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1、TheWomaninWhiteCollins,WilkiePublished:1860Type(s):Novels,Crime/Mystery,Thriller,Gothic1AboutCollins:WilliamWilkieCollins(8January1824–23September1889)wasanEnglishnovelist,playwright,andwriterofshortstories.Hewashugelypopularinhistime,andwrote27novels,morethan50shortstories,atleast15plays,andov
2、er100piecesofnon-fictionwork.Hisbest-knownworksareTheWomaninWhite,TheMoonstone,ArmadaleandNoName.Source:Wikipedia2Part1FirstEpoch3Chapter1TheStoryBegunbyWalterHartright(ofClement'sInn,TeacherofDrawing)1.ThisisthestoryofwhataWoman'spatiencecanendure,andwhataMan'sresolutioncanachieve.Ifthemachine
3、ryoftheLawcouldbedependedontofathomeverycaseofsuspicion,andtoconducteveryprocessofinquiry,withmoder-ateassistanceonlyfromthelubricatinginfluencesofoilofgold,theeventswhichfillthesepagesmighthaveclaimedtheirshareofthepub-licattentioninaCourtofJustice.ButtheLawisstill,incertaininevitablecases,the
4、pre-engagedservantofthelongpurse;andthestoryislefttobetold,forthefirsttime,inthisplace.AstheJudgemightoncehaveheardit,sotheReadershallhearitnow.Nocircumstanceofimportance,fromthebeginningtotheendofthedisclosure,shallberelatedonhearsayevidence.Whenthewriteroftheseintroductorylines(WalterHartrigh
5、tbyname)happenstobemorecloselyconnectedthanotherswiththeincidentstoberecorded,hewilldescribetheminhisownperson.Whenhisexperiencefails,hewillretirefromthepositionofnarrator;andhistaskwillbecontinued,fromthepointatwhichhehasleftitoff,byotherpersonswhocanspeaktothecircumstancesundernoticefromtheir
6、ownknowledge,justasclearlyandpositivelyashehasspokenbeforethem.Thus,thestoryherepresentedwillbetoldbymorethanonepen,asthestoryofanoffenceagainstthelawsistoldinCourtbymorethanonewitness—withthesameobject,inbothcases,topresentthetruthalwaysinitsmostdirectandmostintelligibleaspect;andtotracethecou
7、rseofonecompleteseriesofevents,bymakingthepersonswhohavebeenmostcloselyconnectedwiththem,ateachsuccessivestage,relatetheirownexperience,wordforword.4LetWalterHartright,teacherofdrawing,agedtwenty-eightyears,beheardfirst.52.Itwasth
