THE HOUSE ON THE STRAND
Book ID/图书代码: 03540008B23294
English Summary/英文概要: Dick Young is lent a house in Cornwall by his friend Professor Magnus Lane. During his stay he agrees to serve as a guinea pig for a new drug that Magnus has discovered in his biochemical researches. The effect of this drug is to transport Dick from the house at Kilmarth to the Cornwall of the 14th century. There, in the manor of Tywardreath, the domain of Sir Henry Champernoune, he witnesses intrigue, adultery and murder. As his time travelling increases, Dick resents more and more the days he must spend in the modern world, longing ever more fervently to get back into his world of centuries before ...
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 迪克·杨的朋友马格努斯·莱恩教授借给他一所康沃尔的房子。在他逗留期间,他同意充当马格努斯在生化研究中发现的一种新药的小白鼠。这种药的作用是把迪克从基尔马斯的房子送到14世纪的康沃尔。在那里,在亨利·香佩农爵士的领地——泰沃德雷思庄园里,他目睹了阴谋、通奸和谋杀。 随着时间旅行的增加,迪克越来越憎恨他必须在现代世界中度过的日子,他越来越渴望回到他几个世纪前的世界.... (Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况:’du Maurier is a magician, a virtuouso. She can conjure up tragedy, horror, tension, suspense the ridiculous, the vain, the romantic’---GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
About the Author/作者介绍: 达芙妮·杜·莫里埃出生于伦敦。她出身于一个艺术世家。她的父亲是演员兼经纪人杰拉尔德·杜·莫里埃爵士,她是漫画家乔治·杜·莫里埃的孙女。
杜·莫里埃在伦敦一个生气勃勃的家庭中长大,J.M.巴里和埃德加·华莱士等朋友经常来这里做客。在她的童年时代,她是一个如饥似渴的读者,她着迷于想象的世界,并为自己发展了一个男性的另一个自我。杜穆里埃在几部小说中也有一个男性叙述者。
她的第一本小说《爱的精神》出版于1931年。接着是1936年的《牙买加客栈》,这是一个关于走私者的历史故事,由阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克拍摄和导演。后来,希区柯克还用她的短篇小说《鸟》(The Birds)创造了一部电影经典,这是一个关于自然对抗人类的紧张故事。《贵妇与海盗》是一部海盗爱情片,拍摄于1944年。《浮生梦》(1951)于1952年被拍成电影。
杜穆里埃最为家喻户晓的小说《蝴蝶梦》(1938),1940年由阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克拍摄,由劳伦斯·奥利维尔和琼·方丹主演。除了通俗小说,她还发表了短篇小说、戏剧和传记——她的自传《成长的烦恼》在古稀之年出版。20世纪50年代末,杜莫里埃开始对超自然现象产生兴趣。在此期间,她写了几篇小说,探讨了恐惧和偏执的幻想。1970年,她出版了第二部短篇小说集《告别黑夜》,其中包括以威尼斯为背景的《威尼斯疑魂》,讲述了一个通灵的老太太、一个有第六感的男人和一个凶残的侏儒的故事。这个故事的电影版本于1973年上映,由尼古拉斯·罗伊格执导,朱莉·克里斯蒂和唐纳德·萨瑟兰主演。
1969年,杜穆里埃因其在文学上的杰出成就而被授予爵士爵位。她于1989年4月19日去世。Daphne was born in 1907, grand-daughter of the brilliant artist and writer George du Maurier, daughter of Gerald, the most famous Actor Manager of his day, she came from a creative and successful family.
She began writing short stories in 1928, and in 1931 her first novel, ’The Loving Spirit’ was published. It received rave reviews and further books followed. Then came her most famous three novels, ’Jamaica Inn’, ’Frenchman’s Creek’ and Rebecca’. Each novel being inspired by her love of Cornwall, where she lived and wrote.
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