内容简介:Tragic story of wasted lives, set against a bleak New England background. A poverty-stricken New England farmer, his ailing wife and a youthful housekeeper are drawn relentlessly into a deep-rooted domestic struggle in this hauntingly grim tale of thwarted love.
第一次看外文原著,很吃力,不过还是看下去了。从开头来看,还不错。
嗯,很不错,完全看不懂
It's such a sad story that one cannot help weeping for its wretchedness. Who is to blame for this whole tragedy? Definitely not Ethan, on the contrary, he is the one who suffers most, who almost never has tasted even a bit of sweetness of life, being tortured and fettered by the illness of those he concerned all the time, insomuch death seems a much better way for him to resort to. Still he has to struggle for bread for the two women waiting for him at home, one is his wife, the other he used to love deeply, in this brutal world…