SAT阅读扩展:Elizabeth Taylor
<p> <span word="Angel">Angel</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Elizabeth">Elizabeth</span> <span word="Taylor">Taylor</span></p><p> <span word="Elizabeth">Elizabeth</span> <span word="Taylor">Taylor</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="writer">writer</span>.</p><p> <span word="Taylors">Taylors</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="novel">novel</span>, <span word="At">At</span> <span word="Mrs">Mrs</span>. <span word="Lippincotes">Lippincotes</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1945 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="eleven">eleven</span> <span word="more">more</span>. <span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="magazines">magazines</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="collected">collected</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="volumes">volumes</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="childrens">childrens</span> <span word="book">book</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="critic">critic</span> <span word="Phillip">Phillip</span> <span word="Hensher">Hensher</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Soul">Soul</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Kindness">Kindness</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="novel">novel</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="expert">expert</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="effortless">effortless</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="progresses">progresses</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cast">cast</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="fully">fully</span> <span word="rounded">rounded</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="successively">successively</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="setting">setting</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="observe">observe</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="reacted">reacted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="other">other</span>.... <span word="The">The</span> <span word="plot">plot</span>... <span word="never">never</span> <span word="feels">feels</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="organised">organised</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="advance">advance</span>; <span word="it">it</span> <span word="feels">feels</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="arises">arises</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="characters">characters</span> <span word="mutual">mutual</span> <span word="responses">responses</span>.</p><p> <span word="Taylors">Taylors</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="mainly">mainly</span> <span word="concerned">concerned</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nuances">nuances</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="everyday">everyday</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="situations">situations</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="writes">writes</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="dexterity">dexterity</span>. <span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="shrewd">shrewd</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="affectionate">affectionate</span> <span word="portrayals">portrayals</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="upper">upper</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="audience">audience</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="discriminating">discriminating</span> <span word="readers">readers</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="loyal">loyal</span> <span word="friends">friends</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="letters">letters</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="friend">friend</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span> <span word="Ivy">Ivy</span> <span word="Compton">Compton</span>-<span word="Burnett">Burnett</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="critic">critic</span> <span word="Robert">Robert</span> <span word="Liddell">Liddell</span>. <span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="correspondence">correspondence</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latter">latter</span> <span word="forms">forms</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="subject">subject</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="stories">stories</span>, <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Letter">Letter</span> <span word="Writers">Writers</span> , <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="letters">letters</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="unfortunately">unfortunately</span> <span word="destroyed">destroyed</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="general">general</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="keeping">keeping</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="private">private</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="horror">horror</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="publicity">publicity</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="subject">subject</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="celebrated">celebrated</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="story">story</span>, <span word="Sisters">Sisters</span>, <span word="written">written</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1969.</p>
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