The Woman in White

图书标准信息

• 作者 Wilkie Collins（威尔基·科林斯） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1985-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553212631
• 定价 28.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 800页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classic

【内容简介】

"There,inthemiddleofthebroad,brighthigh-road—there,asifithadthatmomentsprungoutoftheearthordroppedfromtheheaven—stoodthefigureofasolitaryWoman,dressedfromheadtofootinwhitegarments."

ThusyoungWalterHartrightfirstmeetsthemysteriouswomaninwhiteinwhatsoonbecameoneofthemostpopularnovelsofthenineteenthcentury.Secrets,mistakenidentities,surpriserevelations,amnesia,lockedroomsandlockedasylums,andanunorthodoxvillainmadethismysterythrilleraninstantsuccesswhenitfirstappearedin1860,andithascontinuedtoenthrallreaderseversince.Fromthehero'sforebodingbeforehisarrivalatLimmeridgeHousetothenefariousplotconcerningthebeautifulLaura,thebreathtakingtensionofCollins'snarrativecreatedanewliterarygenreofsuspensefiction,whichprofoundlyshapedthecourseofEnglishpopularwriting.

Collins'sothergreatmystery,TheMoonstone,hasbeencalledthefinestdetectivestoryeverwritten,butitwasthisworkthatsogrippedtheimaginationoftheworldthatWilkieCollinshadhisowntombstoneinscribed:"AuthorofTheWomaninWhite."

【作者简介】

WilliamWilkieCollinswasborninLondonin1824,theeldestsonofasuccessfulpainter,WilliamCollins.Hestudiedlawandwasadmittedtothebarbutneverpracticedhisnominalprofession,devotinghistimetowritinginstead.Hisfirstpublishedbookwasabiographyofhisfather,hissecondafloridhistoricalromance.ThefirsthintofhislatertalentscamewithBasil(1852),avividtaleofseduction,treachery,andrevenge.

In1851CollinshadmetCharlesDickens,whowouldbecomehisclosefriendandmentor.CollinswassoonwritingunsignedarticlesandstoriesforDickens'smagazine,HouseholdWords,andhisnovelswereserializedinitspages.Collinsbroughtouttheboyish,adventuroussideofDickens'scharacter;thetwonoveliststraveledtoItaly,Switzerland,andFrancetogether,andtheirtravelsproducedsuchlightheartedcollaborationsas"TheLazyTourofTwoIdleApprentices."Theyalsosharedapassionforthetheater,andCollins'smelodramas,notably"TheFrozenDeep,"werepresentedbyDickens'sprivatecompany,withDickensandCollinsinleadingroles.

Collins'sfirstmysterynovelwasHideandSeek(1853).HisfirstpopularsuccesswasTheWomaninWhite(1860),followedbyNoName(1862),Armadale(1866),andTheMoonstone(1868),whoseSergeantCuffbecameaprototypeofthedetectiveheroinEnglishfiction.Collins'sconcentrationontheseamiersideoflifedidnotendearhimtothecriticsofhisday,buthewasamongthemostpopularofVictoriannovelists.Hismeticulouslyplotted,oftenviolentnovelsarenowrecognizedasthedirectancestorsofthemodernmysterynovelandthriller.

Collins'sprivatelifewasanopensecretamonghisfriends.Hehadtwomistresses,oneofwhomborehimthreechildren.Hislateryearsweremarredbyalongandpainfuleyedisease.Hisnovels,increasinglydidactic,declinedgreatlyinquality,buthecontinuedtowritebydictatingtoasecretaryuntil1886.Hediedin1889.

【目录】

PART THE FIRST

　The Narrative of Walter Hartright  

　The Narrative of Vincent Gilmore．Solicitor  

　The Narrative of Marian Haicombe  

　The Narrative of Frederick Fairlie．Esquire  

　The Narrative of Eliza Michelson．Housekeeper  

　The Narrative of Hester Pinhom，Cook  

　The Narrative of the Doctor  

　The Narrative of Jane Gould  

　The Narrative of the Tombstone  

　The Narrative of Walter Hartright，Resumed  

PART THE SECoND

　The Narrative of Walter Hartright 

PART THE THIRD

　The Narrative of Walter Hartright 

　The Narrative of Isidor Ottavio Baldassare FoSC0  

　The Narrative of Walter Hartright，Concluded 

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