To Room Nineteen——DORIS LESSIN十九号房英文原文

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1、DORISLESSINGLessing1/les/,Doris(May)(b.1919),Britishnovelistandshort-storywriter,broughtupinRhodesia.AnactiveCommunistinheryouth,shefrequentlydealswithsocialandpoliticalconflictsinherfiction,especiallyastheyaffectwomen;TheGoldenNotebook(1962)washailedasal

2、andmarkbythewomen'smovement.OtherworksincludeTheGrassisSinging(1950)aboutinterracialrelationshipsinAfrica,andaquintetofscience-fictionnovelscollectivelyentitledCanopusinArgus:Archives(1979-83).ShewonNobelPrizeforLiteraturein2007.ToRoomNineteenThisisastory

3、,Isuppose,aboutafailureinintelligence:theRawlings’marriagewasgroundedinintelligence.Theywereolderwhentheymarriedthanmostoftheirmarriedfriends:intheirwell-seasonedlatetwenties.Bothhadhadanumberofaffairs,sweetratherthanbitter;andwhentheyfellinlove—fortheyd

4、idfallinlove—hadknowneachotherforsometime.Theyjokedthattheyhadsavedeachother“fortherealthing.”Thattheyhadwaitedsolong(butnottoolong)forthisrealthingwastothemaproofoftheirsensiblediscriminationdiscrimination—adistinctioninthetreatmentofdifferentcategorieso

5、fpeopleorthings,esp.unjustlyorprejudiciallyagainstpeopleongroundsofrace,colour,sex,socialstatus,age,etc..Agoodmanyoftheirfriendshadmarriedyoung,andnow(theyfelt)probablyregrettedlostopportunities;whileothers,stillunmarried,seemedtothemaridarid—ofasubstance

6、,eg.theskin,dry,parched,withered.Hereitfigurativelyreferstotheunmarriedpeopleareuninterestinganddull.,self-doubting,andlikelytomakedesperateorromanticmarriages.Notonlythey,butothers,felttheywerewellmatched:theirfriends’delightwasanadditionalproofoftheirh

7、appiness.Theyhadplayedthesameroles,maleandfemale,inthisgrouporset,ifsuchawide,looselyconnected,constantlychangingconstellationofpeoplecouldbecalledaset.Theyhadbothbecome,byvirtueoftheirmoderation,theirhumour,andtheirabstinenceabstinence—theactofvoluntari

8、lyrefrainingfromanyaction.frompainfulexperiencepeopletowhomotherscameforadvice.Theycouldbe,andwere,reliedon.Itwasoneofthosecasesofamanandawomanlinkingthemselveswhomnooneelsehadeverthoughtoflinking,probablybecauseoft