《钟表匠的女儿》故事简介
‖我对接下来的计划只字未提，甚至连一句正式的告别都没说……我以为，我们还有时间，还会再见面。‖
如今，我已在伯奇伍德庄园里生活了155年。
幼时，他们说我是钟表匠的女儿，是另有用途的小女孩；
成年前，爱德华说我是他的缪斯，是他无法逃离的命运；
那年夏天之后，世人说我是小偷，是冒名顶替的女骗子。
而我的真实姓名，早已随着那年夏天的真相，深埋在时间的细流之下，一去不复返。
作者简介
凯特•莫顿（KateMorton），澳大利亚国民级女作家，被国外读者誉为“文学女王”。自处女作《雾中回忆》横空出世以来，她就成为享誉世界的畅销书作家，作品累计总销量突破1100万册，以34种语言版本，风靡42个国家和地区。2013年，她以高票数登顶“澳大利亚受欢迎作家”排行榜。她曾四度摘得澳大利亚书业（ABIA）“年度小说”大奖，创下了该奖项开设以来无人能及的纪录。
莫顿成长于澳大利亚昆士兰东南山区，自小酷爱阅读，坚信阅读能实现真正的自由。她曾先后求学于英国伦敦三一学院和皇家戏剧艺术学院，以优等生荣誉毕业于昆士兰大学文学系。
《钟表匠的女儿》是她的第六部长篇小说，出版后迅速登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜。本书以英国诸多历史建筑为灵感，结合前拉斐尔派艺术家们的奇闻逸事，描绘出一幅缱绻、哀婉而沉郁的历史画卷。故事通过一位神秘人物之口，向读者讲述了一座古老庄园的诱人魅力和英国百年的时代变迁。
Introduction to the story of the watchmaker's Daughter
‖ I didn't say anything about the next plan, not even a proper goodbye... I thought, you know, we had time, we'd see each other again. lots
I have now lived at Birchwood House for 155 years.
When I was a child, they said I was a watchmaker's daughter, a little girl for another purpose;
Before he was an adult, Edward said I was his Muse, his destiny from which he could not escape;
After that summer, the world called me a thief and an impostor.
And my real name, with the truth of that summer, has long been buried under the trickle of time, never to return.
About the author
KateMorton, an Australian national female writer, is praised as the "Queen of literature" by foreign readers. Since her debut novel, "Memories in the Fog," she has become a best-selling author worldwide, with cumulative sales of more than 11 million copies in 34 languages and 42 countries and regions. In 2013, she topped the list of Australia's most Popular Authors. She has won the Australian Book Industry's (ABIA) Novel of the Year award four times, a record unmatched since the awards began.
Growing up in the mountains of southeast Queensland, Australia, Morton loved reading as a child and believed that reading can achieve true freedom. She studied at Trinity College London and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and graduated with honours from the University of Queensland in Literature.
The Watchmaker's Daughter, her sixth novel, quickly became a New York Times bestseller. Inspired by Britain's many historic buildings and the anecdotes of pre-Raphaelite artists, this book paints a deeply attached, mournful and melancholy picture of history. Through the mouth of a mysterious figure, the story tells readers about the seductive charm of an old manor house and the changes of The Times in England for a hundred years.
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