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弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙（或译弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫）英国女作家，被誉为二十世纪现代主义与女性主义的先锋。两次世界大战期间，她是伦敦文学界的核心人物，同时也是布卢姆茨伯里派（BloomsburyGroup）的成员之一。最知名的小说包括《戴洛维夫人》（Mrs.Dalloway）、《灯塔行》（TotheLighthouse）、《雅各的房间》（Jakob'sRoom）。
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Jacob’sRoom,byVirginiaWoolf
ChapterOne
“Soofcourse,”wroteBettyFlanders,pressingherheelsratherdeeperinthesand,“therewasnothingforitbuttoleave.”
Slowlywellingfromthepointofhergoldnib,paleblueinkdissolvedthefullstop;forthereherpenstuck;hereyesfixed,andtearsslowlyfilledthem.Theentirebayquivered;thelighthousewobbled;andshehadtheillusionthatthemastofMr.Connor’slittleyachtwasbendinglikeawaxcandleinthesun.Shewinkedquickly.Accidentswereawfulthings.Shewinkedagain.Themastwasstraight;thewaveswereregular;thelighthousewasupright;buttheblothadspread.
“...nothingforitbuttoleave,”sheread.
“Well,ifJacobdoesn’twanttoplay”(theshadowofArcher,hereldestson,fellacrossthenotepaperandlookedblueonthesand,andshefeltchilly—itwasthethirdofSeptemberalready),“ifJacobdoesn’twanttoplay”—whatahorridblot!Itmustbegettinglate. |
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