安·艾略特(Anne Elliot)是誰?
懷抱八年舊情的女主角
安·艾略特是珍·奧斯汀小說《勸導》的女主角,準男爵華特·艾略特爵士的次女。她27歲,聰慧、溫柔又明理,卻得不到父親和姊姊的重視,在家中總是被冷落。
19歲時,她與海軍軍官菲德烈·溫特沃斯訂婚,但如同母親般的羅素夫人勸她「這樣對他也沒有好處」,於是她解除了婚約。此後八年,她一直思念著他。故事中,父親決定出租莊園,安便到妹妹瑪麗居住的上克勞斯暫住,並在那裡與飛黃騰達的溫特沃斯重逢。他冷淡的態度和那句「判若兩人」讓她受傷,但她仍靜靜地面對自己的心意。
她在22歲左右也拒絕了查爾斯·默斯格羅夫的求婚,可見她心裡一直只有溫特沃斯。她雖然不起眼,卻常常傾聽身邊人的心聲、幫助有困難的人,這正是安的魅力所在。
登場章節5
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Please Stay Out of the MirrorPersuasion
In a grand house sinking under debt, Anne Elliot, the middle daughter, is the one no one in her family listens to. Her vain father and older sister insist they can't possibly give up a single horse or servant. In the end the family decides to let the house and move to Bath. Then, at dusk, a single word drifts through a doorway — "navy" — and for one moment, Anne's eyes waver.
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My Ex's Sister Is Moving Into My HousePersuasion (Jane Austen)
While her family turns choosing a tenant into a comedy, settling on a navy admiral, 27-year-old Anne Elliot ends up saying a name before anyone else can. It belongs to the man she gave up more than seven years ago. Out on the woodland path, she remembers the summer she was nineteen, and quietly accepts that his sister is about to live in her home.
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Every Night, They Praise the Man I LeftPersuasion (Jane Austen)
Her family leaves her behind because "no one will miss Anne if she stays." So Anne goes to her sister's house three miles away, where everyone soon treats her as the one person who'll listen to their complaints. But in that house, the name of the man she gave up eight years ago starts coming up every night, and always as praise.
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Her Ex's Verdict: "I Wouldn't Know Her"Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Her nephew's injury gives Anne an excuse to stay home and avoid one evening. The next morning, she suddenly comes face to face with the man she refused to marry eight years ago. All they share is a bow and a few minutes in the same room. Then her sister mentions, almost in passing, that he said Anne was "so changed he wouldn't have known her," and the words cut deep.
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I Overheard My Ex Through the HedgePersuasion (Jane Austen)
Anne finds herself alone in the nursery with the man she was persuaded to reject eight years ago. Days later, on a long autumn walk, she overhears his voice from behind a hedgerow, condemning people who change their hearts because others tell them to.
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