My Lady Ludlow(I) 勒德洛夫人(英文版)
MyLadyLudlow(1859)byElizabethGaskellisalongnovella.Acaptivatingtaleofanaristocraticladyandherpersonaldevelopmentinthefaceofsocialandpoliticalchange.Initially,herdeeply-embeddedprejudicesdonotmakeherreceptivetoanychangesintheexistingsystem.However,herkindheartbattlesagainsttherigidityingrainedinherandwins.ThebookalsoprovidesavividpictureofthepoliticalscenariothroughitsglimpsesoftheFrenchRevolution.Engrossing!ItrecountsthedailylivesofthewidowedLadyLudlowofHanburyandthespinsterMissGalindo,andtheircaringforothersinglewomenandgirls.ItisalsoconcernedwithLadyLudlow'smanofbusiness,MrHorner,andapoacher'ssonnamedHarryGregsonwhoseeducationheprovidesfor.WithCranford,TheLastGenerationinEnglandandMr.Harrison'sConfessions,itwasadaptedforTVin2007asCranford.Thisbelovednovellaoffersafascinatingglimpseintothelivesofwomeninthenineteenthcentury,particularlythosewhowerewidowedorunmarried.Thelackoflegalrightsaffordedtothesewomenmaycomeasashocktocontemporaryreaders,butGaskelladdressestheuniquechallengestheyfaced--andoftentriumphedover--withgraceandkeeninsight.
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