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1、作者：纳撒尼尔·霍桑2013年6月4日外语系10-2班李雪CommentontheredwordTheScarletLetterattained(取得)animmediateandlastingsuccessbecauseitaddressed(处理)spiritualandmoralissuesfromauniquelyAmericanstandpoint.In1850,adultery（通奸）wasanextremelyrisquésubject,butbecauseHawthornehadthesupportoftheNewEnglandliterary（文学的）e
2、stablishment（组织）,itpassedeasilyintotherealmofappropriate（适当的，合适的）reading.IthasbeensaidthatthisworkrepresentstheheightofHawthorne'sliterarygenius;densewithterse（剪短生硬的）descriptions.Itremainsrelevant（有关的，切题的）foritsphilosophicalandpsychologicaldepth,andcontinuestobereadasaclassictaleonauniver
3、saltheme.[6]Anotherconsiderationtonotehavingtodowiththebook'spopularityisthatitwasoneofthefirstmass-producedbooksinAmerica.Intothemid-nineteenthcentury,bookbinders（活页夹）ofhome-grownliteraturetypicallyhand-madetheirbooksandsoldtheminsmallquantities.Thefirstmechanizedprintingof"TheScarletLet
4、ter,"2,500volumes（册）,soldoutimmediately,waswidelyreadanddiscussedtoanextentnotmuchexperiencedintheyoungcountryupuntilthattime.Copiesofthefirsteditionareoftensoughtbycollectorsasrarebooks,andmayfetchuptoaround$6,000USD.远离尘嚣MuchoftheplotofFarfromtheMaddingCrowddependsonunrequitedlove—loveby
5、onepersonforanotherthatisnotmutual（相互的，彼此的）inthattheotherpersondoesnotfeelloveinreturn.Thenovelisdriven,fromthefirstfewchapters,byGabrielOak'sloveforBathsheba.Oncehehaslosthisfarm,heisfreetowanderanywhereinsearchofwork,butheheadstoWeatherburybecauseitisinthedirectionthatBathshebahasgone.T
6、hismoveleadstoOak'semploymentatBathsheba'sfarm,wherehepatientlyconsoles（安慰）herinhertroublesandsupportsherintendingthefarm,withnosignhewilleverhavehislovereturned.Thisnovelfocusesonthewaythatcatastrophe（大灾难）canoccuratanytime,threateningtochangelives.ThemostobviousexampleoccurswhenOak'sfloc
7、k（一群）ofsheepisdestroyedbyanunlikelyconfluenceofcircumstances,includinganinexperiencedsheepdog,arottedrail,andachalkpitthathappenstohavebeendugadjacent临近的tohisland.Inonenight,Oak'sfutureasanindependentfarmerisdestroyed,andheendsupbeggingjusttosecure固定thediminishedpos
