内容简介:
I am busy with the hawkweeds; that is to say, I am learning to distinguish and to name as many as I can. For scientific classification I have little mind; it does not happen to fall in with my habits of thought; but I like to be able to give its name (the "trivial" by choice) to every flower I meet in my walks. Why should I be content to say, "Oh, it's a hawkweed"?
作者简介:
乔治·吉辛(George Gissing,1857-1903),英国小说家、散文家,是维多利亚时代后期最出色的现实主义小说家之一。一生发表过23部长篇小说,主要有《新格拉布街》(1891)和《在流亡中诞生》(1892)。另有游记作品《爱奥尼亚海岸游记》(1901),文学评论《狄更斯的研究》(1898)等。