[奥那林].Honorine.(法)巴尔扎克.英文文字版

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2、efound;whereasitisexcessivelydifficulttofindthecharmsofFranceoutsideFrance.Othercountriescanshowadmirablescenery,andtheyfrequentlyoffergreatercomfortthanthatofFrance,whichmakesbutslowprogressinthatparticular.Theysometimesdisplayabewilderingmagnificence,grandeur,andluxury;theylackneithergracen

3、ornoblemanners;butthelifeofthebrain,thetalentforconversation,the"Atticsalt"sofamiliaratParis,thepromptapprehensionofwhatoneisthinking,butdoesnotsay,thespiritoftheunspoken,whichishalftheFrenchlanguage,isnowhereelsetobemetwith.HenceaFrenchman,whoseraillery,asitis,findssolittlecomprehension,woul

4、dwitherinaforeignlandlikeanuprootedtree.EmigrationiscountertotheinstinctsoftheFrenchnation.ManyFrenchmen,ofthekindhereinquestion,haveownedtopleasureatseeingthecustom-houseofficersoftheirnativeland,whichmayseemthemostdaringhyperboleofpatriotism.1HONORINEThispreambleisintendedtorecalltosuchFren

5、chmenashavetraveledtheextremepleasuretheyhavefeltonoccasionallyfindingtheirnativeland,likeanoasis,inthedrawing-roomofsomediplomate:apleasurehardtobeunderstoodbythosewhohaveneverlefttheasphaltoftheBoulevarddesItaliens,andtowhomtheQuaisoftheleftbankoftheSeinearenotreallyParis.TofindParisagain!D

6、oyouknowwhatthatmeans,OParisians?Itistofind--notindeedthecookeryofthe/RocherdeCancale/asBorelelaboratesitforthosewhocanappreciateit,forthatexistsonlyintheRueMontorgueil--butamealwhichremindsyouofit!ItistofindthewinesofFrance,whichoutofFrancearetoberegardedasmyths,andasrareasthewomanofwhomIwri

7、te!Itistofind--notthemostfashionablepleasantry,foritlosesitsaromabetweenParisandthefrontier--butthewittyunderstanding,thecriticalatmosphereinwhichtheFrenchlive,fromthepoetdowntotheartisan,fromtheduchesstotheboyinthestreet.In1836,whentheSardin