The Woman in White

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

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

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>小说

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"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." 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. 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

Bibliography
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

Bibliography