露西·莫德·蒙哥马利著蔡红昌编译的《壁炉山庄的丽拉(英文原著插图中文导读)/世界名著阅读丛书》讲述了：美丽的海岛并非世外桃源，第一次世界大战将属于英联邦的加拿大卷入战火，坚强的安妮送儿子们奔赴战场，她的儿女们在经历了离别与死亡后，也收获了爱情与希望。也许，在这些故事里，安妮常常不是第一主角，很多时候她甚至退隐幕后。但是读者们大可不必感到失望，因为在作者的笔下，诗情画意的大自然、五味杂陈的乡村生活、天真无邪的童心，从来也不曾褪色。

露西·莫德·蒙哥马利著蔡红昌编译的《壁炉山庄的丽拉(英文原著插图中文导读)/世界名著阅读丛书》是20世纪加拿大最伟大的英语文学作品之一。丽拉是壁炉山庄里年纪最小的女孩儿，她刚满15岁，正满心期待着未来无限美好的生活。然而，战争的阴影突如其来地降临在了这个安详而平静的圣玛丽格伦村。第一次世界大战爆发了，所有人的生活都被彻底改变，壁炉山庄也不例外。男孩儿们先后走上了战场，女孩儿们则在等待中耗尽了豆蔻年华。在漫长四年的等待时光中，丽拉从一个爱慕虚荣的小姑娘逐渐成长为一个成熟有责任感的女人，她亲手将一个“战时婴儿”抚养长大，组织了“青年红十字会”，令身边的人都刮目相看。她也在这场战争中失去了亲爱的兄长，从充满玫瑰色的少女幻想之中醒来，和亲人们一起忍受了无数的泪水和伤痛，却也因此获得了长足的勇气和自豪感。在故事的最后，那个高大的穿着卡其布军装的男人终于回到了她的身边，在柔声的“丽拉——我的——丽拉”的呼唤下，丽拉的新生活终于重新开始了。

1 山谷手记

2 清晨的露珠

3 月光下的欢笑

4 吹响魔笛

5 离去之音

6 下定决心

7 战士婴儿和汤盆

8 丽拉的决定

9 医生的遭遇

10 丽拉的烦恼

11 黑暗与光明

12 在朗哥马克的日子

13 一点贬抑

14 果断的山谷

15 直到天明

16 现实与浪漫

17 艰难的几周

18 战时婚礼

19 他们过不去

20 祈祷会上的发言

21 恋爱真恐怖

22 “星期一”所知道的

23 就这样，晚安

24 玛丽及时赶到

25 雪利离开了

26 苏珊有追求者

27 等待

28 黑色星期天

29 受伤与失踪

30 峰回路转

31 马蒂尔德·皮特曼夫人

32 来自杰姆的消息

33 胜利

34 苏珊要去度蜜月

35 “丽拉——我的——丽拉”

The Blythes had been so accustomed to regard Jack Frost as a member ofthe male sex that they could not get out of the habit. So they continually usedthe masculine pronoun, although the result was ludicrous. Visitors used to bequite electrified when Rilla referred casually to "Jack and his kitten," or toldGoldie sternly, "Go to your mother and get him to wash your fur."

"It is not decent, Mrs. Dr. dear," poor Susan would say bitterly. She her-self compromised by always referring to Jack as "it" or "the white beast," andone heart at least did not ache when "it" was accidentally poisoned the follow-ing winter.

In a year's time "Goldie" became so manifestly an inadequate name forthe orange kitten that Walter, who was just then reading Stevenson's story,changed it to Dr. Jekyll-and-Mr. Hyde. In his Dr. Jekyll mood the cat was adrowsy, affectionate, domestic, cushion-loving puss, who liked petting andgloried in being nursed and patted. Especially did he love to lie on his backand have his sleek, cream-coloured throat stroked gently while he purred insomnolent satisfaction. He was a notable purrer; never had there been an In-gleside cat who purred so constantly and so ecstatically.

"The only thing I envy a cat is its purr," remarked Dr. Blythe once, listen-ing to Doc's resonant melody. "It is the most contented sound in the world."

Doc was very handsome; his every movement was grace; his poses mag-nificent. When he folded his long, dusky-ringed tail about his feet and sat himdown on the veranda to gaze steadily into space for long intervals the Blythesfelt that an Egyptian sphinx could not have made a more fitting Deity of thePortal.

When the Mr. Hyde mood came upon him--which it invariably did be-fore rain, or wind--he was a wild thing with changed eyes. The transforma-tion always came suddenly. He would spring fiercely from a reverie with asavage snarl and bite at any restraining or caressing hand. His fur seemed togrow darker and his eyes gleamed with a diabolical light. There was really anunearthly beauty about him. If the change happened in the twilight all the In-gleside folk felt a certain terror of him. At such times he was a fearsome beastand only Rilla defended him, asserting that he was "such a nice prowly cat."Certainly he prowled.

Dr. Jekyll loved new milk; Mr. Hyde would not touch milk and growledover his meat. Dr. Jekyll came down the stairs so silently that no one couldhear him. Mr. Hyde made his tread as heavy as a man's. Several evenings,when Susan was alone in the house, he "scared her stiff," as she declared, bydoing this. He would sit in the middle of the kitchen floor, with his terribleeyes fixed unwinkingly upon hers for an hour at a time. This played havocwith her nerves, but poor Susan really held him in too much awe to try todrive him out. Once she had dared to throw a stick at him and he had promptlymade a savage leap towards her. Susan rushed out of doors and never attempt-ed to meddle with Mr. Hyde again--though she visited his misdeeds upon theinnocent Dr. Jekyll, chasing him ignominiously out of her domain wheneverhe dared to poke his nose in and denying him certain savoury tidbits for whichhe yearned.

