The Scandal of the SeasonScribner, 2007 - 351 頁 London, 1711. As the rich, young offspring of the city's most fashionable families ll their days with masquerade balls and clandestine court-ships, Arabella Fermor and Robert, Lord Petre, lead the pursuit of pleasure. Beautiful and vain, Arabella is a clever coquette with a large circle of beaus. Lord Petre, seventh Baron of Ingatestone, is a man-about-town with his choice of mistresses. Drawn together by an overpowering attraction, the two begin an illicit affair. Alexander Pope, sickly and nearly penniless, is peripheral by birth, yet his uncommon wit and ambition gain him unlikely entrance into high society. Once there, privy to every nuance and drama, he is a ruthless observer. He longs for the success that will cement his place in society; all he needs is one poem grand enough to make his reputation. As the forbidden passion between Arabella and Lord Petre deepens, an intrigue of a darker nature threatens to overtake them. Fortunes change and reputations -- even lives -- are imperiled. In the aftermath, Pope discovers the idea for a daring poem that will catapult him to fame and fortune. |
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... seemed rather to be locked in an unspoken contest as to which of them possessed the greater share of wit and beauty - and if Arabella was now offering to take Teresa around town , she must be very sure of a victory on both counts . But ...
... seemed rather to be locked in an unspoken contest as to which of them possessed the greater share of wit and beauty - and if Arabella was now offering to take Teresa around town , she must be very sure of a victory on both counts . But ...
第 110 頁
... seemed to have forgotten his dis- satisfaction and crossness at the end of the night . When he became angry himself , he remained so until the matter was resolved . But he answered Jervas by saying , " I enjoyed myself a great deal ...
... seemed to have forgotten his dis- satisfaction and crossness at the end of the night . When he became angry himself , he remained so until the matter was resolved . But he answered Jervas by saying , " I enjoyed myself a great deal ...
第 262 頁
... seemed determined to call further attention to the ludicrousness of her outfit — which that awful little Pope had so impertinently noted — and to the improbability of their having come straight from the party . What had Lord Petre been ...
... seemed determined to call further attention to the ludicrousness of her outfit — which that awful little Pope had so impertinently noted — and to the improbability of their having come straight from the party . What had Lord Petre been ...
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