玛丽·拉塞尔·米特福德所著的《我们的村庄》为纯英文版,是作者围绕自己所生活的村庄而写的一系列随笔,最初连载在一个女性杂志之上,后结集出版。她以女性独特的细腻以及温柔的笔触,将那里的自然与乡土文化娓娓道来,将常人眼中平淡的生活写出了诗意和灵气。米特福德借村庄讲述人的心灵感受,发现了大千世界的气象。
玛丽·拉塞尔·米特福德所著的《我们的村庄》英文提要:Our Village is a collection of literary sketches of rural life written by Mary Russell Mitford. The series first appeared in The Lady's Magazine. The full title is: Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery. The vivid series was based upon life in Three Mile Cross, a hamlet near Reading, where Miss Mitford lived. She manages to raise these sketches above the sentimental with charm, wit and self-deprecating humour. With its eloquent and evocative sketches of countryside, cottages and cricket, the work captures the very essence of Englishness.
INTRODUCTION
COUNTRY PICTURES
WALKS IN THE COUNTRY
THE FIRST PRIMROSE
VIOLETING
THE COPSE
THE WOOD
THE DELL
THE COWSLIP-BALL
THE OLD HOUSE AT ABERLEIGH
THE HARD SUMMER
THE SHAW
NUTTING
THE VISIT
HANNAH BINT
THE FALL OF THE LEAF