouldeventuallybearthemtoViaVenetowheretheAmericantouriststhrongedatthishour.AmongthedissolvingassemblyonthePiazzaTrinitadiMontewasthestationaryfigureofayoungmanwhoseemedtobewaitingtoreceiveasignalofsomekindfromtheupperwindowsorterr
7、aceofanancientpalazzothatflankedthehigherreachesoftheSpanishstairs.Hisbeautywasnotableeveninaprovincewherethelackofitismoreexceptionalinayoungman.ItwasthesortofbeautythatiscelebratedbytheheroicmalesculpturesinthefountainsofRome.Twothingsdisguiseditalittle,thedreadfulpover
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