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The Lifted Veil is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. Quite unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The Lifted Veil explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate. The novella is a significant part of the Victorian tradition of horror fiction, which includes such other examples as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818), Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897).
乔治•艾略特的短篇小说《掀起的面纱》于1859年第一次出版,它探索了人类超乎寻常的感知力、物质生活的本质、死后重生的可能性、以及命运的力量。叙述者拉蒂默有一种看透未来和其他人的想法的天赋,抑或称为被诅咒的异能,他本身非常反感了解别人做事的动机,他的情非得已的"天赋"可能是由于儿童时期在日内瓦读书时的一场大病引起的。后来,拉蒂默着迷于他哥哥的未婚妻伯莎,她冷酷而时常向他卖弄风骚,但是她却是跟拉蒂默亲近的人中,唯一无法被猜透内心和行为目的的人,在他的哥哥因骑马摔死之后,她嫁给了拉蒂默,但是最后拉蒂默却发现他们的婚姻是破碎的,他最终认识了伯莎不忠实的本性。