伊莉莎白·艾略特(Elizabeth Elliot)是誰?
高傲的艾略特家長女
伊莉莎白·艾略特是安的姊姊,艾略特家的長女,29歲。她像父親一樣美麗,也是父親最寵愛的女兒,母親去世後的13年間,一直擔任凱林奇莊園的女主人。
她和父親一樣重視家世與體面,反對縮減開支。她對搬到巴斯十分積極,並決定帶著交情很好的克萊太太同行。對妹妹安,她總是理所當然地輕視,從不聽取她的意見。
原著也描寫了她對自己仍未出嫁有些在意,華麗外表下的焦慮也是值得細讀之處。
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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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