Satan's Love Song
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Devoted fans hoping to explore Agatha Christie's non-detective works
- Readers interested in literary works about an artist's inner journey and moral dilemmas
- Literature lovers who appreciate Gothic atmosphere and delicate psychological portrayal
- Readers who want to understand a classic author's early style and the evolution of her thought
Not a good fit for
- Detective fiction readers seeking only fast-paced mysteries and pure puzzle-solving pleasure
- Readers expecting typical Poirot or Miss Marple stories
Reading tips
- Set aside preconceptions about the author's detective works and enter this story about music and human nature with an open mind.
- As you read, note the use of musical imagery, which often serves as a metaphor for characters' inner emotions and conflicts.
- You may consult Agatha Christie's biography or chronology of works to understand this book's special place in her writing career.
About the publisher
Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House takes modern and contemporary Chinese literature and folk literature as important publishing directions, while also covering social novels, classic works, and prose and miscellaneous writings, and has long introduced foreign literature and philosophical works. Its books include masterpieces such as Lao She's Teahouse and Camel Xiangzi, Lu Xun's Call to Arms and Wandering and Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk, and Xiao Hong's Tales of Hulan River, as well as translations such as Gilles Deleuze's Nietzsche and Philosophy, Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, and The Pillars of the Earth trilogy. Its authors include Lao She, Lu Xun, Xiao Hong, Zhou Ying, Liu Yuyu, and Jiang Yi, reflecting a publishing character that balances original literature, academic translation, and general reading.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 序幕
- 第一部 普桑修道院
- 第一章
- 第二章
- 第三章
- 第四章
- 第五章
- 第六章
- 第七章
- 第八章
- 第二部 内尔
- 第一章
- 第二章
- 第三章
- 第四章
- 第五章
- 第六章
- 第七章
- 第三部 简
- 第一章
- 第二章
- 第三章
- 第四章
- 第四部 战争
- 第一章
- 第二章
- 第三章
- 第四章
- 第五部 乔治·格林
- 第一章
- 第二章
- 第三章
- 第四章
- 第五章
- 特别收录 玛丽·韦斯特马科特的秘密
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About the author
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was a British detective novelist, widely known as the "Queen of Crime." Over her lifetime she wrote more than eighty detective novels, generally classified as foreign literature and suspense or mystery fiction, and is noted for tightly constructed plots, steadily mounting suspense, and unexpected endings. She created two contrasting detectives: the Belgian investigator Poirot, who relies on deduction and his "little grey cells," and the elderly village spinster Miss Marple, who sees through appearances by drawing on everyday human nature and close observation. Her representative works include And Then There Were None, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and Murder on the Orient Express; the first is admired for its closed-circle structure of a nursery rhyme killing on an isolated island, while the second is often praised for its narrative technique. Her books have been translated into many languages and have had a lasting influence on later mystery writing, and they have long attracted a wide readership in the Chinese-speaking world as well.
