• 导读
  • "风雨交加的夜晚,三个陌生男人接踵而至,谁是刽子手,谁是逃犯?似幻似真的梦中,一个神秘女子预示凶兆,谁是受害人,谁是凶手?峭壁耸立的山谷闪耀异彩,难道是恶魔眼睛的幽光?大风吹散的手稿得以付梓,莫非冥冥中自有主宰?

    山重水复,结局往往出人意表。托马斯•哈代、阿瑟•柯南•道尔、威尔基•科林斯……文学大家带来5个精彩短篇,加上全新的译文诠释,邀读者一起破解重重谜团,领略两种语言的魅力。"

  • 内容简介
  • 风雨交加的夜晚,三个陌生男人接踵而至,谁是刽子手,谁是逃犯?似幻似真的梦中,一个神秘女子预示凶兆,谁是受害人,谁是凶手?峭壁耸立的山谷闪耀异彩,难道是恶魔眼睛的幽光?大风吹散的手稿得以付梓,莫非冥冥中自有主宰?

    He stops and grows restless on a sudden. We see him writhing on the straw. He throws up both his hands and gasps hysterically for breath. His eyes open suddenly. For a moment they look at nothing, with a vacant glitter in them--then they close again in deeper sleep. Is he dreaming still? Yes; but the dream seems to have taken a new course.

  • 作者简介
  • 威尔基·柯林斯,逝世在伦敦。父亲是个风景画家。他12岁时随父母迁居意大利,三年后回国,就读于海伯里私立寄宿学校,曾在茶叶公司工作,后改学法律,在伦敦林肯法学协会当过律师。1847年,父亲死后,他才开始以写作为生。第一部作品是《威廉·柯林斯》传,不久就从事小说创作。一开始成绩平平,后来他结识了当代文豪狄更斯,成为莫逆之交,并为狄更斯主编的,当时最风行的杂志经常撰稿,并且他也是狄更斯的女婿。他的长篇小说往往在这本杂志上先发表,然后出单行本。这期间他写了不少小说,大都以侦破犯罪事件为题材,柯林斯即以此种小说蜚声社会,享誉30余年,但他作品虽多,而得以流传后世并得到肯定的仅有《月亮宝石》和成名作《白衣女人》两部。

    William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866), and The Moonstone (1868). Collins was born into the family of painter William Collins in London. He received his early education at home from his mother, after which he attended an academy and a private boarding school. He also traveled with his family to Italy and France, and learned the French and Italian languages. He served as a clerk in the firm of the tea merchants Antrobus & Co.

  • 目录
    • 第一段叙述 珀西•费尔班克对事实的陈述
    • 第二段叙述 马夫自述
    • 第三段叙述 继续由珀西•费尔班克讲述
    • 第四段(最后一段)叙述 约瑟夫•里戈贝尔的陈述: 呈交给法庭上为他辩护的律师
    • 结语——珀西•费尔班克的补充说明
    • Life is too short for a long story.
    • 版权页
    • THE FIRST NARRATIVE INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT OF THE FACTS BY PERCY FAIRBANK
    • THE SECOND NARRATIVE THE HOSTLER's STORY. —TOLD BY HIMSELF
    • THE THIRD NARRATIVE THE STORY CONTINUED BY PERCY FAIRBANK
    • FOURTH (AND LAST) NARRATIVE STATEMENT OF JOSEPH RIGOBERT: ADDRESSED TO THE ADVOCATE WHO DEFENDED HIM AT HIS TRIAL
    • LAST LINES.—ADDED BY PERCY FAIRBANK
    • Life is too short for a long story.
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