Ukuba iAlaska yathandana ne-zombie kwaye yamazisa kubazali bayo, kwakutheni ukuze uNkosikazi Muir angabi nalo uthando kunye nesiporho sendlu esingahlali mntu?
Yonke into ngumba wexesha kunye nefom. Umzuzu ulinde ukukuthatha ukuya kwinqanaba lesine ngaphandle kwe-orgasms okanye mhlawumbi kunye nabo ngubani owaziyo? Kuba xa kufikwa kuthando, eyona nto icacileyo yeyokuba i-philias, phobias, telekinesis okanye iimpahla zomzimba zonke zinokubangelwa yinto enye, isidingo sokufumana esinye isiqingatha apha okanye phaya. Umntu oza kuhlala naye kwaye abukele ubomi (okanye ukufa) kuhamba Xa kungekho nto ingcono ungayenza A inoveli yothando Ngeyona ndlela imangalisayo inokuba yiyo.
Isiqendu
U-Lucy Muir ngumhlolokazi osemncinci wonke umntu amthatha "omncinci kakhulu" ngaphandle kwento yokuba yena uzijonga njengowasetyhini ozimisele kakhulu. Ebotshelelwe ngumatyala emva kokusweleka komyeni wakhe, ugqiba kwelokuba afudukele eGull Cottage, indlu encinci ebekwe kwidolophu entle yaseNgilane ebizwa ngokuba yiWhitecliff.
Ngokwamarhe ahamba kule ndawo, indlu iyatshutshiswa, kwaye nomoya womphathi wendoda entle nozingcayo, uDaniel Gregg, owayengumnini wale ndlu, uzula-zula kuloo ndawo ebakhathaza bonke abo banobuganga bokuphazamisa ukuphumla kwakhe. Ngokuzikhusela kwizilumkiso, uLucy ucinga ngokuzifumanela ngokwakhe ukuba la mabali ayinyani. Obu budlelwane bumangalisayo kodwa buthambileyo abumiselayo kunye noCaptain Gregg buya kuba yindawo yakhe nothando oluyalela yonke imithetho yengqondo.
Ishicilelwe ngo-1945, kwaye intsholongwane yefilimu edumileyo nguJoseph L. Mankiewicz, Isiporho kunye noNkosk. Muir yinto ehlekisayo nehlaziyayo yothando malunga nokukwazi ukuthanda ukophula nawuphi na umda kungekuphela ebomini, kodwa nangaphaya.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli "The Ghost and Mrs Muir", nguRA Dick, apha: