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Tales of Angria
Charlotte Brontë
出版
Penguin UK
, 2006-06-29
主題
Fiction / Classics
Fiction / Short Stories (single author)
Fiction / Fantasy / General
ISBN
0141194022
9780141194028
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-Dc5jhfdxbAC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
In 1834, Charlotte Brontë and her brother Branwell created the imaginary kingdom of Angria in a series of tiny handmade books. Continuing their saga some years later, the five 'novelettes' in this volume were written by Charlotte when she was in her early twenties, and depict a aristocratic beau monde in witty, racy and ironic language. She creates an exotic, scandalous atmosphere of intrigue and destructive passions, with a cast ranging from the ageing rake Northangerland and his Byronic son-in-law Zamorna, King of Angria, to Mary Percy, Zamorna's lovesick wife, and Charles Townshend, the cynical, gossipy narrator. Together the tales provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind and creative processes of the young writer who was to become one of the world's great novelists.