哥特式悬念小说：品读《第十三个故事》_BEC初级作文

哥特式悬念小说：品读《第十三个故事》

British author Diane Setterfield's debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale, is a gothic suspense novel published in 2006. Margaret, the main character of the novel, is a young, unworldly, bookish girl who is a bookseller in her father's shop and she loves reading stories and biographies most.

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。

Another character, Vida Winter, is England's most famous reclusive writer, whose life story is coming to an end. Before she goes she wants her amazing life story to be recorded for the later generations. Vida chooses Margaret to tell her story.

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。

As Winter unfolds her story, she shares with Margaret the dark family secrets that she has long kept hidden as she remembers her days at Angelfield, the now burnt-out estate that was her childhood home.

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。

Margaret carefully records Miss Winter's account and finds herself more and more deeply immersed in the strange and troubling story. In the end, both women have to face their pasts and the weight of family secrets, as well as the "ghosts" that haunt them still.