The Gate of Angels 英文原版

　　’A book which delights, amuses, disturbs and provokes
reflection, in equal measure. It is a triumph of craftmanship,
intelligence and sensibility.’ Scotsman ‘Contains more wit,
intelligence and feeling than many novels three times its length.’
Observer ‘Formidable! no writer is more engaging than Penelope
Fitzgerald.’ Spectator ‘Penelope Fitzgerald writes books whose
imaginative wholeness and whose sense of what language can suggest
is magical. Whichever way you twist the lens of this kaleidoscopic
book, you see fresh things freshly.’ Evening Standard ‘The book is
short and full of activity. The story moves swiftly in unexpected
directions. It is inspiring, funny and touching.’ LRB ‘Gilbert
could have written this and Sullivan set it to music. It shows an
Edwardian university at Cambridge at its eccentric best. There are
so many characters that are a delight. So many foibles and so much
fancifying. Fitzgerald is the only author I know who regularly gets
reviews pleading her to write longer books.’ Daily Mail

　　In 1912, rational Fred Fairly, one of Cambridge’s best and
brightest, crashes his bike and wakes up in bed with a stranger –
fellow casualty Daisy Saunders, a charming, pretty, generous
working-class nurse. So begins a series of complications – not only
of the heart but also of the head – as Fred and Daisy take up each
other’s education and turn each other’s philosophies upside
down.

　　Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the most elegant and
distinctive voices in British fiction. Three of her novels, The
Bookshop, The Beginning of Spring and The Gate of Angels have been
shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She won the Prize in 1979 for
Offshore. Her last novel, The Blue Flower, was the most admired
novel of 1995, chosen no fewer than nineteen times in the press as
the ‘Book of the Year’. It won America’s National Book Critics’
Circle Award, and this helped to introduce her to a wider
international readership. She died in April 2000, at the age of
eighty-three.

Part One
　1  Fred’s Three Notes
　2  A Few Words about St Angelicus
　3  How Fred Got this Job in the First Place
　4  Dinner at St Angelicus
　5  At the Rectory
　6  The Disobligers’ Society
　7  Who Is Daisy?
Part Two
　8  Daisy
　9  The Blackfriars Hospital
　10  The Men’s Ward
　11  The Case of James Elder
　12  Kelly
　13  Daisy Leaves London
Part Three
　14  No Mystery about Daisy’s Movements
　15  A Walk in the Country
　16  A Visit from the Fairlys
Part Four
　17  Dr Matthews’ Ghost Story
　18  An UnusualGourt Case
　19  Kelly Laid to Rest
　20  Fred’s Advice to His Students
　21  At Dr Sage’s Hospital
　22  TheGate of Angels