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故事简介(英文书籍)
Plotintroduction
ThreegenerationsoftheAnglo-GreekLeonidesfamilylivetogetherinalarge,seeminglycrookedhouse,underthepatriarchyofAristide.HeisanageingmillionairewhooriginallymovedtoEnglandfromSmyrnaand,inthenovel,spendshisremainingdaysinthecompanyofhissecondwifeBrenda,fiftyyearshisjunior.Aftertheoldmanispoisonedwithhisowneyemedicine(eserine),hisgranddaughterSophiatellsherfiancéCharlesHayward,thestory'sfirstpersonnarrator,thatshecan'tmarryhimuntilthekillerisapprehended;so,desperateforherhandinmarriage,hebeginshisowninvestigation... |
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