Chapter 10 lovely stephenson
lovely stephenson
If literary works are the consolation of a dull life, then, in spirit, writers are our
friend.Some writers love to hide themselves from their work, some writers love
Do your best to inject your own elements into your works.The former is Weiyou, you worship him, you admire him,
But you dare not get too close to him.The latter is a close friend, and you feel he is telling his confidant
You, you can also entrust your sorrows and joys to him.No one dared to say that Dante, Goethe, or Sarah
Speare was his friend, but for Stephenson, the author of Treasure Island, modern British
A most lovable novelist, anyone who is acquainted with his works is willing and safe to introduce him
To be my spiritual friend, neither exaggerating nor overstepping.
I'm just someone who loves Stephenson.English novels seldom keep me going.I'm right
Indifferent to Diggins, I loathe Scott.Galsworthy's squire air suffocates me, Kang
Ladd's salty sea figures fascinate me a little, but for Stephenson's I can't.
Say all hobbies.Of course, the strong romantic flavor of his novels can make people fascinated, but the important thing is
It is the kind of intimacy that he loses in all his works.He narrates his
story, he also expressed his opinion with a kindly manner.He never abused or ridiculed, he
At most, I am sincerely asking for your persuasion.
Stephenson loved to write letters.This is also one of the reasons why people feel the kindness and loveliness of this writer.
one.The four volumes of letters he left behind contain trivial details about his daily life, health attitude,
The process of conceiving and writing his works, his criticism and reflections on the works of his friends.not in the mood
When he was good, he complained endlessly on the paper;
The trivial matter of how many puppies Baigou raised was also reported in detail to his friends in the motherland thousands of miles away.
When you read these letters, you feel as if he wrote them for you.you can't help
Imagine, if you also have such a friend in your life, what kind of joy life will be.
But you don't have to sigh, as long as you open his works casually, you will feel that his letters are already
It's for you.
In this way, the author and his works have become a dear friend of many people, and also my own.
friend.
Stephenson's health was poor, and all his important works can be said to have been written during his illness.
As he wrote to George Meredith a year before his death (1893):
"For fourteen years I have never had a day of real health; I always wake up sick
and went to bed weary; but I did my work unflinchingly.I'm lying in bed too
Write, even when you are not lying in bed, when you are sick, when you are coughing up blood, when you have a bad cough,
I write even when my head is dizzy; sustaining so long, I feel as if I have conquered, and repeat
Gained my health.... "
This situation makes people feel that his works are more intimate and lovely.Therefore, if recently in the United States
Popular in the United States: "If you live alone on an uninhabited desert island, you are only allowed to bring a book
Go, whose book will you take with you? When this question came to me, I would answer without hesitation:
"Stephenson"!