영어로 읽는 고전 _ 앤드류 랭의 피클의 동료들
"피클의 동료들"(앤드류 랭 저)은 19세기 후반에 쓰여진 역사적 서사입니다. 이 작품은 "스파이 피클"의 후속작으로, 18세기 자코바이트 봉기에 관련된 인물들에 대한 탐구를 이어가며, 특히 스코틀랜드의 마지막 얼 마리샬인 조지 키스에 초점을 맞춥니다. 이 책은 스코틀랜드 역사의 격동기 동안 얼의 복잡한 관계들과 충성심과 배신의 역학을 깊이 파고듭니다.
서사의 도입부는 얼 마리샬을 중심 인물로 소개하며, 자코바이트 운동을 특징짓는 배신 속에서도 그의 청렴한 평판을 강조합니다. 랭은 얼의 복잡한 성격을 부각시키며, 그를 찰스 왕자에 대한 낭만적 충성심, 깊이 뿌리박힌 공화주의적 이상, 그리고 정치적 격변이라는 혼란스러운 배경에도 불구하고 본질적인 선함을 지닌 인물로 묘사합니다.
본문은 얼의 경험과 관련된 주요 역사적 인물들과 사건들을 탐구하기 위한 무대를 마련하며, 서사가 자코바이트 운동에 관여한 이들이 직면한 충성심과 도덕적 딜레마를 검토하는 일련의 인물 연구를 통해 펼쳐질 것임을 시사합니다.
Classics Read in English _ The companions of Pickle by Andrew Lang
"The Companions of Pickle" by Andrew Lang is a historical narrative written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a sequel to "Pickle the Spy," continuing the exploration of figures involved in the Jacobite uprisings of the 18th century, focusing particularly on George Keith, the last Earl Marischal of Scotland. The book delves into the Earl's intricate relationships and the dynamics of loyalty and betrayal during a tumultuous period in Scottish history. The opening of the narrative introduces the Earl Marischal as a central character, highlighting his reputation for integrity amidst the treachery that characterized the Jacobite cause. Lang emphasizes the Earl's complex personality, depicting him as a blend of romantic loyalty towards Prince Charles, deep-seated republican ideals, and an intrinsic goodness despite the chaotic backdrop of political upheaval. The text sets the stage for an exploration of key historical figures and incidents related to the Earl's experiences, suggesting that the narrative will unfold through a series of character studies that examine the loyalty and moral dilemmas faced by those involved in the Jacobite movement.
Among the contents
In a work where we must make the acquaintance of some very unfortunate characters, it is well to begin with a preux chevalier. If there was a conspicuously honest man in the eighteenth century, one ‘whose conscience might gild the walls of a dungeon,’ as an observer of his conduct declared, that man was the Earl Marischal, George Keith. The name of the last Earl Marischal of Scotland haunts the reader of the history of the eighteenth century. He appears in battles for the Stuart cause in 1715 and 1719, he figures dimly in the records of 1745, and of Charles Edward, after the ruin of Culloden. We find him in the correspondence of Voltaire, Rousseau, Hume, and Frederick the Great, and even in Casanova. He is obscurely felt in the diplomacy which ended in Pitt’s resignation of office. Many travellers describe his old age at Potzdam, and d’Alembert wrote his ?loge. He was the last direct representative of that historical house of Keith whose laurels were first won in the decisive charge of Bruce’s handful of cavalry on the English archers at Bannockburn. Though the Earl Marischal of the confused times after the death of James V. was a pensioner of Henry VIII., like so many of the Scottish noblesse, the House was Royalist, and national as a rule. Yet, after a long life of exile as a Jacobite, the last Earl Marischal, always at heart a Republican, reconciled himself to the House of Hanover. The biography of the Earl has never been written, though few Scottish worthies have better deserved this far from uncommon honour.
