The Lifted Veil(II)撩起的面纱（英文版） (English Edition)

The Lifted Veil is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. The Lifted Veil explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate. The Lifted Veil’s sickly narrator, Latimer, believes himself to be cursed with the ability to see the future and sense the thoughts and feelings of those around him. Disgusted by what he sees in the minds of others, he accepts that he will lead an unobtrusive life, constantly overshadowed by his more vigorous elder brother. That is, until he meets and becomes fascinated with Bertha, his brother’s beautiful and coquettish fiancée. This leads to tragedy as his obsession with his brother's fiancee. The novella is a significant part of the Victorian tradition of horror fiction. Through The Lifted Veil Eliot proves skilled at incorporating the mysterious themes of the horror fiction genre into her distinctive writing style.

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