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1、TheMayorofCasterbridgeHardy,ThomasPublished:1886Type(s):NovelsSource:Gutenberg1AboutHardy:ThomasHardy,OM(2June1840–11January1928)wasanEnglishnovelist,shortstorywriter,andpoetofthenaturalistmovement.Thebulkofhiswork,setmainlyinthesemi-imaginarycountyofWessex,de-lineatescharactersstrugglingagainstthei
2、rpassionsandcircumstances.Hardy'spoetry,firstpublishedinhisfifties,hascometobeaswellre-gardedashisnovels,especiallyafterthe1960sMovement.Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1Oneeveningoflatesummer,beforethenineteenthcenturyhadreachedone-thirdofitsspan,ayoungmanandwoman,thelattercarryingachild,wereapproachingthe
3、largevillageofWeydon-Priors,inUpperWessex,onfoot.Theywereplainlybutnotillclad,thoughthethickhoarofdustwhichhadaccumulatedontheirshoesandgarmentsfromanob-viouslylongjourneylentadisadvantageousshabbinesstotheirappear-ancejustnow.Themanwasoffinefigure,swarthy,andsterninaspect;andheshowedinprofileafacia
4、langlesoslightlyinclinedastobealmostper-pendicular.Heworeashortjacketofbrowncorduroy,newerthantheremainderofhissuit,whichwasafustianwaistcoatwithwhitehornbut-tons,breechesofthesame,tannedleggings,andastrawhatoverlaidwithblackglazedcanvas.Athisbackhecarriedbyaloopedstraparushbasket,fromwhichprotruded
5、atoneendthecrutchofahay-knife,awimbleforhay-bondsbeingalsovisibleintheaperture.Hismeasured,springlesswalkwasthewalkoftheskilledcountrymanasdistinctfromthedesultoryshambleofthegenerallabourer;whileintheturnandplantofeachfoottherewas,further,adoggedandcynicalindifferencepersonaltohimself,showingitspre
6、senceevenintheregularlyinter-changingfustianfolds,nowintheleftleg,nowintheright,ashepacedalong.Whatwasreallypeculiar,however,inthiscouple'sprogress,andwouldhaveattractedtheattentionofanycasualobserverotherwisedis-posedtooverlookthem,wastheperfectsilencetheypreserved.Theywalkedsidebysideinsuchawayast
7、osuggestafaroffthelow,easy,confidentialchatofpeoplefullofreciprocity;butoncloserviewitcouldbediscernedthatthemanwasreading,orpretendingtoread,aballadsheetwhichhekeptbeforehiseyeswithsomedifficultybyth
