Charles saw them both at the same time: a small white bird and the girl wheeling down the walk. The bird glided downward and rested in the grass; the ...
That evening, after Mr. Jackson had taken himself away, and the ladies had retired to their chintz- curtained bedroom, Newland Archer mounted thoughtf...
Mrs. Henry van der Luyden listened in silence to her cousin Mrs. Archer's narrative.亨利·范德卢顿太太默不作声地听着表妹阿切尔太太的叙说。It was all very well to tell yourse...
It was generally agreed in New York that the Countess Olenska had "lost her looks."在纽约，人们普遍认为奥兰斯卡伯爵夫人“红颜已衰”。She had appeared there first, in...
Every year at this time, the peasants began their long religious pilgrimage to Geed-leh, to visit the church there, and to pray for God's help. Th...
Two women were chating in a room,One asked, "How is everthing going with your son?""Oh,don't’ even mention it, what a huge misfortu...
No one ever saw the Mute Singer at night. Nobody even knew where he slept. But during the day he could be found at the same place, sitting near the c...
The Countess Olenska had said "after five"; and at half after the hour Newland Archer rang the bell of the peeling stucco house with a giant...
I was awkward in middle school: bony and athletic, with a high grade in science and a low one in self-esteem. Though I had friends, I didn't fit t...
The next day he persuaded May to escape for a walk in the Park after luncheon. As was the custom in old-fashioned Episcopalian New York, she usually a...