"Fountain" - Izumi

…His wife, Hilda Vaughan, was also a famous novelist. Her novel The Officer's Office (1919), notable for its frank depiction of the actions of a young naval officer, also depicts her experiences as a prisoner of war during the war, but her novel The Fountain (1932) is a masterpiece that depicts the inner suffering of a British soldier fighting on the continent. Her next novel, Lord Sparkenbrook (1936), is a love story set in the Italian and English countryside. These novels were written in a delicate and elaborate style and were particularly well-received in France. …

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…妻ヒルダ･ボーンHilda Vaughanも小説家として著名である。若い海軍士官の行動の率直な描写が目だつ《士官次室》(1919)にもこの戦争の捕虜経験が描かれるが，小説《泉》(1932)は大陸で戦うイギリス兵士の内面的苦悩を描いた傑作である。また次作《スパーケンブルック卿》(1936)はイタリアとイギリスの田園を背景にした恋物語であるが，これらは繊細で凝った文体で書かれ，とくにフランスで評判が高かった。…

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