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名人马克吐温给老婆的家书欣赏

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名人马克吐温给老婆的家书欣赏BzQ文惺网

9 May 1869· Hartford, Conn.BzQ文惺网

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taken ofthe deeds of men, our troth is writ in the eternalrecords of Heaven.We wereBzQ文惺网

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mock at the perishable vanities ofmen——for these chains are of eternity itself,&cannotBzQ文惺网

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You are right when you say we shall not break our engagement.My life thenceforwardBzQ文惺网

would be only a vain & foolish sort of existence, for I knowby every instinct that is inBzQ文惺网

me that I am not capableof loving any other woman as I love you.And life is but a dull,BzQ文惺网

eventless captivity without love.BzQ文惺网

To say that I am sorry for Emma, but illexpresses it——for I can, after a fashion,BzQ文惺网

divinewhat my torture would be if I were in her place.That I can divine one-half theBzQ文惺网

magnitude of theterrible calamity, though,I do not pretend. Itsuggests graves, madness,BzQ文惺网

winding-sheets &death!——in a word, all horrors that can befallthe unfortunate. InBzQ文惺网

presence of the thought, I feelas if I want to put my arms about you & clasp youclose toBzQ文惺网

my breast,& know & feel that you are mydarling yet, that I have not lost you.BzQ文惺网

I am more than sorry for Emma——I feel more kindly toward her than I ever did before—BzQ文惺网

—& my rebuking conscience iterates & reiterates tome that all the time that I would haveBzQ文惺网

stood between you & her & bolted the sheltering doorsagainst her, she was seekingBzQ文惺网

restful words for atroubled spirit & balm for a sore heart.BzQ文惺网

All the ill news comes at once.A friend of Twichell's is in misfortune——a youngBzQ文惺网

ministerwhom I met,with his wife,at Twichell's house several times heretofore.He lovedBzQ文惺网

her to idolatry,& now she is taken from him. She had amiscarriage two years ago,& whatBzQ文惺网

with her bodily sufferings & grief for the loss of the child,she came near dying. LastBzQ文惺网

week she had another miscarriage,& did not survive it. The young widower is well nighBzQ文惺网

beside himself with despair.Death is for us both, my Livy, but not broken engagements.OurBzQ文惺网

marriage——for marriage it is——is for time & eternity.BzQ文惺网

“Livy,Livy,Livy”(I love the name,)I am so sorry, but we can't have proofs toBzQ文惺网

send you. Thepublisher & the electrotyper are at daggers'points,& as the latter is notBzQ文惺网

obliged by custom orcontract to furnish duplicate proofs,Bliss haslittle hope of gettingBzQ文惺网

them. He will try,but expects a refusal. And I have put so much“poetryIn the margin”thatBzQ文惺网

it seems hardly worth while forme to make an attempt, especially as Bliss says heis aBzQ文惺网

crusty, ill-natured Englishman——still,Imean to make the attempt anyhow. I have readBzQ文惺网

over fifty pages of proofs this morning——dull,stupid,aggravating,tiresome drudgery itBzQ文惺网

was.Itseems incredible to me that these are the very samekind of proofs I used to love toBzQ文惺网

read with my darling& string out as long as possible. But thistime I galloped through themBzQ文惺网

& was perfectlydelighted when I got through.It took me about two hours——or even less. IBzQ文惺网

haven't even made astart toward answering your dear good letters(7th& 8th received to-BzQ文惺网

day,)& yet I must stop writingnow,for at 3 or 3∶30 o'clock I must be at Mrs.Hooker's,BzQ文惺网

& it is considerably after 2, now & I amnot yet shaved.BzQ文惺网

Hat's gone, now, I suppose,& I am mostsincerely sorry, for if she isn't a blessingBzQ文惺网

to ahousehold, all my judgments are gone astray. Andshe was such company & such a help toBzQ文惺网

you, that Ifeel a grateful glow around about my heart everytime I think of her.AnybodyBzQ文惺网

that is good to Livycan command my love & respect.I shall write her,to Lisbon, Ill.BzQ文惺网

Livy dear, you must deliver my love unto yourfather & mother(&in no stinted measureBzQ文惺网

or infrozen parliamentary pomp & circumstance,Iwarn you,)& unto your sister Sue&BzQ文惺网

