My Lady Ludlow(III) 勒德洛夫人(英文版)
MyLadyLudlowbyElizabethGaskellisalongnovella.ItfirstappearedinthemagazineHouseholdWordsin1858,andwasrepublishedinRoundtheSofain1859,withframingpassagesaddedatthestartandend.LadyLudlowisabsolutemistressofHanburyCourtandaresoluteopponentofanythingthatmightdisturbtheclasssystemintowhichshewasborn.Shewillkeepnoservantwhocanreadandwriteandinsiststhatthelowerordershavenorights,butonlyduties.ButthewindsofchangeareblowingthroughthevillageofHanbury.Thevicar,Mr.Gray,wishestostartaSundayschoolforreligiousreasons;Mr.Hornerwantstoeducatethecitizensforeconomicreasons.ButLadyLudlowisnotasrigidasonemaythink.Thisbelovednovellaoffersafascinatingglimpseintothelivesofwomeninthenineteenthcentury,particularlythosewhowerewidowedorunmarried.Thelackoflegalrightsaffordedtothesewomenmaycomeasashocktocontemporaryreaders,butGaskelladdressestheuniquechallengestheyfaced--andoftentriumphedover--withgraceandkeeninsight.
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