half an Airedale and half a Retriever, and the worst half of both
решила заглянуть в Lost Cause литературу, всякие там ante- и postbellum романы за авторством южан про-конфедератов) Попался весьма неплохо написанный Red Rock, a Chronicle of Reconstruction by Thomas Nelson Page.
Периодически встречаются cringeworthy абзацы вроде этого (Миддлтон - янки-северянин из Массачусетса)
There were no more speeches that could wound the sensibilities of the guests; but there was plenty of discussion. All the young men were ardent politicians, and Middleton, who was nothing himself, was partly amused and partly horrified at the violence of some of their sentiments. Personally, he agreed with them in the main about Slavery or, at least, about Abolitionism. He thought Slavery rather a fine thing, and recalled that his grandfather or his great-grandfather, he couldn’t be certain which, had owned a number of slaves. He was conscious of some pride in this—though his cousin, Patience Welch, who was an extreme abolitionist, was always bemoaning the fact.
Как бы с одной стороны оно отвратительно, а с другой - ещё более отвратительно, потому что реально таких северян было дофига если не большинство
Написано, как я уже сказала, очень даже неплохо, вот к примеру про предвоенные политические споры (как всё хорошо написанное - eerily relevant)
In times of high feeling debate only fuses opinions into convictions; only fans the flames and makes the fire a conflagration.
Периодически встречаются cringeworthy абзацы вроде этого (Миддлтон - янки-северянин из Массачусетса)
There were no more speeches that could wound the sensibilities of the guests; but there was plenty of discussion. All the young men were ardent politicians, and Middleton, who was nothing himself, was partly amused and partly horrified at the violence of some of their sentiments. Personally, he agreed with them in the main about Slavery or, at least, about Abolitionism. He thought Slavery rather a fine thing, and recalled that his grandfather or his great-grandfather, he couldn’t be certain which, had owned a number of slaves. He was conscious of some pride in this—though his cousin, Patience Welch, who was an extreme abolitionist, was always bemoaning the fact.
Как бы с одной стороны оно отвратительно, а с другой - ещё более отвратительно, потому что реально таких северян было дофига если не большинство
Написано, как я уже сказала, очень даже неплохо, вот к примеру про предвоенные политические споры (как всё хорошо написанное - eerily relevant)
In times of high feeling debate only fuses opinions into convictions; only fans the flames and makes the fire a conflagration.