I love gothic novels, and I was planted by Aunt Qiong Yao when I was a teenager.
Many of her novels have gothic elements.
For example, the hanging corpse floating in the flowers of "Silk Flower", the mysterious pigeon in "Cold Smoke", the mask in "Ghost Husband" and the burned face...
These elements made me crazy obsessed with gothic novels,
Because of this, I have read many famous works, "Jane Eyre", "Wuthering Heights", and "Butterfly Dream", all of which have been read more than twice.
Although Aunt Qiong Yao's three views are not correct, there are also a lot of positive thinking left for me, such as the writing of desperate sanlang, the seamless transition in the novel, and the writing techniques that you can't put down as soon as you read...
Because of reading such books, I have an infinite yearning for foggy hunts and castles.
The Jamaican Inn is also a Gothic novel by Daphne Lopez, author of Butterfly Dreams. Another work by Du mullier.
Daphne. Du Mulière is a great master of contemporary British literature whose works have been borrowed several times in the British Library.
A member of the Royal Society of Literature, Du Murière was extremely influential in the contemporary era, writing 17 novels in his lifetime, as well as dozens of literary works on other subjects, and his works have been called "excellent and extremely valuable works of our time" by critics." ”
The famous work "Butterfly Dream", published in 1938, influenced the direction of the emotional novel of an era.
If the gothic elements in her novel are excluded, then it is a combination of the president's poor women.
As the originator of the romance novel, she not only talks about love, but also emphasizes the rise of women and does not do the silk flowers attached to men.
At this point, if Aunt Qiong Yao could see through it at the beginning, perhaps the novel would be a higher grade.
Born into a family of writers, Du mullier was influenced by literature and drama from an early age.
Her father, who has three daughters, wanted her to be a son, but it backfired.
Strong repression and conflict run through her entire life and literary works, and the heroine she portrays is both gentle and delicate and brave and strong.
I love the heroine of this book, Mary, who is different, loves freedom, is bold and rebellious, and has a sense of awakening beyond the times.
Mary grew up on a farm.
Her father died early, her mother took her to work hard for a living, and died of illness due to years of hard work, and before she died, her mother begged Mary to find her aunt, who was said to have married a rich man and lived a very happy life.
Mary rode in a carriage in a stormy storm to the Jamaican Hotel on the edge of the swamp.
The first person I saw was my uncle, who was handsome and evil, and looked like a bear.
Under his iron fist and intimidation, the aunt had become cowardly, insane, and insane.
When Mary stepped into the Jamaican Inn, she felt its horror and mystery.
It has to be said that Du mullier is a good hand at rendering the atmosphere of terror.
In the 19th century, during the Industrial Revolution, most of the poor lived at the bottom of society, living without dignity and without a future, which is more clearly seen in "The Lord of Mystery".
Du Mulière condenses such a society in a swamp-side hotel, borrowing environmental descriptions to let the reader enter another world, which is a master of writing.
Her uncle warned her not to talk much about anything, otherwise she would end up like her aunt.
At this time, Mary showed her first rebellious spirit, and she was not afraid of her uncle's bear-like physique and directly refuted him.
On the contrary, this impressed my uncle, and he never bullied her too much from then on.
Girls should learn mary, come to a new environment, contact new people, test the bottom line between people, and be sure to grasp the degree.
The truth that people are good and are deceived, and horses that are good to be ridden should be remembered in our hearts.
In order to save her aunt, Mary chose to stay.
She wanted to be able to take her aunt out of this terrible place one day.
A mysterious caravan of carriages, often sneaking into the hotel at night, a rope noose hanging from the beam of the room, reminds people of murder...
All this foreshadows the dirt and grime of Jamaican hotels, as well as the secrets of the ulterior motive.
The brave Mary spied on her uncle's business many times, but found that they had done much more than that, killing people, smuggling goods, and murdering their accomplices.
The uncle had been an alcoholic for a long time and indulged in the absurd world to escape the condemnation of his conscience.
My aunt is also an accomplice, so she becomes insane and is bitten by conscience.
Mary decided to report them as soon as she had the chance.
In her desperation, she meets her uncle's brother, a younger version of her uncle Jem, still handsome and an asshole, but in such an environment, to have a normal person appear, Mary still longs for someone to communicate, a friendship.
Jem is bohem, dashing, and a little bit of a dirty attitude, and fully expresses kindness to Mary.
The lonely maiden longs for friends, longs for love, and she inevitably falls.
The character of Jem, unlike the previous image of the president, is a horse dealer, who steals horses for a living, grew up in a criminal family, does not know how to respect women, but has a little sense of justice to conquer Mary.
In this environment, he is like a thorny thorn, poisonous but irrepressibly eager to get closer.
In order to resist her uncle's malice, Mary began to try to resist, but she angered her uncle, dragged her to the scene of the crime, and forced her to participate in the crime.
When the uncle woke up, he felt pain again, he was like an autumn leaf falling, and he could not hold on.
Accumulating evil, he finally attracted people's attention, and the uncle felt that he was doomed.
Mary was imprisoned, how she hoped for the hero to come to her rescue, and finally the hero came, and he did not talk as sweetly as other men, gave her only a promise, and left.
Mary couldn't tell if Jem was in cahoots with him, and in the end, she mistakenly mistook the real criminal for a lifesaver because of a mistake, and almost died.
Her hero finally stepped on the colorful clouds to save her at a critical moment.
In the face of such a man, it was difficult for her not to be moved, and finally decided to follow Jem to the end of the world.
I don't like this male protagonist very much, he grew up in a sinful family, although there is still a trace of unquenchable goodness in his heart, but it is difficult to imagine that Mary, such a lovely girl, will live with him in the future, take the carriage to the pace of wandering, can not return to the homeland, will become another aunt?
Under the iron fist and intimidation of men, he became cowardly and insane.
I only hope that her stubbornness and spirit of resistance will never be indelible, that she can forge a path of her own in that dark age, and conquer the iron man and make him a chivalrous and tender heart.
Being able to write such a rebellious woman in the 19th century gave this Gothic novel a new meaning.
The three Browning sisters were brilliant, but they failed to submit many times, simply because they were women. Many well-known writers have also maliciously persuaded each other. In the end, it could not stop her talent from flourishing.
Du mullier's daring to show this feminine spirit in the novel is already eye-popping, and he can also condense society in every inch, express it, which is extremely advanced.
If she can see the status of modern women change, she must be very pleased.
In the novel, through the contrast between the uncle and the brother, the contrast between the uncle and the villain, and the contrast between the aunt and Mary, the differences in human nature are set off, and the different choices people make at critical moments for dangerous things will lead to unpredictable changes in their fate.
This is precisely the unpredictability of fiction writing.
Famous works have their charm, forever immortalized, both have their underlying logic.
This book has a deep significance, some people commented that it is not as deep as "Butterfly Dream", but I think it is deeper than the idea of "Butterfly Dream", no longer a cliché story of poor women meeting rich people, but relying on the courage and ingenuity of the heroine, and finally obtaining their own happiness.
Mary's destination is in her own hands, and the tough guy will eventually be tamed by her, so I think the meaning of "Jamaica Hotel" is even deeper, do you think?
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