书目

The Woman in White

内容简介

TheWomaninWhitefamouslyopenswithWalterHartright'seerieencounteronamoonlitLondonroad.EngagedasadrawingmastertothebeautifulLauraFairlie,WalterisdrawnintothesinisterintriguesofSirPercivalGlydeandhis'charming'friendCountFosco,whohasatasteforwhitemice,vanillabonbonsandpoison.PursuingquestionsofidentityandinsanityalongthepathsandcorridorsofEnglishcountryhousesandthemadhouse,TheWomaninWhiteisthefirstandmostinfluentialoftheVictoriangenrethatcombinedGothichorrorwithpsychologicalrealism.

作者简介

WilkieCollins(1824-1889)beganhisliterarycareerwritingarticlesandshortstoriesforDickens'periodicals.Hepublishedabiographyofhisfatherandanumberofplaysbuthisreputationrestsonhisnovels.Collinsfoundhistruefictionalmetierinmystery,suspenseandcrime.HeisbestknownforhisnovelsintheemerginggenresofSensationandDetectivefiction.MatthewSweetisajournalistandcritic,andwrotehisdoctoralthesisonWilkieCollins.

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