[星期四人].The.Man.Who.Was.Thursday.

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1、TheManWhoWasThursdayTheManWhoWasThursdaybyG.K.Chesterton1TheManWhoWasThursdayAWILD,MAD,HILARIOUSANDPROFOUNDLYMOVINGTALEItisverydifficulttoclassifyTHEMANWHOWASTHURSDAY.Itispossibletosaythatitisagrippingadventurestoryofmurderouscriminalsandbrilliantpolicemen;butitwa

2、stobeexpectedthattheauthoroftheFatherBrownstoriesshouldtelladetectivestorylikeno-oneelse.Onthislevel,therefore,THEMANWHOWASTHURSDAYsucceedssuperbly;ifnothingelse,itisamagnificenttour-de-forceofsuspense-writing.However,thereaderwillsoondiscoverthatitismuchmorethant

3、hat.CarriedalongontheboisterousrushofthenarrativebyChesterton'swonderfulhigh-spiritedstyle,hewillsoonseethatheisbeingcarriedintomuchdeeperwatersthanhehadplannedon;andthetotallyunforeseeabledenouementwillproveforthemodernreader,asithasforthousandsofotherssince1908w

4、henthebookwasfirstpublished,aninevitableandmovingexperience,astheinvestigatorsfinallydiscoverwhoSundayis.2TheManWhoWasThursdayANIGHTMAREG.K.CHESTERTONToEdmundClerihewBentleyAcloudwasonthemindofmen,andwailingwenttheweather,Yea,asickclouduponthesoulwhenwewereboystog

5、ether.Scienceannouncednonentityandartadmireddecay;Theworldwasoldandended:butyouandIweregay;Roundusinanticordertheircrippledvicescame--Lustthathadlostitslaughter,fearthathadlostitsshame.LikethewhitelockofWhistler,thatlitouraimlessgloom,Menshowedtheirownwhitefeather

6、asproudlyasaplume.Lifewasaflythatfaded,anddeathadronethatstung;TheworldwasveryoldindeedwhenyouandIwereyoung.Theytwistedevendecentsintoshapesnottobenamed:Menwereashamedofhonour;butwewerenotashamed.Weakifwewereandfoolish,notthuswefailed,notthus;WhenthatblackBaalbloc

7、kedtheheavenshehadnohymnsfromusChildrenwewere--ourfortsofsandwereevenasweakaseve,Highastheywentwepiledthemuptobreakthatbittersea.Foolsaswewereinmotley,alljanglingandabsurd,Whenallchurchbellsweresilentourcapandbedswereheard.Notallunhelpedweheldthefort,ourtinyflagsu

8、nfurled;Somegiantslabouredinthatcloudtoliftitfromtheworld.Ifindagainthebookwefound,IfeelthehourthatflingsFaroutoffish-shapedPaumanoksomecryofcleanerthin