영어로 읽는 고전 _ 루비 M 아예의 독신 남편
"독신 남편"은 Ruby M. Ayres가 20세기 초에 쓴 로맨스 소설입니다. 이 이야기는 입양된 오빠인 Christopher Lawless에게 깊이 빠진 젊은 여성 Marie Chester의 삶을 탐구합니다. 그들이 함께 자라면서, 그들의 관계는 사회적 기대, 질투, 그리고 오해로 인해 복잡해지는데, 특히 가문의 유산과 관련된 애매한 상황에서 결혼하게 된 후 더욱 그러합니다.
소설의 시작에서, 우리는 Christopher를 보호자이자 권위적 인물로 여기며 평생에 걸친 애정을 품고 있는 Marie를 만나게 됩니다. Christopher가 점점 더 멀어지고 자신의 사교생활에 몰두하게 되면서 그들의 어린 시절의 관계는 변화하고, Marie는 그의 관심을 갈망합니다.
아버지의 죽음 이후, Marie의 삶은 Christopher와 얽히게 되는데, 이들은 주로 상속 재산을 확보하기 위해 결혼하게 됩니다. 하지만 그들의 어린 시절부터 이어진 관계는 곧 보답받지 못한 감정과 정서적 혼란으로 점철된 것으로 드러납니다.
Marie가 Christopher의 무관심과 사랑과 동반자 관계에 대한 자신의 열망 사이에서 고민하는 가운데, 이야기는 충성심, 그리움, 그리고 결혼 생활의 복잡성을 탐구하는 무대를 마련합니다.
Classics Read in English _ A Bachelor Husband by Ruby M. Ayres
"A Bachelor Husband" by Ruby M. Ayres is a romance novel written in the early 20th century. The story explores the life of Marie Chester, a young woman deeply infatuated with her adopted brother, Christopher Lawless. As they grow up together, their relationship becomes complicated by social expectations, jealousy, and misunderstandings, particularly after they marry under dubious circumstances tied to a family inheritance. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Marie, who harbors a lifelong affection for Christopher, who she sees as both a protector and an authority figure. Their childhood dynamic shifts as Christopher grows increasingly distant and becomes absorbed in his social life, and Marie yearns for his attention. Following the death of her father, Marie's life becomes intertwined with Christopher when they marry, primarily to secure their inherited wealth, but their relationship from childhood soon reveals itself as one marked by unreciprocated feelings and emotional turmoil. As Marie grapples with Christopher's indifference and her own aspirations for love and companionship, the narrative sets the stage for exploring themes of loyalty, longing, and the complexities of marital life.
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"Ah, then, was it all spring weather?
Nay! but we were young?and together."
SHE had always adored him. From the first moment he came to the house?an overgrown, good-looking schoolboy, and had started to bully and domineer over her, Marie Chester had thought him the most wonderful person in all the world. She waited on him hand and foot, she was his willing bondslave; she did not mind at all when once, in an unusual fit of eloquence, she had confided in him that she thought it was the loveliest thing on earth to have a brother, young Christopher answered almost brutally that she "talked rot, anyway, and that sisters were a bally nuisance!"
He looked at her with a sort of contempt for a moment, then added: "Besides, we're not brother and sister, really!"
