年底了，尽量把那些看了半截子的书清理一下，就这样偶然间在一本书里读到了这个超级存在：芭芭拉●卡特兰，一位英国女作家，文中说，她写了664本书，这个数据惊着我了，赶紧到网上看看她到底是何方神圣？

芭芭拉(Barbara Cartland 9 July 1901 --21 May 2000)，英国长寿言情小说作家。

In the 1920s, Barbara Cartland became friendly with Lord Beaverbrook (though she refused to be his mistress). This led to a position at the Daily Mail where she gained a column to write on issues of the day. In 1923, she wrote her first novel Jigsaw. The success of this book led greater demand from publishers. She had found a formula for writing and could dictate a new novel in one fortnight at the peak of her writing efficiency. By the end of her life, she had written an estimated 723 books.

大意是说：

20世纪20年代，芭芭拉·卡特兰与比弗布鲁克勋爵建立了友好关系（尽管她拒绝成为他的情妇）。这让她在《每日邮报》找到了一个职位，在那里她获得了一个专栏，可以写当天的问题。1923年，她写了第一部小说《拼图》。这本书的成功引起了出版商更大的需求。她已经找到了一个写作公式，可以在两周内以最高的写作效率口述一部新小说。到她生命的尽头，她已经写了大约723本书。

从这段文字中，可以粗略计算一下，她写了70余年，完成723本书，平均下来每年写10本书，这应该是我读过的人物中最能写的作家了。不客气地说，这老奶奶写的书可以陪伴四代人的成长，很遗憾，她的书我印象中一本都没有看过。估计她所有的小说都是一个模式，可以批量生产。

Apart from a few, the majority of books were based on an old-fashioned romantic vision of love. Her women were models of virtue and her men had the old-fashioned virtues of chivalry. Her writing hardly endeared herself to feminists or literary critics.

大意是说：

除少数书籍外，大多数书籍都是基于老式的浪漫爱情观。她小说中的女人是美德的典范，她小说中的男人有老式的骑士风范。她的作品几乎不受女权主义者或文学评论家的欢迎。【萝卜白菜，各有所爱，作为谋生职业无可厚非，只要有固定的消费群体就可以，英国盛产这类高产作家，记得还有一位写侦探小说的女作家阿加莎，也写了很多】

其实她的童年也是很艰难的：

She was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham in 1901. Her father died during the First World War, leaving the family in difficult circumstances. However, with her natural charm, beauty and energy, she became a feature on the 1920s social circle.

大意是说：

她于1901年出生在伯明翰的埃德巴斯顿。她的父亲在第一次世界大战期间去世，使全家陷入困境。然而，凭借她的天生魅力、美丽和活力，她成为了20世纪20年代社交圈的一个标志性人物。

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2024-12-30凌晨于南方临屏涂鸦