哥特式懸念小說：品讀《第十三個故事》

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.
英國作家戴安娜-賽特菲爾德的首部小說《第十三個故事》是一部哥特式懸念小說，於2006年出版。小說的主人公瑪格麗特是一個不諳世故、酷愛讀書的年輕女孩，最愛讀小說和傳記。她在父親的書店幫忙。

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.
另一個人物叫維達-溫特，她是英格蘭最著名的隱居女作家，她的生命即將終結。在去世之前，她想將她傳奇的一生記錄下來，留給後世。她選擇了瑪格麗特來寫她的故事。

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.
隨着溫特的講述以及回憶童年時期在家鄉安吉菲爾德莊園（現已被燒燬）的日子，她深藏已久的家庭黑暗的祕密在瑪格麗特面前一一呈現。

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.
瑪格麗特仔細記錄了溫特小姐講述的內容，並發現她自己越來越深陷於溫特離奇而多舛的故事中。最後，兩個女人不得不面對她們各自的過去，承受家庭祕密的負擔，還得面對纏着她們的“幽靈”。

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.
《第十三個故事》情節跌宕起伏，就像湍流的河水，充滿不可預知的漩渦和大浪，讓讀者無法逃避。它的結尾可能會給你帶來噩夢，但絕對是你從未經歷過的最好的、最獨特的噩夢。