A Dark Night's Work(III) 一晚的工作(英文版)
ADarkNight'sWorkisan1863novellabyElizabethGaskell,FirstpublishedseriallyinCharlesDickens'smagazineAlltheYearRound.Theword"dark"wasaddedtotheoriginaltitlebyDickenswhofeltthatthealteredtitlewouldbemorestriking.ThestorycentersonEllinorWilkinsandherfatherEdwardWilkins,acountrylawyerinEngland.Havinglosthermotherandsisterataveryyoungage,Ellinordevelopsanintensebondwithherfatherandenjoysallofhisattentionandfinancialcomfortsthroughoutherchildhood.HerbondwithMr.WilkinsissostrongthatEllinorisalsoblindtohisfaults.AsEllinorgrowsintoadulthood,sheisengagedtoayoungmanofanoblefamily.Justatthattime,tragedystrikes.Mr.Wilkins,inafitofdrunkenrage,commitsmurder.Desperatetoavoidthedisgrace,Ellinor,herfatherandafamilyservanthidethebody.Afterthat,thestoryischieflyconcernedwiththeeffectsofaguiltyconscious.Theworkfocusesontherealisticanalysisofcharacterandemotion,ratherthanmelodrama.
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