奥哈拉给女儿的信
<p>约翰&<span word="middot">middot</span>;奥哈拉(<span word="John">John</span> <span word="O">O</span>' <span word="hara">hara</span>,1905-1970)是美国著名小说家。他生于宾夕法尼亚州的波茨维尔，中学毕业后父亲去世，就离家出走，开始独立的生活。他东奔西走，经过广泛的旅行之后，终于在纽约市当上记者，撰写文艺批评，短篇小说作品常常出现在著名杂志《纽约人》，此外还为好莱坞和百老汇改编电影和戏剧，如音乐喜剧《好友乔依》（1940年）。从第一部长篇《在萨马拉的约会》（1934）到死后出版的短篇小说集《萨马拉好人及其他小说》（1974），他的作品是20世纪20&<span word="mdash">mdash</span>;40年代积极上进的美国社会史，以对20世纪美国生活习俗和价值的敏锐目光而著称。作为现实主义作家，他的风格是客观的，实事求是的。</p><p><span word="John">John</span> <span word="O">O</span>'<span word="hara">hara</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="His">His</span> <span word="Daughter">Daughter</span></p><p><span word="TLS">TLS</span>,1 <span word="p">p</span>.<span word="Mrs">Mrs</span>. <span word="Doughty">Doughty</span></p><p><span word="Quogue">Quogue</span>, <span word="Long">Long</span> <span word="Island">Island</span></p><p>16 <span word="September">September</span> 1962, <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span></p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="dear">dear</span>:</p><p><span word="Well">Well</span>, <span word="here">here</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="are">are</span> &<span word="mdash">mdash</span>; <span word="but">but</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="here">here</span>. <span word="You">You</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="St">St</span>. <span word="Tim">Tim</span>'<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="Sister">Sister</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Princeton">Princeton</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Quogue">Quogue</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="brand">brand</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="you">you</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="me">me</span>, <span word="too">too</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="approach">approach</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="autumn">autumn</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="frame">frame</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mind">mind</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="spring">spring</span> <span word="induces">induces</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="people">people</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="excitement">excitement</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="things">things</span>; <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="plays">plays</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="books">books</span>, <span word="new">new</span> <span word="clothes">clothes</span>, <span word="etc">etc</span>., <span word="etc">etc</span>., <span word="etc">etc</span>. <span word="At">At</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="autumn">autumn</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="season">season</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sweet">sweet</span> <span word="melancholy">melancholy</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="explain">explain</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="evenings">evenings</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="leaves">leaves</span> <span word="burning">burning</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lights">lights</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="houses">houses</span>.</p>
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