WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHARLOTTE GRAY Roughing It in the Bush, first published in 1852, helped to destroy British illusions about life in Upper Canada. Susanna Moodie described a life of backbreaking labour, poverty, and hardship on a pioneer farm in the colonial wilderness. Her sharp observations, satirical character sketches, and moments of despair and terror were a startling contrast to the widely circulated optimistic accounts of life in British North America, written to entice readers across the Atlantic. The spontaneity, wit, and candour of Moodie’s account of life on a backwoods farm give Roughing It in the Bush enduring appeal.

附CHARLOTTE GRAY的序言 1852年首次出版的《丛林中的粗野》(Roughing It in the Bush)，有助于摧毁英国人对上加拿大生活的幻想。苏珊娜-穆迪描述了殖民地荒野中的先锋农场的劳作、贫困和艰苦的生活。她敏锐的观察力、讽刺性的人物素描以及绝望和恐怖的时刻，与广泛流传的关于英属北美生活的乐观描述形成了惊人的对比，这些描述是为了吸引大西洋彼岸的读者。穆迪对落后地区农场生活的自发性、机智和坦率的描述，使《丛林中的粗暴》具有持久的吸引力。