Lady Chatterley_s Lover - D[2].H. Lawrence

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1、Chapter1Oursisessentiallyatragicage,sowerefusetotakeittragically.Thecataclysmhashappened,weareamongtheruins,westarttobuildupnewlittlehabitats,tohavenewlittlehopes.Itisratherhardwork:thereisnownosmoothroadintothefuture:butwegoround,orscrambleovertheobstacles.We'vegottolive,nomatterhowm

2、anyskieshavefallen.ThiswasmoreorlessConstanceChatterley'sposition.Thewarhadbroughttheroofdownoverherhead.Andshehadrealizedthatonemustliveandlearn.ShemarriedCliffordChatterleyin1917,whenhewashomeforamonthonleave.Theyhadamonth'shoneymoon.ThenhewentbacktoFlanders:tobeshippedovertoEngland

3、againsixmonthslater,moreorlessinbits.Constance,hiswife,wasthentwenty-threeyearsold,andhewastwenty-nine.Hisholdonlifewasmarvellous.Hedidn'tdie,andthebitsseemedtogrowtogetheragain.Fortwoyearsheremainedinthedoctor'shands.Thenhewaspronouncedacure,andcouldreturntolifeagain,withthelowerhalf

4、ofhisbody,fromthehipsdown,paralysedforever.Thiswasin1920.Theyreturned,CliffordandConstance,tohishome,WragbyHall,thefamily`seat'.Hisfatherhaddied,Cliffordwasnowabaronet,SirClifford,andConstancewasLadyChatterley.TheycametostarthousekeepingandmarriedlifeintheratherforlornhomeoftheChatter

5、leysonaratherinadequateincome.Cliffordhadasister,butshehaddeparted.Otherwisetherewerenonearrelatives.Theelderbrotherwasdeadinthewar.Crippledforever,knowinghecouldneverhaveanychildren,CliffordcamehometothesmokyMidlandstokeeptheChatterleynamealivewhilehecould.Hewasnotreallydowncast.Heco

6、uldwheelhimselfaboutinawheeledchair,andhehadabath-chairwithasmallmotorattachment,sohecoulddrivehimselfslowlyroundthegardenandintothelinemelancholypark,ofwhichhewasreallysoproud,thoughhepretendedtobeflippantaboutit.Havingsufferedsomuch,thecapacityforsufferinghadtosomeextentlefthim.Here

7、mainedstrangeandbrightandcheerful,almost,onemightsay,chirpy,withhisruddy,healthy-lookingface,aridhispale-blue,challengingbrighteyes.Hisshoulderswerebroadandstrong,hishandswereverystrong.Hewasexpensivelydressed,andworehandsomenecktiesfromBondStreet.Yetstillinhisfaceonesawthewatchfulloo

8、k,the