Bill Bryson - Shakespeare_ The World as Stage (Eminent Lives) (2007, Eminent Lives)

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1、ShakespeareTheWorldasStageBillBrysoneminentlivesToFinleyandMollyandinmemoryofMaisieContentsChapterOneInSearchofWilliamShakespeare1ChapterTwoTheEarlyYears,1564–158522ChapterThreeTheLostYears,1585–159245ChapterFourInLondon66ChapterFiveThePlays96ChapterSixYearsofFame,15

2、96–1603117ChapterSevenTheReignofKingJames,1603–1616132ChapterEightDeath152ChapterNineClaimants181SelectedBibliography197AcknowledgmentsAbouttheAuthorOtherBooksintheEminentLivesSeriesOtherBooksbyBillBrysonCreditsCoverCopyrightAboutthePublisherChapterOneInSearchofWilli

3、amShakespeareBeforehecameintoalotofmoneyin1839,RichardPlantagenetTempleNugentBrydgesChandosGrenville,secondDukeofBuckinghamandChandos,ledalargelyuneventfullife.HesiredanillegitimatechildinItaly,spokeoccasionallyintheHousesofParliamentagainsttherepealoftheCornLaws,and

4、developedanearlyinterestinplumbing(hishouseatStowe,inBuckinghamshire,hadnineofthefirstflushtoiletsinEngland),butotherwisewasdistinguishedbynothingmorethanhisgloriousprospectsandmanynames.ButafterinheritinghistitlesandoneofEngland’sgreatestates,heastonishedhisassociates

5、,andnodoubthimself,bymanagingtoloseeverypennyofhisinheritanceinjustnineyearsthroughaseriesofspectacularlyunsoundinvestments.Bankruptandhumiliated,inthesummerof1848hefledtoFrance,leavingStoweanditscontentstohiscreditors.The[1]BillBrysonauctionthatfollowedbecameoneofthe

6、greatsocialeventsoftheage.SuchwastherichnessofStowe’sfurnishingsthatittookateamofauctioneersfromtheLondonfirmofChristieandMansonfortydaystogetthroughitall.Amongthelesser-noteddisposalswasadarkovalportrait,twenty-twoincheshighbyeighteenwide,purchasedbytheEarlofEllesmer

7、efor355guineasandknowneversinceastheChandosportrait.Thepaintinghadbeenmuchretouchedandwassoblackenedwithtimethatagreatdealofdetailwas(andstillis)lost.Itshowsabaldingbutnotunhandsomemanofaboutfortywhosportsatrimbeard.Inhisleftearhewearsagoldearring.Hisexpressionisconfi

8、dent,serenelyrakish.Thisisnotaman,yousense,towhomyouwouldlightlyentrustawifeorgrowndaughter.Althoughnothingisknownabouttheoriginoft