哥特式悬念小说：品读《第十三个故事》
<p><span word="British">British</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="Diane">Diane</span> <span word="Setterfield">Setterfield</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="debut">debut</span> <span word="novel">novel</span>, <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Thirteenth">Thirteenth</span> <span word="Tale">Tale</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="gothic">gothic</span> <span word="suspense">suspense</span> <span word="novel">novel</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2006. <span word="Margaret">Margaret</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="character">character</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="novel">novel</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="young">young</span>, <span word="unworldly">unworldly</span>, <span word="bookish">bookish</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bookseller">bookseller</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="father">father</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="shop">shop</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="loves">loves</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="biographies">biographies</span> <span word="most">most</span>.</p><p>英国作家戴安娜-赛特菲尔德的首部小说《第十三个故事》是一部哥特式悬念小说，于2006年出版。小说的主人公玛格丽特是一个不谙世故、酷爱读书的年轻女孩，最爱读小说和传记。她在父亲的书店帮忙。</p><p><span word="Another">Another</span> <span word="character">character</span>, <span word="Vida">Vida</span> <span word="Winter">Winter</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="England">England</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="famous">famous</span> <span word="reclusive">reclusive</span> <span word="writer">writer</span>, <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="coming">coming</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="end">end</span>. <span word="Before">Before</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="goes">goes</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="wants">wants</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="amazing">amazing</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="generations">generations</span>. <span word="Vida">Vida</span> <span word="chooses">chooses</span> <span word="Margaret">Margaret</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="story">story</span>.</p><p>另一个人物叫维达-温特，她是英格兰最著名的隐居女作家，她的生命即将终结。在去世之前，她想将她传奇的一生记录下来，留给后世。她选择了玛格丽特来写她的故事。</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="Winter">Winter</span> <span word="unfolds">unfolds</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="story">story</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="shares">shares</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Margaret">Margaret</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dark">dark</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="secrets">secrets</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="hidden">hidden</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="remembers">remembers</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Angelfield">Angelfield</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="burnt">burnt</span>-<span word="out">out</span> <span word="estate">estate</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="childhood">childhood</span> <span word="home">home</span>.</p><p>随着温特的讲述以及回忆童年时期在家乡安吉菲尔德庄园（现已被烧毁）的日子，她深藏已久的家庭黑暗的秘密在玛格丽特面前一一呈现。</p><p><span word="Margaret">Margaret</span> <span word="carefully">carefully</span> <span word="records">records</span> <span word="Miss">Miss</span> <span word="Winter">Winter</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="finds">finds</span> <span word="herself">herself</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="deeply">deeply</span> <span word="immersed">immersed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strange">strange</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="troubling">troubling</span> <span word="story">story</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span>, <span word="both">both</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="pasts">pasts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weight">weight</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="secrets">secrets</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="ghosts">ghosts</span>" <span word="that">that</span> <span word="haunt">haunt</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="still">still</span>.</p>
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