The Tourists.ppt

About The Author Nancy Mitford Born: November 28,1904, London, England Died: January 30,1973 (aged?68), Versailles(凡尔赛), France She is an English novelist, biographer and journalist. She is noted for her witty novels of upper-class life. About The Author She was born into an English noble family and brought up in London. She was the most famous one of the six Mitford Sisters. She didnt receive any formal education, which resulted in her humor in some degree. She moved to Paris at the end of the Second World War and later to Versailles in1967. She had three failed love experiences and she had no children, but she succeed in writing. At first, she wrote just to kill time but when her fifth novel The Pursuit of Love became the best-seller at that time, she relizied the economic independence. Her novels, letters, articles and essays are notable for her humor, irony, teases and cultural and social breadth. The Mitford Sisters Nancy Mitford(November 28,1904 – January 30,1973 ) Pamela Mitford (November 25, 1907 – April 12, 1994) Diana Mitford (June 17, 1910 – August 11, 2003) Unity Mitford (August 8, 1914 – May 28, 1948) Jessica Mitford (September 11, 1917 – July 22, 1996) Deborah Mitford (March 31, 1920 – Now) About The Author Her Works: Highland Fling (1931) Christmas Pudding (1932) Wigs on the Green (1935) 《冲突》 Pigeon Pie (1940) The Pursuit of Love (1945) 《追爱》 Love in a Cold Climate (1949) 《恋恋冬季》 The Blessing (1951) 《保佑》 Madame de Pompadour (1954) 《蓬巴度夫人》 Voltaire in Love (1957) 《恋爱中的伏尔泰》 Dont Tell Alfred (1960) 《不要告诉阿尔弗雷德》 The Water Beetle (1962) The Sun King (1966) 《太阳王》 Frederick the Great (1970) 《腓特烈大帝传》 The outline of the text Para.1 This paragraph mainly tells us the basic information of the island, Torcello: location, natural features, the cathedral and its bells The most intensive study I ever made of tourists was at Torcello, where it is impossible to avoid them. Torcello is a quiet and sparsely(稀疏地) populated island at the northern end of the Venet