영어로 읽는 고전 _ 메러디스 니콜슨의 유산 상속받기
Meredith Nicholson의 "The House of a Thousand Candles"는 20세기 초에 쓰인 소설입니다. 이 이야기는 할아버지의 죽음을 알게 된 John Glenarm을 중심으로 전개되며, 이상한 조건 하에 부동산을 물려받아 인디애나주의 미완성 Glenarm House에서 1년을 보내야 합니다. 이 이야기는 John이 새로운 환경에 적응하면서 과거와 씨름하는 동안 의무, 상속 및 가족 관계의 복잡성이라는 주제를 탐구합니다. 소설의 시작 부분에서 John Glenarm은 네이플스에 있는데, 할아버지의 죽음과 유언장의 특이한 규정을 알리는 편지를 받습니다. 유언장은 그가 신비롭고 미완성된 Glenarm House에서 1년 동안 살 것을 요구합니다. 이를 따르지 않으면 재산은 수녀와의 인연으로 생긴 친척인 Marian Devereux라는 여성에게 넘어갑니다. John은 집에 도착하여 할아버지에 대한 기억과 암살 시도를 포함한 신비한 사건을 다루면서 복잡한 감정을 겪습니다. 서두에서 그는 수수께끼 같은 관리인 베이츠와의 상호작용과 흥미로운 풍경을 통해 그의 유산을 둘러싼 더 깊은 비밀을 암시하며, 이야기 전개에 대한 독자의 관심을 사로잡습니다.
Classics Read in English _ The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson
"The House of a Thousand Candles" by Meredith Nicholson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around John Glenarm, who learns of his grandfather's death and inherits a property under strange conditions that require him to spend a year living at the unfinished Glenarm House in Indiana. The narrative explores themes of obligation, inheritance, and the complexities of family relationships as John grapples with his past while adapting to his new surroundings. At the start of the novel, John Glenarm is in Naples when he receives a letter informing him of his grandfather's death and the peculiar stipulations of his will. The will demands that he live in the mysterious and incomplete Glenarm House for one year; failure to comply would result in the estate going to a woman named Marian Devereux, a relative through a connection to a nun. John arrives at the house, encountering a complex mix of emotions as he deals with memories of his grandfather and mysterious occurrences, including an apparent assassination attempt. Through the opening chapters, his interactions with the enigmatic caretaker Bates and the intriguing landscape hint at deeper secrets surrounding his inheritance, capturing the reader's interest in the unfolding story.
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Pickering’s letter bringing news of my grandfather’s death found me at Naples early in October. John Marshall Glenarm had died in June. He had left a will which gave me his property conditionally, Pickering wrote, and it was necessary for me to return immediately to qualify as legatee. It was the merest luck that the letter came to my hands at all, for it had been sent to Constantinople, in care of the consul-general instead of my banker there. It was not Pickering’s fault that the consul was a friend of mine who kept track of my wanderings and was able to hurry the executor’s letter after me to Italy, where I had gone to meet an English financier who had, I was advised, unlimited money to spend on African railways. I am an engineer, a graduate of an American institution familiarly known as “Tech,” and as my funds were running low, I naturally turned to my profession for employment.
