Mr. Hogg, a rich merchant of London, in his excessive desire for money, courts an American billionaire-widow. He forsakes his cohabited woman – Betsy and their daughter. Betsy has saved his life from the jaws of death in a kidnap though she is one of the gang.
When a quarter of a century has gone by, Mr. Hogg is now an old man in his seventies. He is counted among the rich in the world. His wife has been dead for some years and he lives in solitude. But, with all his wealth, he is not happy – quite a lonely figure in the world. Now, his memory comes back to Betsy and their daughter. He tries all he can to find them but in vain. At last ……
By reading this book, readers will be benefited from WONG Sik-hau’s profuse usage of vocabulary, idioms, phrases, slangs and colloquial English. It demands to be read.
作者兒子花了九年時間整理,加插逾3000條注釋。
讀者在欣賞本書有趣的故事時,更可深入了解書中英文的諺語、俚語、口語和字彙等的運用。
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Mr. WONG Sik-hau
Mr. WONG Sik-hau was born in Qing Dynasty. He had his first ABC learning at the age of 15. Since then, he had a fervent interest in English literature. And, after many years of everlasting studies, he was well stored with knowledge of English power and writing capacity, and had his books beautifully written.
作者黃錫侯,生於清末,十五歲才學習ABC,一生喜愛英國文學。在大學時得到學者徐志摩和林語堂等的指導,獲益良多,自此更勤奮學習。
作者對英文寫作要求甚高,經過多年的精心研習,晚年才敢落筆寫作,但並没有出版過。現在將他的遺稿面世,一共三本書。
- 目錄
- The Rocks 錢 2
- A False Accusation 誣告 108
- A Daffodil and Daisies 水仙花與雛菊 272
- Queen Dowager Hu 胡后 338