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.
玛格丽特仔细记录了温特小姐讲述的内容，并发现她自己越来越深陷于温特离奇而多舛的故事中。最后，两个女人不得不面对她们各自的过去，承受家庭秘密的负担，还得面对缠着她们的“幽灵”。

It seems that The Thirteenth Tale carries the readers along a turbulent river, with unexpected eddies and waves you can't escape. It might give you nightmares in the end, but they'll be the best--and most original--nightmares you've ever had.
《第十三个故事》情节跌宕起伏，就像湍流的河水，充满不可预知的漩涡和大浪，让读者无法逃避。它的结尾可能会给你带来噩梦，但绝对是你从未经历过的最好的、最独特的噩梦。