英语专业大一暑期课外研读.docx
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英语专业大一暑期课外研读
Tess
Tessofthed'Urbervilles:
APureWomanFaithfullyPresented,alsoknownas Tessofthed'Urbervilles:
APureWoman, Tessofthed'Urbervilles orjust Tess,isa novel by ThomasHardy,firstpublishedin1891.Itinitiallyappearedinacensoredandserialisedversion,publishedbythe British illustratednewspaper, TheGraphic.[1] Thoughnowconsideredanimportantworkof Englishliterature,thebookreceivedmixedreviewswhenitfirstappeared,inpartbecauseitchallengedthesexual mores ofHardy'sday.TheoriginalmanuscriptisondisplayattheBritishLibrary,[2] showingthatitwasoriginallytitled"Daughterofthed'Urbervilles."[3]
PhasetheFirst:
TheMaiden(1–11)
Thenovelissetinimpoverishedrural Wessex duringthe LongDepression.TessistheeldestchildofJohnandJoanDurbeyfield,uneducatedruralpeasants.Oneday,ParsonTringhaminformsJohnthathehasnobleblood.Tringham,hasdiscoveredthat"Durbeyfield"isacorruptionof"D'Urberville",thesurnameofanoble Norman family,nowextinct.ThenewsimmediatelygoestoJohn'shead.
Thatsameday,Tessparticipatesinthevillage MayDance,whereshemeetsAngelClare,youngestsonofReverendJamesClare,whoisonawalkingtourwithhistwobrothers.Hestopstojointhedance,andfindspartnersinseveralothergirls.AngelnotesTess'sbeauty,toolatetodancewithher,asheisalreadylateforapromisedmeetingwithhisbrothers.Tessfeelsslighted.
Tess'sfather,overjoyedwithlearningofhisnoblelineage,getstoodrunktodrivetomarketthatnight,soTessundertakesthejourneyherself.However,shefallsasleepatthereins,andthefamily'sonlyhorseencountersaspeedingwagonandisfatallywounded.Tessfeelssoguiltyoverthehorse'sdeath.Thebloodspreadsoverherwhitedress(whichcouldbeviewedasthesymboloftheforthcomingunpleasantevents).Sheagrees,againstherbetterjudgement,tovisitMrs.d'Urberville,awealthywidowwholivesinthenearbytownofTrantridge,and"claimkin."Sheisunawarethatinreality,Mrs.d'Urberville'shusband,SimonStoke,purchasedthebaronialtitleandadoptedthenewsurname,andsoisnotrelatedtothed'Urbervilles.
TessdoesnotsucceedinmeetingMrs.d'Urberville,buther libertine sonAlectakesafancytoTessandsecuresherapositionaspoultrykeeperonthed'Urbervilleestate.Heimmediatelybeginsmakingadvances.TessdislikesAlecandrepelshimverballybutendureshispersistentunwantedattention,feelingshehasnochoice,asshemustearnenoughtoreplaceherfamily'sonlymeansofsupport,thedeadhorse.ThethreatthatAlecpresentstoTess'svirtueisobscuredforTessbyherinexperienceandalmostdailycommonplaceinteractionswithhim.Hecallsher"coz"(cousin),indicatingamaleprotector,notaravisher.Lateonenight,walkinghomefromtownwithsomeotherTrantridgevillagers,TessinadvertentlyantagonisesCarDarch,Alec'smostrecentlydiscardedfavourite,andfindsherselfabouttocometoblows.WhenAlecridesupandoffersto"rescue"herfromthesituation,sheaccepts.Hedoesnottakeherhome,however,butridesthroughthefoguntiltheyreachanancientgrovecalled"TheChase."Here,Alecinformsherthatheislostandleavesonfoottogethisbearings.Tessstaysbehindandfallsasleepatopthecoathelenther.AfterAlecreturnsherapesher.Therapeisalsoalludedtoinanotherchapter,withreferencetothe"sobbing[heard]inTheChase"duringtheseasonTesswasatTrantridge.
[edit]PhasetheSecond:
MaidenNoMore(12–15)
TessbeginstodespiseAlec.Againsthiswishes,shegoeshometoherfather'scottage,whereshekeepsalmostentirelytoherroom.Thenextsummer,shegivesbirthtoasicklyboy,wholivesonlyafewweeks.Onhislastnightalive,Tess baptises himherself,afterherfatherlockedthedoorstokeeptheparsonaway.Thechildisgiventhename'Sorrow'.TessburiesSorrowinunconsecratedground,makesahomemadecrossandlaysflowersonhisgraveinanemptymarmaladebox.
[edit]PhasetheThird:
TheRally(16–24)
MorethantwoyearsaftertheTrantridgedebacle,Tess,now20,isreadytomakeanewstart.Sheseeksemploymentoutsidethevillage,whereherpastisnotknown,andsecuresajobasa milkmaid atTalbothaysDairy,workingforMr.andMrs.Crick.There,shebefriendsthreeofherfellowmilkmaids,Izz,Retty,andMarian,andre-encountersAngelClare,whoisnowanapprenticefarmerandhascometoTalbothaystolearndairymanagement.Althoughtheothermilkmaidsaresickwithloveforhim,AngelsoonsinglesoutTess,andthetwograduallyfallinlove.
