長篇歷史小說《你往何處去》是波蘭作家顯克威支的代表作,出版發(fā)行于1896年,寫的是公元一世紀中葉古羅馬在尼祿皇帝的統(tǒng)治之下走向衰落和早期基督教徒罹難的故事。作者因這部作品獲得1905年諾貝爾文學獎。作品名字來源于1893年顯克微支第二次重游羅馬時,看到古卡丕城門附近一座小教堂門楣上用拉丁文寫的“你往何處去”的題詞。這句題詞是早期基督教徒遭受迫害的史跡。傳說被追捕的基督使徒彼得匆匆逃離羅馬城,在路上問耶穌:“主啊,你往何處去?”耶穌回答說:“你既然遺棄了我的人民,我便要回羅馬去,讓他們再次把我釘在十字架上?!北说糜谑欠祷亓_馬城,不久便真的被釘上了十字架。早期基督教徒為信仰獻身的精神,深深觸動了作者的靈感,震撼了作者的心靈。他決定用這句題詞作為書名,再現(xiàn)尼祿統(tǒng)治下那個充滿血和淚的時代。作品被兩次改編成電影。1951年上映的《暴君屠城錄》,在1952年第24屆奧斯卡頒獎會中,獲得包括最佳電影等7項提名,值得一看。2001年《你往何處去》再次登上銀幕。
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Thomas Hardy's final novel "Jude the Obscure" began as a serial publication on December 1894 before being published in book form the following year. It is the story of its titular character Jude Fawley, a young lower-class man with dreams of being a scholar, and his relationships with his wife, Arabella, and his free-spirited cousin, Sue Bridehead. The novel follows the life of Jude from his youth living in a village in southern England where he works in a bakery and studies Classical Greek and Latin in his spare time with hopes of one day becoming a scholar at Christminster, a fictional city modeled after Oxford. His dreams are dashed however when he becomes ensnared by deceit into marriage with Arabella Donn, a coarse and superficial girl. What follows is a classic and tragic tale that plays upon many themes, principally of which is the idea that one's ruinous downfall is the product of having lived a sinful life. Having been harshly criticized in its day for its scandalous portrayals, "Jude the Obscure" has since been recognized as one of Hardy's finest and most intricate works.
《野性的呼喚》是由20世紀初美國著名小說家杰克·倫敦所著,并于1903年發(fā)表。全書以19世紀淘金熱為大背景,當時,強壯的拉雪橇的狗成為搶手貨。小說主人公是一條名叫巴克的狗,本來它是家養(yǎng)的,但被人偷走,變賣到生存環(huán)境十分惡劣的阿拉斯加,去拉雪橇。巴克不得不強迫自己適應環(huán)境,與其他的狗打架爭奪地位,最終生存下來,并成為動物群中的首領。該書出版后,即給杰克倫敦贏得巨大聲譽。早在1908年,該書就被改編成電影,此后,又多次被拍攝成電影。小說《白狼》于1906年出版發(fā)行,大背景也是19世紀的淘金熱潮,也是從狗的角度,來看待人類的小說,可以說是《野性的呼喚》的姊妹篇,小說在人性、道德與救贖方面都有很深刻的探索。該小說多次被排成電影,最后一次是1991年,被好萊塢排成電影,受到觀眾們的歡迎。本版本是美國人最認可的哥登堡權威本。