Usually when we talk about romance novels, we are always inseparable from the name qiongyao
And when Westerners talk about this kind of pink novel, they think of Barbara Catlan
Recognized as the world's first-class popular romance writer, she continued to write until the age of 99, publishing more than 700 romance novels, with a total sales of more than 1 billion copies, and was named the guinness book of records for the world's most prolific writer
She is said to have been writing at an astonishing rate, and until three years before her death, she was able to write a new book every 18 days. After her death, another 160 manuscripts of the novel were found in her study, all carefully tied with her favorite pink ribbon.
Auntie has always had an unchanging girlish heart until she is old, and she has loved pink all her life
She not only wrote popular novels, but also became a historian, playwright, political activist and social activist who had long struggled to improve the treatment of midwives and nurses, earning her international reputation
Barbara Cattelan's works, generally small in length, are only 110,000 or 20,000 words after translation into Chinese, and the content is almost the same, and it is always aristocratic youth who fall in love with weak women of humble origins or in difficult circumstances. He does not value the material world such as money and status, but only pursues pure love - the spiritual world of "the heart has a spirit and a sharp point". Novels are often set in times by time and in foreign countries. In terms of artistic expression, her language is concise, the story is vivid and interesting, and there is a strong lyrical atmosphere.
Her novels have a specific pattern, which is the fairytale ending of "the princess and the prince walk into the wedding hall and live happily ever after." But readers—especially a group of fans, the so-called "Cattelan fans"—don't get tired of reading.
One of her most famous loyal fans was the late former Princess Diana of Great Britain. In her youth, Diana was a big fan of romance novels and often read the works of writer Barbara Cattelan. A royal expert once said that Princess Diana had always had unrealistic fantasies about princes and marriages because of her influence on romance novels
Ms. Cattelan herself once said: "The only books Diana read were written by me, which was not good for her." ”
His domestic published works include: "Love Thief", "Mysterious Maid", "Love in Turkey", "The Adventures of Mexico City", "The Adventures of The Holy City", "Confused Love", "The Hunter", "Journey of Love", "Beacon Fire -- Beauty", "Escape from Marriage", "Honeymoon Period", "Fragrant Flowers", "Taming", "Slave of Love", "Pretty Lady", "Confusion of Love", "Fire of Love", "Arrow of Love", "Conquest of Love", "Stealing Love", "Love of the Canyon", "Love of the Jade Girl", "Love of Lisbon" , "Love has a thousand jun force", "Love Sea Qilan", "The Resurrection of Love", "Love Choice", "Light of Love" and more than thirty kinds, look at the name is very sweet
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