潘德?tīng)柕奈讕熡新曌x物

The author, a master of writting, has a unique writting style, whose works has a lot to do with his working and living experiences.

17世紀(jì)的時(shí)候，英格蘭有許多人相信巫術(shù)。巫師可能是一個(gè)老太婆，或是一個(gè)年輕女子——有時(shí)甚至?xí)且粋€(gè)成年男子或小男孩。不過(guò)，巫師通常都是女人。人們都害怕巫師，因?yàn)槲讕焹H憑一句詛咒就能使人喪命。
1612年，在蘭開(kāi)夏郡的潘德?tīng)柹礁浇≈粋€(gè)名叫詹妮特·迪瓦斯的小女孩。那時(shí)她剛9歲，因家里窮時(shí)常餓肚子，長(zhǎng)得很瘦弱。她缺衣少鞋，有時(shí)一連幾天吃不上飯。生活著對(duì)地她來(lái)說(shuō)十分艱難。
詹妮特的外祖母老德姆代克是一個(gè)巫師。她的母親伊麗莎白和她的姐姐艾麗森也都是巫師。就連她可憐兮兮、傻頭傻腦的哥哥詹姆斯也是巫師……不管怎樣，村民們是這樣認(rèn)為的。
本書(shū)以女主人公詹妮特的口吻來(lái)描述一家人的故事。故事從1634年講起，當(dāng)時(shí)詹妮特被關(guān)押在蘭開(kāi)斯特城堡監(jiān)獄里?

譯文：

In?the?17th?century,?many?people?in?England?believed?in?witchcraft.?A?wizard?may?be?an?old?woman?or?a?young?woman?-?sometimes?even?an?adult?man?or?a?little?boy.?But?wizards?are?usually?women.?People?are?afraid?of?wizards?because?wizards?can?kill?people?with?only?one?curse.

In?1612,?near?Mount?Pandel?in?Lancashire,?there?lived?a?little?girl?named?Jeanette?Divas.?At?that?time,?she?was?only?nine?years?old,?often?hungry?because?her?family?was?poor,?and?she?grew?very?thin.?She?is?short?of?clothes?and?shoes,?and?sometimes?she?can't?eat?for?days?at?a?time.?Life?is?very?difficult?for?her.

Jeanette's?grandmother,?Old?Demdike,?was?a?wizard.?Her?mother?Elizabeth?and?her?sister?Alison?are?also?wizards.?Even?her?poor,?silly?brother?James?is?a?wizard...?Anyway,?villagers?think?so.

The?book?describes?the?family?story?in?the?tone?of?the?heroine?Jeanette.?The?story?begins?in?1634,?when?Janet?was?imprisoned?in?Lancaster?Castle?Prison.

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《潘德?tīng)柕奈讕煛芬耘魅斯材萏氐目谖莵?lái)講述她一家人的故事。故事從1634年講起，當(dāng)時(shí)詹妮特被關(guān)押在蘭開(kāi)斯特城堡監(jiān)獄里……1本書(shū)為“書(shū)蟲(chóng)”系列叢書(shū)中的一冊(cè)。

作者[英]Rowena Akinyemi
羅伊娜·艾金耶米是英國(guó)人，曾在非洲生活多年，在劍橋市工作、生活。她的這一有關(guān)潘德?tīng)栁讕煹墓适氯〔挠诎l(fā)生在蘭開(kāi)夏郡的真實(shí)事件。