《艾凡赫》是19初英国著名小说家沃尔特.司各特的代表作之一。作者通过对犹太商人艾萨克及其女儿蕊贝卡一系列遭遇的描述,无情地揭露了盛行于欧洲社会近千年的反犹主义(anti-Semitism)的罪恶,同时也表达出他对不同民族和信仰的社会成员之间和平共处的美好愿望。
Ivanhoe is one of the masterpieces of Walter Scott,the famous English novelist in the early nineteenth century.The author exposes the sin of anti-Semitism,which has been widespread in Europe for about one thousand years.Furthermore,Scott expresses his ideal that people should live harmoniously regardless of the differences of their religious beliefs and tribes.