"'The many friends of Miss Faith Meredith, Gerald Meredith and JamesBlythe,'" read Susan, rolling the names like sweet morsels under her tongue,'"were very much pleased to welcome them home a few weeks ago from Red-mond College. James Blythe, who was graduated in Arts in 1913, had justcompleted his first year in medicine.'"

"Faith Meredith has really got to be the most handsomest creature I eversaw," commented Miss Cornelia above her filet crochet. "It's amazing howthose children came on after Rosemary West went to the manse. People havealmost forgotten what imps of mischief they were once. Anne, dearie, willyou ever forget the way they used to carry on? It's really surprising how wellRosemary got on with them. She's more like a chum than a step-mother. Theyall love her and Una adores her. As for that little Bruce, Una just makes a per-fect slave of herself to him. Of course, he is a darling.   P6-7

露西·莫德·蒙哥马利(Lucy Maud Montgomery，1874一1942)，20世纪加拿大最伟大的作家之一。

1874年10月30日，露西出生在加拿大爱德华王子岛的克里夫顿。由于母亲早逝，露西的童年和少年时代几乎都是在外祖父母家中度过的。露西自幼喜爱写作，她在中学时代就显示出了良好的文学天赋。1908年，露西出版了她的第一部小说《绿山墙的安妮》，该书一出版便成为当时最畅销的英语小说，受到全世界青少年读者的热烈欢迎。《绿山墙的安妮》俘虏了众多少男少女的心，干百万崇拜者的信如雪片般飞到爱德华王子岛露西的家里，希望知道“小安妮后来怎么样了?”。在读者的鼓励和支持下，露西将安妮的故事写成了系列小说，之后陆续出版了《少女安妮》《小岛上的安妮》《梦中小屋的安妮》《彩虹幽谷》《埃文利传奇》《壁炉山庄的丽拉》等小说，分别描述了不同时期安妮的生活经历和情感历程。

“安妮系列”小说是一套在英语国家风行近一个多世纪而不衰的经典名著，颇受读者欢迎。许多人将它作为礼品书，送给正在成长的女孩子。“安妮系列”从安妮的少女时代写到她成为一位六个孩子的母亲，以迷人的艺术魅力展示了一个加拿大少女丰满的成长过程，征服了全世界女孩的心。《绿山墙的安妮》之后，是《少女安妮》，写安妮在家乡生气勃勃地做小学教师；《小岛上的安妮》写安妮在大学读学士学位，经历交友、恋爱；《梦中小屋的安妮》，写安妮开始了婚姻生活，依然对一切充满爱心和好奇；《彩虹幽谷》，在这里，安妮的孩子们长大了，安妮给他们热情、欢乐、爱的教育。马克·吐温称： “安妮是继不朽的爱丽斯之后最令人感动和喜爱的儿童形象”，安妮的故事已成为“世界上最甜蜜的少女成长故事”。安妮系列小说是关于“伴随着内心秘密成长”的故事，是一个让两位英国首相都为之着迷的美妙故事，是让家长、老师和孩子都能从中获得感悟的心灵读物。

1942年4月24日，露西因冠状动脉血栓症在多伦多去世，丧礼于长老会的教堂举行，在绿色屋顶之家守夜之后，蒙哥马利被葬于卡文迪什社区公墓。露西是一位多产作家，一生共创作了二十多部长篇小说，以及许多短篇小说、诗歌。然而使她名扬世界的还是以安妮为主人公的系列小说，该安妮系列小说问世近百年来，至今被译成世界上几十种文字，风靡全世界；同时，它还多次被改编成电影、电视剧、动画片，影响和感染了一代又一代世界各地的读者。

在中国，安妮同样是读者最熟悉、最喜爱的少女形象。时至今日，在中国，这部被世界公认的文学名著仍然散发着永恒的魅力。基于以上原因，我们决定编译《壁炉山庄的丽拉》，并采用中文导读英文版的形式出版。在中文导读中，我们尽力使其贴近原作的精髓，也尽可能保留原作故事主线。我们希望能够编出为当代中国读者所喜爱的经典读本。读者在阅读英文故事之前，可以先阅读中文导读，这样有利于了解故事背景，从而加快阅读速度。同时，为了读者更好地理解故事内容，书中加入了大量插图。我们相信，该经典著作的引进对加强当代中国读者，特别是青少年读者的人文修养是非常有帮助的。

本书由蔡红昌组织编译。参加本书编译工作的还有赵雪、刘乃亚、纪飞、陈起永、熊建国、程来川、龚武元、李毛华、徐平国、敖宗林、龚桂平、熊志勇、潘文华、陈凤英、谭学民、李丹妮、张灵羚、谭榜乾、付建平、汪疆玮、龚火荣、葛文聪、杨晓、葛文博、张雨、葛其昌、于丹等。限于我们的科学、人文素养和英语水平，书中难免会有不当之处，衷心希望读者朋友批评指正。