《四季隨筆》是吉辛的散文代表作。其中對(duì)隱士賴克羅夫特醉心于書(shū)籍、自然景色與回憶過(guò)去生活的描述,其實(shí)是吉辛的自述,作者以此來(lái)抒發(fā)自己的情感,因而本書(shū)是一部富有自傳色彩的小品文集。
吉辛窮困的一生,對(duì)文學(xué)名著的愛(ài)好與追求,以及對(duì)大自然恬靜生活的向往,在書(shū)中均有充分的反映。本書(shū)分為春、夏、秋、冬四個(gè)部分,文筆優(yōu)美,行文流暢,是英國(guó)文學(xué)中小品文的珍品之一。
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As I walked to-day in the golden sunlight—this warm, still day on the far verge of autumn—there suddenly came to me a thought which checked my step, and for the moment half bewildered me. I said to myself: My life is over. Surely I ought to have been aware of that simple fact; certainly it has made part of my meditation, has often coloured my mood; but the thing had never definitely shaped itself, ready in words for the tongue. My life is over. I uttered the sentence once or twice, that my ear might test its truth. Truth undeniable, however strange; undeniable as the figure of my age last birthday.