英語美文名人勵志故事36:愛倫·坡寫作生涯的故事
36. Edgar Poe
36. 愛倫·坡
Edgar Poe, an American writer, was born in 1809. His parents were actors. Edgar was a baby when his father left the family. He was two years old when his mother died. He was taken into the home of a wealthy business man named John Allen. He then received his real name, Edgar Allen Poe.
美國作家愛倫·坡生于1809年。他的父母是演員。艾德加還是一個小孩時，他的父親離家出走了。兩歲時他的母親去世了。他被帶到了名叫約翰·艾倫的富商家。隨后他得到了他真正的名字艾德加·愛倫·坡。
As a young man, Poe attended the University of Virginia. He was a good student, but he liked to drink alcohol and play card games for money. As an unskilled game player, he often lost money. Since he couldn't pay off his gambling money, he left university and began working for magazines. He worked hard, yet he was not well paid, or well known. At the age of 27, he got married. For a time it seemed that Poe would find some happiness, but his wife was sick for most of their marriage, and died in 1847.
作為一個年輕人，坡進入了弗吉尼亞大學(xué)就讀。他是個優(yōu)秀生，但是他喜歡飲酒以及打牌賭博。作為一個沒有賭技的玩家，他經(jīng)常輸錢。由于還不起賭賬，他輟學(xué)了，開始為雜志社工作。他努力工作，然而他的薪酬還是不高，也沒什么名氣。他在 27歲時結(jié)婚了。這個時候坡好像找到了一些幸?；?，但是他的妻子在他們婚姻的大部分時間里都在生病，并于1847年去世。
Through all his crises, Poe produced many stories and poems which appeared in different publications, yet he didn't become famous until 1845, when his poem, The Raven, was published. There is a question, however, about Poe's importance in American Literature. Some crities say that Poe was one of America's best writers, and even had a great influence on many French writers, but others They say that Poe's work is difficult to understand and most of his writing describes many unpleasant situations and events. Edgar Allen Poe died in 1849 when he was 40 years old. It is said that he was found dead after days of heavy drinking.
通過這些危機，坡創(chuàng)作了大量故事和詩歌，它們見諸于不同報刊，然而直到 1845年他的詩歌《烏鴉》發(fā)表之后，他才出名。然而，對于坡在美國文學(xué)中的重要性人們存有疑問。有的評論家說坡是美國最好的作家之一，甚至對于許多法國作家都產(chǎn)生了深遠影響，但是也有人不同意。他們說坡的作品很難讀懂，它的大部分作品描述了許多不愉快的場景或事件。艾德加·愛倫·坡在1849年去世，當(dāng)時僅40歲。據(jù)說，他是死于連續(xù)多日斟酒。
