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1、TOA.B."Then,asallmysoulesbee,Emparadis'dinyou,(inwhomaloneIunderstand,andgrowandsee,)Theraftersofmybody,boneBeingstillwithyou,theMuscle,Sinew,andVeine,Whichtilethishouse,willcomeagaine."TOTHEREADERThisisafirstbook,andinittheauthorhaswrittenofexperiencewhichisnowfara
2、ndlost,butwhichwasoncepartofthefabricofhislife.Ifanyreader,therefore,shouldsaythatthebookis"autobiographical"thewriterhasnoanswerforhim:itseemstohimthatallseriousworkinfictionisautobiographical--that,forinstance,amoreautobiographicalworkthan"Gulliver'sTravels"cannot
3、easilybeimagined.Thisnote,however,isaddressedprincipallytothosepersonswhomthewritermayhaveknownintheperiodcoveredbythesepages.Tothesepersons,hewouldsaywhathebelievestheyunderstandalready:thatthisbookwaswrittenininnocenceandnakednessofspirit,andthatthewriter'smaincon
4、cernwastogivefulness,life,andintensitytotheactionsandpeopleinthebookhewascreating.Nowthatitistobepublished,hewouldinsistthatthisbookisafiction,andthathemeditatednoman'sportraithere.第1页共368页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网Butwearethesumofallthemomentsofourlives--allt
5、hatisoursisinthem:wecannotescapeorconcealit.Ifthewriterhasusedtheclayoflifetomakehisbook,hehasonlyusedwhatallmenmust,whatnonecankeepfromusing.Fictionisnotfact,butfictionisfactselectedandunderstood,fictionisfactarrangedandchargedwithpurpose.Dr.Johnsonremarkedthataman
6、wouldturnoverhalfalibrarytomakeasinglebook:inthesameway,anovelistmayturnoverhalfthepeopleinatowntomakeasinglefigureinhisnovel.Thisisnotthewholemethodbutthewriterbelievesitillustratesthewholemethodinabookthatiswrittenfromamiddledistanceandiswithoutrancourorbitterinte
7、ntion.LOOKHOMEWARD,ANGELPARTONE...astone,aleaf,anunfounddoor;ofastone,aleaf,adoor.Andofalltheforgottenfaces.Nakedandalonewecameintoexile.Inherdarkwombwedidnotknowourmother'sface;fromtheprisonofherfleshhavewecomeintotheunspeakableandincommunicableprisonofthisearth.Wh
8、ichofushasknownhisbrother?Whichofushaslookedintohisfather'sheart?Whichofushasnotremainedforeverprison-pent?Whichofusisnotforeverastrangera
