〈영어로 읽는 고전 _ 나다니엘 호손의 아이들을 위한 놀라운 책〉
"아이들을 위한 놀라운 책"은 1851년에 처음 출판된 Nathaniel Hawthorne의 동화 모음집이다. 이 책은 Hawthorne 자신의 상상력이 풍부한 해석과 도덕적 교훈을 통합하여 어린이가 접근할 수 있는 스타일로 여러 고대 그리스 신화를 다시 이야기한다.
이야기는 유스테스 브라이트(Eustace Bright)라는 어린 소년이 주변에 모인 한 무리의 어린이들에게 이야기하는 맥락에서 구성되어 있다. Hawthorne의 개작에는 "고르곤의 머리", "황금의 손길", "어린이의 천국"과 같은 신화가 포함되어 있다.
책 전반에 걸쳐 Hawthorne은 탐욕, 허영심, 오만함의 결과에 대한 개념을 탐구하는 동시에 친절, 용기, 겸손과 같은 미덕을 기념하면서 그의 독특한 도덕적 주제를 신화에 주입해 전하고 있다.
〈Classics to read in English_ A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne 〉
"A Wonderful Book for Children" is a collection of fairy tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1851. The book retells several ancient Greek myths in a style accessible to children, incorporating Hawthorne's own imaginative interpretations and moral lessons.
The story is structured in the context of a young boy named Eustace Bright speaking to a group of children gathered around him. Hawthorne's retellings include such myths as "The Gorgon's Head," "The Golden Touch," and "Children's Paradise."
Throughout the book, Hawthorne infuses the myth with his unique moral themes, exploring notions of the consequences of greed, vanity, and arrogance while also celebrating virtues such as kindness, courage, and humility.
Summary
This body of white vapor extended to within less than a hundred yards of the house. It completely hid everything beyond that distance, except a few ruddy or yellow tree-tops, which here and there emerged, and were glorified by the early sunshine, as was likewise the broad surface of the mist. Four or five miles off to the southward rose the summit of Monument Mountain, and seemed to be floating on a cloud. Some fifteen miles farther away, in the same direction, appeared the loftier Dome of Taconic, looking blue and indistinct, and hardly so substantial as the vapory sea that almost rolled over it. The nearer hills, which bordered the valley, were half submerged, and were specked with little cloud-wreaths all the way to their tops. On the whole, there was so much cloud, and so little solid earth, that it had the effect of a vision.