[edit]PhasetheFourth:
TheConsequence(25–34)
"Hejumpedupfromhisseat...andwentquicklytowardthedesireofhiseyes."1891illustrationbyJosephSyddall
AngelspendsafewdaysawayfromthedairyvisitinghisfamilyatEmminster.HisbrothersFelixandCuthbert,ordainedministersboth,noteAngel'scoarsenedmanners,whileAngelconsidershisbrothersstaidandnarrow-minded.Followingeveningprayers,Angeldiscusseshismarriageprospectswithhisfather.TheClareshavelonghopedthatAngelwouldmarryMercyChant,a pious schoolmistress,butAngelarguesthatawifewhoknowsfarmlifewouldbeamorepracticalchoice.HetellshisparentsaboutTess,andtheyagreetomeether.Hisfather,theReverendJamesClare,tellsAngelabouthiseffortstoconvertthelocalpopulace,andmentionshisfailuretotameayoungmiscreantnamedAlecd'Urberville.
AngelreturnstoTalbothaysDairyandasksTesstomarryhim.ThisputsTessinapainfuldilemma:
Angelobviouslythinksheravirginand,althoughshedoesnotwanttodeceivehim,sheshrinksfromconfessinglestshelosehisloveandadmiration.Suchisherpassionforhimthatshefinallyagreestothemarriage,explainingthatshehesitatedbecauseshehadheardhehatedoldfamiliesandthoughthewouldnotapproveofherd'Urbervilleancestry.However,heispleasedbythisnews,becausehethinksitwillmaketheirmatchmoresuitableintheeyesofhisfamily.
Asthemarriageapproaches,Tessgrowsincreasinglytroubled.Shewritestohermotherforadvice;Joantellshertokeepsilentaboutherpast.HeranxietyincreaseswhenamanfromTrantridge,namedGroby,recognisesherwhilesheisoutshoppingwithAngelandcrudelyalludestohersexualhistory.Angeloverhearsandfliesintoanuncharacteristicrage.TessresolvestodeceiveAngelnomore,andwritesaletterdescribingherdealingswithd'Urbervilleandslipsitunderhisdoor.AfterAngelgreetsherwiththeusualaffectionthenextmorning,shediscoverstheletterunderhiscarpetandrealisesthathehasnotseenit.Shedestroysit.
TheweddinggoessmoothlyalthoughabadomenofacockcrowingintheafternoonisnoticedbyTess.TessandAngelspendtheirweddingnightatanoldd'Urbervillefamilymansion,whereAngelpresentshisbridewithsomebeautiful diamonds thatbelongedtohisgodmotherandconfessesthatheoncehadabriefaffairwithanolderwomanin London.Whenshehearsthisstory,TessfeelssurethatAngelwillforgiveherownhistory,andfinallytellshimaboutwhatAlecdidtoher.
[edit]PhasetheFifth:
TheWomanPays(35–44)
Angel,however,isappalledbytherevelation,andspendstheweddingnightonasofa.Tess,devastated,acceptsthesuddenestrangementassomethingshedeserves.Afterafewawkward,awfuldays,shesuggeststheyseparate,sayingthatshewillreturntoherparents.Angelgiveshersomemoneyandpromisestotrytoreconcilehimselftoherpast,butwarnshernottotrytojoinhimuntilhesendsforher.Afteraquickvisittohisparents,AngeltakesshipforBrazil tostartanewlife.Beforeheleaves,heencountersIzzHuettontheroadandimpulsivelyaskshertocometoBrazilwithhim,ashismistress.Sheaccepts,butwhenheasksherhowmuchsheloveshim,sheadmits"Nobodycouldlove'eemorethanTessdid!
Shewouldhavelaiddownherlifefor'ee.Icoulddonomore!
"Hearingthis,heabandonsthewhim,andIzzgoeshomeweepingbitterly.
Tessreturnshomeforatimebut,findingthisunbearable,decidestojoinMarianata starve-acre farmcalledFlintcomb-Ash,theyarelaterjoinedbyIzz.Ontheroad,sheisrecognisedandinsultedbyafarmernamedGroby(thesamemanwhoslightedherinfrontofAngel);thismanprovestobehernewemployer.Atthefarm,thethreeformermilkmaidsperformveryhardphysicallabour.
Oneday,TessattemptstovisitAngel'sfamilyattheparsonageinEmminster.Asshenearsherdestination,sheencountersAngel'spriggisholderbrothersandthewomanhisparentsoncehopedhewouldmarry,MercyChant.Theydonotrecogniseher,butsheoverhearsthemdiscussingAngel'sunwisemarriage.Shamed,sheturnsback.Ontheway,sheoverhearsawanderingpreacherandisshockedtodiscoverthatheisAlecd'Urberville,whohasbeenconvertedto Methodism undertheReverendJamesClare'sinfluence.
[edit]PhasetheSixth:
TheConvert(45–52)
AlecandTessareeachshakenbytheirencounter,andAlecbegsTessnevertotempthimagainastheystandbesideanill-omenedstonemonumentcalledtheCross-in-Hand.However,AlecsooncomestoFlintcomb-AshtoaskTesstomarryhim.Shetellshimsheisalreadymarried.Hereturnsat Candlemas andagaininearlyspring,whenTessishardatworkfeedinga threshingmachine.Hetellsherheisnolongerapreacherandwantshertobewithhim.SheslapshimwhenheinsultsAngel,drawingblood.Tessthenlearnsfromhersister,Liza-Lu,thatherfather,John,isillandthathermotherisdying.Tessrusheshometolookafterthem.Hermothersoonrecovers,butherfatherunexpectedlydies.
Thefamilyisevictedfromtheirhome,asDurbeyfieldheldonlya lifelease ontheircottage.Alect
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