英文介绍一本喜欢的书最好有汉语翻译,二百字以内

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ICapturetheCastlebyDodieSmith(1949)

PLOT

Duringthe1930s,inarambling,part-ruinedcastledeepinSuffolk,theMortmainfamilyarelivingalifeofeccentricpenury.James,thefather,isstrugglingwithwriter’sblock,tryingtofollowupthesuccessofhisfirstnovel.Hisseventeen-yearolddaughterCassandrahasnosuchdifficulty.She’sstartingtowriteajournalinasix-pennynotebook,andtherestofthehouseholdareahugesourceofinspiration.There’sherstepmother,Topaz,anartist’smodel,whoenjoyspainting,lute-playing,andnaturism(butonlyatnight-time,soasnottoupsettheneighbours.)Rose,Cassandra’soldersister,despairsateverfindinganeligibleyoungmantorescueherfrompoverty.There’salsoStephen,theyoungoddjobman,adoptedintothefamilyafterhismother(theirmaid)died.He’sstartedtofallinlovewithCassandra,andiscopyingoutlovepoetrytoproveit.

Andthennewneighboursarrive–NeilandSimonCotton,young,well-to-do,half-Americanbrothers,visitingtheirinheritedancestralhome.Cassandrawillsoonfillupthesix-pennynotebookandmoveontoashillingnotebookasshedescribestheirimpactontheMortmainfamily–andhowherfeelingsforthem,andherhopesforRose,becomemoreandmorecomplex.Andwhichbrotherwillbuyherthetwoguineanotebook,whichwillendwiththewords“Iloveyou,Iloveyou,Iloveyou”writteninthemargin?

NOTES

“ICapturetheCastle”wasDodieSmith’sfirstnovel,writtenaftershehadestablishedherselfasasuccessfulplaywright.ShewroteitwhilstlivinginMalibu,California,feelingbyallaccountsexiledfromEngland–herhusbandwasaconscientiousobjectorandtheyhademigratedwhenwarbrokeout.

Aninstantcriticalandcommercialsuccess,“ICapturetheCastle”hasbeencherishedbygenerationsofreaders.JoannaTrollope,ArmisteadMaupin,AntoniaFraserandNickHornbyareamongthebook’sdevotees.

WHYTHISISONEBOOKEVERYONESHOULDREAD

“ICapturetheCastle”iscaptivating.Cassandraisanenchantingnarrator,akeenobserverofherentertainingandcomplicatedfamily.She’salwayshonestaboutherself,evenwhenshethinkssheisfallinginlovewiththewrongperson.(She’sverysharp,too,onwhatisrequiredof‘asuccessfulwriter’,andifshemeasuresup.)

ThedescriptionsoflifeinthecastleandtheSuffolkcountrysideareidyllic–andunsentimental.Thenoveliscomforting,delightful,screaminglyfunnyattimes….anddeeplymovingaboutloveandfallinginlove.