經典英文小說：阿瑪達爾（套裝共8冊）
Thenovelisa19th-centurysemi-epistolaryone.ArmadaleisanovelbyWilkieCollins,firstpublishedin1864-66.Somelinkingpassagesconsistoflettersbetweenthevariouscharacters,orofextractsfromLydia'sjournal,butthegreatmajorityofthetextnarratestheeventsastheyoccur.ThenovelhasaconvolutedplotabouttwodistantcousinsbothnamedAllanArmadale.Thefatherofonehadmurderedthefatheroftheother(thetwofathersarealsonamedAllanArmadale).'Thedistortionsoftheplot,theviolentandirrationalreactionsofthecharacters,reflectanddramatisethewaysinwhichhisreaders'perceptionsweredistortedbytheassumptionsandhypocrisiesofthesocietyinwhichtheylived,"writesCatherinePetersinthecommentbook.ItisthethirdofWilkieCollins'sfour'greatnovels'ofthe1860s:afterTheWomaninWhite(1859–60)andNoName(1862),andbeforeTheMoonstone(1868).
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