Theodore aswell.I love all those parties.BzQ文惺网

Confound it, I forgot to give Hattie themocking-bird.BzQ文惺网

The peace of God be with you, my own darling,& His angels keep you.BzQ文惺网

SamBzQ文惺网

亲爱的,解除我们的婚约?那我宁可去死。不,莉维,如果音符能记载人们的行为,那么我们的婚约BzQ文惺网

已写在了天堂里永恒的唱片上了。我们是为对方而创造出来的,即使自然的力量反对创造它的上帝,我BzQ文惺网

们也不愿意分离。我们被无形的链子相互捆绑着,这条链子就像连接山脉的花岗岩那样坚不可摧,比嘲BzQ文惺网

弄人类短暂的虚荣心的金字塔更持久,因为这些链子本身就是永恒的,不会死亡。BzQ文惺网

你说我们不应该解除婚约,你是正确的。否则,从此以后我的生活就将失去全部意义,因为我每时BzQ文惺网

每刻都知道,我已经不可能像爱你那样去爱别的任何女人。没有爱,生活就像枯燥无味、死气沉沉的监BzQ文惺网

禁生活。BzQ文惺网

要说我对埃玛感到难过,这还不确切——因为我多少能预感到,若我处于她的位置我将会多么痛苦BzQ文惺网

。我能预感到一半的灾难,我不是假装的。它意味着坟墓、疯狂、裹尸布和死亡!——简言之,一切恐BzQ文惺网

怖都会降临在不幸者的头上。一想到这些,我就感到似乎想拥抱你,想把你紧紧地拥抱在胸前,我知道BzQ文惺网

并且感到你仍是我亲爱的人,我还没有失去你。BzQ文惺网

对埃玛我不仅仅是感到难过——我对她比过去任何时候都友好——我内疚的感觉一次又一次地告诉BzQ文惺网

我,我一直都站在你和她之间,并且一直向她关闭着庇护的大门,她正在为忧虑的情绪寻找安宁,为痛BzQ文惺网

苦的心灵寻找慰藉。BzQ文惺网

所有的坏消息都一起来了。特威彻尔的一个朋友也正处于不幸之中,他是一位年轻的牧师,我曾经BzQ文惺网

几次在特威彻尔的家里遇到过他和他的妻子。他把她当做偶像那样崇拜和热爱,而现在她却被带走了。BzQ文惺网

两年前,她曾经流产,失去孩子给她带来了肉体的痛苦和精神上的创伤,她几乎濒临死亡。上周,她又BzQ文惺网

一次流产,没能逃脱死神的魔掌。这位年轻的鳏夫几乎绝望得发狂。我们俩人都会面临死亡,我的莉维BzQ文惺网

,但我们的婚约是不会死亡的。我们的婚姻——正因为它是婚姻——将属于时间和永恒。BzQ文惺网

“莉维,莉维,莉维”(我爱这个名字,)我很抱歉,我们无法送你校样。出版商和电版印刷商针BzQ文惺网

锋相对,因为后者不信守惯例和合同,不提供两份校样,所以布利斯也没有希望弄到。他会试一试,但BzQ文惺网

很可能遭到拒绝,而且我在页边的空白处写了那么多的诗,看来我不值得做此尝试,尤其是布利斯说他BzQ文惺网

是个顽固的、脾气很坏的英国人——尽管如此,我仍打算无论如何也要尝试尝试。今天上午我已经看了BzQ文惺网

50多页校样——这真是枯燥、乏味、令人恼火、单调无味。真让我难以置信,我过去与我亲爱的人一起BzQ文惺网

看那些完全相同类型的校样时,我是那样爱看,并尽可能多看一会儿。可这次,我匆匆忙忙地把它们看BzQ文惺网

了一遍,当我完成任务后,心里感到特别高兴。大概花了两个小时——也许还不到。我甚至还没有动笔BzQ文惺网

给你那可爱动人的来信写回信(今天收到你7号和8号写的信),可我现在得停笔了,因为三点或三点半BzQ文惺网

,我必须到胡克夫人家,现在已经两点过了,我还没有刮胡子呢。BzQ文惺网

我猜想哈特现在已经走了,我感到非常难过,因为,若连她都不算是管理家务的好手,那么我所做BzQ文惺网

的一切判断则都是错的。她对你是如此好的一个伙伴和帮手,以至于我每次想到她时,心里都有一种感BzQ文惺网

激之情。任何一个对莉维好的人都会得到我的爱和尊敬。我会给她写信,寄到伊利诺斯州的里斯本。BzQ文惺网

莉维,亲爱的,你一定要向你的父母转达我的爱,(我告诉你,要用毫不吝惜的方式,或者用庄重BzQ文惺网

有礼的华丽气派的方式),也向你的姐姐苏和西奥多问好。我爱所有这些人。BzQ文惺网

我真该死,忘了给哈蒂那只反舌鸟。BzQ文惺网

愿上帝的平和与你同在,我亲爱的,上帝的天使守护着你。BzQ文惺网

萨姆BzQ文惺网

于哈特福特,康乃狄格州BzQ文惺网

1869年5月9日BzQ文惺网

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