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暮光之城
· About the Author
·Novels & Movies about it
·Background of the story
·Background of vampire
Stephenie Meyer
史蒂芬梅尔
Born in Connecticut, America(康涅狄格州), Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University(梅耶杨百翰大学) with a degree in English literature(英语学士学位).
She used to be a full-time housewife(全职主妇) for 3 sons without any slight experience in writing.
Believe it or not, at one night in 2003, a dream totally changed her life ever since, which later turned out to be a chapter presented in her debut work(处女作):Twilight(暮色).
After Twilight, Stephenie Meyer continued with New moon(新月) Eclipse(月食)and Breaking Dawn(破晓), known as the Twilight Series.
In May of 2008, she was among “the one hundred most influential personality”(最有影响力百人) carefully selected by the Times(时代周刊).
Four episodes of the Twilight series:
Three of them have been made or planed to be made into movies.
书名
出版日期
销量成绩
暮光之城之暮色
整个2005年,《暮色》是人们谈论话题最多的畅销书,上市短短几周,该书就一飞冲天,名列《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜第5名。之后该书又占据榜首5周之久
暮光之城之新月
第二部《新月》2006年8月上市,名列《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜达52周之久,其中有31周名列榜首。读者是如此迫切地想看到《新月》,以至于其限量试读本在eBay的拍卖价高达380美元
暮光之城之月食
该书上市后在全世界引起轰动,首印100万册,第一天销量就超过15万册,把《哈利·波特与死亡圣徒》从畅销书榜榜首位置上挤下来。一周后已售出25万册,荣登《纽约时报》、《今日美国》、《华尔街日报》冠军宝座。
暮光之城之破晓
“暮光之城”系列第四部《破晓》于2008年8月2日零点01分在美国正式推出,首印量高达370万册,上映第一天销量即超过130万册。
It is a story centered on the meandering love story between the mortalgirl(凡人的) Isabella Swan and the immortal(不朽的) Edward Cullen, combining the vampire legend, werewolf(狼人), life on campus, horrific suspense(恐怖悬疑), edy(冒险喜剧) and many other eye-catching elements.
First Part: Twilight
In Stephenie Meyer’s eyes, “love is the strongest emotion”. With the author’s engaging language, the unfathomable(难以琢磨的) confusion and bewilderment of emotion during puberty(青春期) of the heroine was finely(细腻的) depicted(刻画).
Those touching and chord-striking terms (especially the soliloquie