“女人希望爱情是一部长篇小说”
“而男人说是个短篇就够了”
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SKYE SPEAKING OF
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
【Skye谈达夫妮·杜穆里埃的"蝴蝶梦"】
Daphne Du Maurier’s 1938 bestseller Rebecca in many ways fits into the gothic tradition, for it combines elements of a haunted mansion, romance, murder, suspense and horror. The opening line is memorable—“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again”. Throughout, Manderley, the great mansion, breathes and trembles as a living being. But Manderley, at this point has been burnt down, and the whole novel is written in flashbacks. We’re told the young heroine is at her early 20s, and she remains unnamed throughout the book. She meets Maxim de Winter, a gentleman 20 years her senior, in Monte Carlo. They quickly fall in love and get married after a fortnight, and after their honeymoon they return to Maxim’s estate, the beautiful Manderley in Cornwall.
女作家达夫妮·杜穆里埃的畅销书《蝴蝶梦》于1938年问世。作者巧妙沿袭哥特派小说的传统，既制造了阴森压抑的悬疑谋杀恐怖场景，又设置了被鬼魂附身的神秘宅邸，同时还赋予了作品缠绵温柔的浪漫主义元素。小说开篇让人过目不忘：“昨夜我梦到自己再一次来到曼陀丽庄园。” 曼陀丽贯穿小说。虽然故事展开时它已被烧成一片废墟，但作者以倒叙的手笔带我们感受着庄园上阴魂笼罩，徘徊不散，好似死而复苏的人和事。年轻的女主人公才20刚出头，从头至尾作者并没有给她安置一个名字。在蒙特卡洛遇见并迅速爱上年长她20岁的庄园男主人马克西姆·德温特2周后，她们结了婚。蜜月后，他们回到了马克西姆位于康沃尔郡漂亮的曼陀丽庄园。
Here the young wife experiences the trials of adapting to her new role as the hostess of Manderley, and what is more difficult, she has to face the menacing “presence” of Rebecca, Maxim’s dead wife who recently drowned at sea. Rebecca never appears, but comes alive through her reputation and others’ recollections about her. She seems to be the real heroine—handsome, attractive, capable and efficient. She is loved and admired by all the servants and locals, particularly by Mrs Danvers, the housekeeper and Rebecca’s old maid. Mrs Danvers is so much obsessed with the dead hostess and she treats the second Mrs de Winter maliciously, making her feel rather incompetent and shadowy against the vivid, powerful personality of Rebecca. It’s gradually revealed Rebecca is not so angelic as people had thought, and she is not drowned but perhaps murdered… What are secrets behind Maxim’s marriage with Rebecca? Who murders her? Who burns Manderley? I have to leave you there.
然而，年轻的妻子化身庄园女主人这一新角色并不顺利，尤其是她必须直面马克西姆不久前刚溺海身亡的前妻吕蓓卡无处不在的阴魂。吕蓓卡从未在书中出现，但她的名声甚至音容却随时随地在小说中萦绕。吕蓓卡这一被赋予神秘色彩又集貌美精明能干为一身的魅力女性似乎才是真正的女主角。她受众人恩宠，这其中女管家丹弗斯更是她的心腹。深爱着已故女主人的丹弗斯对庄园新一代女主人可谓是百般刁难。面对丈夫前妻强大鲜活,“无处不在”的人格魅力，强压下的新婚妻子陷入深深的无助。直到迷雾渐渐散去，吕蓓卡的真面目才逐渐浮现：她并非如大家称道的那样完美，她也并非溺水身亡，很有可能是她的死因是谋杀。。。吕蓓卡和马克西姆联姻的背后还有什么秘密，谁才是凶手？又是谁放火烧了曼陀丽庄园？我想还是留给你们自己揭晓为好。
The novel is rich in texture and themes. I personally adore Mrs Danvers whose abnormal attachment to Rebecca is perhaps homosexual, and her malice and cruelty are what make the book gripping. Gender-wise, the book has a conservative tenor typical of the interwar England—the wild, unruly Rebecca is wiped out, whereas the nameless heroine’s modest, companionable femininity is favored for bringing a quiet, boring perhaps, home life. Rebecca was adapted to a thriller-mystery film in 1940, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, winning several Oscars.
这本小说质地丰厚，主题含蓄。我个人尤其钟爱女管家丹弗斯这个人物。她对吕蓓卡超出寻常，近乎同志倾向的崇拜和迷恋，外加她恶毒残酷的另一面—双重人格扣人心弦，让人欲罢不能。从女性角度解读，这本作品如实反映了两战期间英国社会的保守性—疯狂放荡的吕蓓卡被遗弃，而乖顺无知如无名“女主角”似乎才是陪伴终身的最佳伴侣，即使无聊，却得一片安宁。根据小说改变的同名惊悚电影《蝴蝶梦》于1940年制成，由阿尔弗莱德·希区柯克执导，获数项奥斯卡。
QUOTATIONS
【佳句欣赏】
“Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story.”
女人希望爱情是一部长篇小说，而男人说是个短篇就够了。
“I believe there is a theory that men and women emerge finer and stronger after suffering, and that to advance in this or any world we must endure ordeal by fire.”
我深信男人女人经历磨难后的结合才更美满强大，但这完美结合必是涅槃后的重生。
“The moment of crisis had come, and I must face it. My old fears, my diffidence, my shyness, my hopeless sense of inferiority, must be conquered now and thrust aside. If I failed now I should fail forever.”(the 2nd, unnamed Mrs. d e Winter)
考验的时刻到了，我必须直面。不论是萦绕心中的恐惧，还是与身俱来的羞涩，亦或是那无地自容无可救药的自卑感，我都必须直面并征服一切，果断抛弃。假如现在做不到，那这辈子也就无望了。（第二任太太）
“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.” (Maxim de Winter)
奢华从来入不了我的法眼。我喜欢简单，乐于读书，享受独处，或是与心心相惜之人分享时光。 （马克西姆·德温特）
“I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continued to suffer, because they could not break out from their own web of shyness and reserve, and in their blindness and folly built up a great distorted wall in front of them that hid the truth.”
我想知道人世间有多少人因为固步自封，碍于脸面，而一而再，再而三的经历磨难。结局只能是在自己一手搭建的扭曲世界里和愚昧无知为伍，默默吞下真相。
THE LECTURER
【授课者】
香港大学文学博士
BGM
【背景配乐】
Hotel Lobby (Waltz) by Franz Waxman
Rebecca (Original Film Soundtrack)
背景音乐来自电影《蝴蝶梦》原声配乐
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