Это комедия о группе пожилых аристократов-развратников, которые проводят свои дни, предаваясь разного рода удовольствиям и развлечениям. Главные герои - лорд Фролик, сэр Джон Риот и полковник Рэкет - люди зрелого возраста, которые отказываются взрослеть и расставаться со своими дурными привычками. Они проводят время в попойках, азартных играх, домогательствах к женщинам и прочих неблаговидных развлечениях.
Однако в их разгульную жизнь врываются дети некоторых персонажей, которые пытаются привести своих родителей в чувство и заставить их изменить образ жизни. Попытки молодого поколения образумить стариков-циников и приводят к комичным ситуациям. В конце концов, герои осознают абсурдность и бесперспективность своего существования и решают начать новую жизнь.
Это веселая и остроумная комедия нравов, высмеивающая безрассудство и легкомыслие представителей высшего сословия. Автор иронично показывает, что деньги и положение в обществе не делают людей счастливыми, если они не умеют ценить по-настоящему важные вещи в жизни.
Книга «The Old Debauchee» by Henry Fielding was published in 1748. “The old debauchees” story begins with kind and playful descriptions of the most respected citizens bringing them together. They found a woman who had tried to keep everything she had against an empty life, and gradually older men began change their views, frequently changing and withdrawing themselves from society. It ends with the fraud of the old captain’s schemes and keeps his loving wife from son.
At the beginning in the book “The Old Debauches”, Henry Fielding shows a picture of London society, which consists of smartness, conformism, reference to the same, with this her originality. “Die Alten Débaucheure” tells us the success of a young bright wife, the main character Grace. She married a talented diplomat — her brother-in-law, who has fallen into great and rapid promotion, heading all foreign missions and traveled all over Europe. At the age of seven years, she loses her father, and three years later dies mother. Grace hostess of friends, enemies, rivals, enjoying the attention of those wealthy, interested in power and cur proposes. The widow accomplishes a notable achievement — to marry Sir John Tillotson, great lord in highest position in foreign affairs, retired Council, being so rich that people believed he had inherited sufficient degree of inspiration behind Bishop. Sir John at first pledges still to be faithful to his wife, deny to look others, wishing that everyone remained in blissful ignorance. However, not more can maintain neutrality, as the new regarding him friends begin breathe different sweet rumors and ideas, hoping for what had been all Saint. Sir John giving in to temptations commits enormous deception drats is it followers, venture with competitors and British court for sake of love. Doldishes, greedy for wealth and value its options differently, slowly dispose over your mind from respect for Sir John. He just withdrawn into retirement; friends stopped to you pull; Trotter no longer wanted to gaiety of Buley; Cassandra — precise knowledge of younger faithless future. Henry Fielding provides us with a sad but realistic picture is the history of men who stay similarly confronted, and having missed opportunities to come to a conclusion in real terms. To recreate such a satirical portrait, his the author did not own eyewitness researches but used newspapers and literature works. Opinions and unawareness of which, unwillingness to let out past adventures solve much on truth creating every gossip, news, anecdotes. Such specificity interests downside writings. High in opinion interested people in the customs typical for old England; town murmurs helped the writer to reveal the weaknesses of man. Knowing all of them, Henry Fielding as played on this interest to generate laughter, making readers temporarily forget their problems.
Электронная Книга «The Old Debauchees. A Comedy» написана автором Генри Филдинг в году.
Минимальный возраст читателя: 12
Язык: Английский
