理查德·杰弗里斯(1848—1887)是英国自然作家、小说家和散文家。他丰博的自然知识及作品中关于自然的诗意描写使他成为自然主义者们推崇的先驱。在散文集《田野的生活》(1884年)中,作家生动呈现了英格兰的自然风光,原始的生态环境和维多利亚时代的乡村生活。其中短篇故事《捡橡果的孩子》讲述的就是这个时代某个落后村庄中一个十岁私生子的悲剧故事。捡橡果者之死《捡橡果的孩子》中频繁指涉了乌鸦的意象,文中多处将男孩和乌鸦并置。首先,标题“The Acorn Gatherer”除 Richard Jeffreys (1848-1887) is a British naturalist, novelist and essayist. His rich natural knowledge and the poetical depiction of nature in his works made him a pioneer advocated by the naturalists. In his essay “The Lives of the Fields” (1884), writers vividly present England’s natural beauty, pristine habitat and Victorian rural life. One of the short stories “The Kid Who Picked Acorn” tells the story of a tragic story of a ten-year-old bastard child in a backward village of this era. Picking up an acorn’s death “pick up the acorns child” frequently refers to the image of the crow, the text in many places juxtaposed the boy and the crow. First, the title “The Acorn Gatherer ” except