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CHAPTER ONE |
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Let us start with a letter Helen sent to her sister. |
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Dear Meg, It is not quite xdiat UR thought it xoould be. It 1:~ v.nnderfully old, quite small, and made of red briclz . There is hardly room for eu?ryJne . I hare no idea uhere u.e xoill put Paul, their YJUngesl son , zshen he comes tomorrovJ . Yau and I imagined it uould be a huge place , like a big hotel. 1 guess that OW? only think about Mr. and Mrs. Wilcar in terms of their xoealth , but I Izatt realized that that is quite unfair. I am returning on Saturday, but I do not knmv by which train yet. EveryJne is so disappointed that ).OU decided to stay in London to care for 'Tibby , instead of coming here. After all, he only has hay fever. EverY'ne here has caught the same illness: yJung Charles and his father, while playing croquet; and Eoie , while exercising in the garden. It is quite [unny , actually. Only Mrs. Wilcox and I have remained totally healthy. And no one is nearly as |
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sensitive as l'ibby about it + I knous you will disagree, but Tibby could really learn a thing or tux: from these Wilcoxes. Oh, I hear the breakfast bell. Send eoeryone my love a nd burn this letter. |
内容简介
《霍华德庄园》是英国作家爱德华·摩根·福斯特[Edward MorganFoster]（1879—1970）的重要作品之一，通常被认为是他最成熟、最优秀的早期作品。故事梗概如下：
父母去世后，施莱格尔姐妹过着宽裕的生活。妹妹海伦在霍华德庄园做客时，与保尔一见钟情，但感惰很快被制止，两家人也因此心存芥蒂。几经周折，玛格丽特和威尔考克斯夫人的友谊不断加深。威尔考克斯夫人弥留之际，给丈夫写了一封短信，要把霍华德庄园赠给玛格丽特。但她的遗嘱激怒了丈夫和子女，他们销毁了信件。
玛格丽特姐妹意外结识了家境清贫却一心想成为绅士的雷昂纳德·巴斯特。后来，二人听信威尔考克斯先生(亨利)的无心之言劝说巴斯特辞去保险公司的工作，结果却使其处境更为艰难。随着时间推移，亨利对玛格丽特的好感日益加深，借提供房子租住为由，向玛格丽特求婚。海伦携巴斯特夫妇前去找亨利求助，不料引起更大的风波。海伦不辞而别去了德国。玛格丽特意外得知巴斯特的妻子杰基竟是亨利十年前的情妇。经过痛苦的思考，玛格丽特与亨利言归于好，如期完婚。而威克姆公馆的家具则运往霍华德庄园暂时保管。
海伦一直拒绝回国使玛格丽特十分担忧，最后听从亨利劝告决定“捕获 ”海伦。在计划即将实施之际，玛格丽特突然发现海伦怀孕了。海伦触景生情，要求在霍华德庄园和玛格丽特住一晚上。第二天清早，查尔斯遵从父命前往霍华德庄园驱赶她们，遇到了费尽周折前来谢罪的
目录
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty- Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
