《The Three Cities Trilogy：Rome（英文版）》作者：[法]Emile Zola【完结】

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INsubmittingtotheEnglish-speakingpublicthissecondvolumeofM.

Zola'strilogyLourdes,Rome,Paris,Ihavenoprefatoryremarksto

offeronbehalfoftheauthor,whoseviewsonRome,itspast,present,

andfuture,willbefoundfullyexpoundedinthefollowingpages.Thata

bookofthischaracterwill,likeitsforerunnerLourdes,provoke

considerablecontroversyiscertain,butcommentorrejoindermaywellbe

postponeduntilthatcontroversyhasarisen.AtpresentthenIonly

desiretosay,thatinspiteofthegreatlabourwhichIhavebestowedon

thistranslation,Iamsensibleofitsshortcomings,andinaworkof

suchlength,suchintricacy,andsuchawiderangeofsubject,itwill

notbesurprisingifsomeslipsarediscovered.Anyerrorswhichmaybe

pointedouttome,however,shallberectifiedinsubsequenteditions.I

havegiven,Ithink,thewholeessenceofM.Zola'stext;buthehimself

hasadmittedtomethathehasnowandagainallowedhispentorunaway

withhim,andthuswhilstsacrificingnothingofhissenseIhaveat

timesabbreviatedhisphraseologysoasslightlytocondensethebook.I

mayaddthattherearenochapterheadingsintheoriginal,andthatthe

circumstancesunderwhichthetranslationwasmadedidnotpermitmeto

supplyanywhilstitwaspassingthroughthepress;however,assome

indicationofthecontentsofthebook--whichtreatsofmanymorethings

thanareusuallyfoundinnovels--maybeaconveniencetothereader,I

havepreparedatablebrieflyepitomisingthechieffeaturesofeach

successivechapter.