A Dark Night's Work(II) 一晚的工作(英文版)
ADarkNight'sWorkisan1863novellabyElizabethGaskell.Theword"dark"wasaddedtotheoriginaltitlebyDickenswhofeltthatthealteredtitlewouldbemorestriking.ThestorycentersonEllinorWilkinsandherfatherEdwardWilkins,acountrylawyerinEngland.Havinglosthermotherandsisterataveryyoungage,Ellinordevelopsanintensebondwithherfather.HerbondissostrongthatEllinorisalsoblindtoherfather'sfaults.AsEllinorgrowsintoadulthood,sheisengagedtoayoungmanofanoblefamily.Justatthattime,tragedystrikes.Mr.Wilkins,inafitofdrunkenrage,commitsmurder.Desperatetoavoidthedisgrace,Ellinor,herfatherandafamilyservanthidethebody.Afterthat,thestoryischieflyconcernedwiththeeffectsofaguiltyconscious.Eachpersonconcerneddealswiththeguiltindevastatingwaysandtheeffectsarefar-reachingintothefuture.Theworkfocusesontherealisticanalysisofcharacterandemotion,ratherthanmelodrama.
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