托妮·莫里森的小说《宠儿》从那所1873年的房子,闹鬼的124号房子开始讲述,房子里充斥着婴儿的怨毒。闹鬼的原因是塞丝(Sethe)杀死了自己的女儿,却拒绝忏悔。婴儿名为宠儿(Beloved),她到底是塞丝亲手杀死的两岁小女儿,还是萦绕在房子里的鬼魂,亦或者是那位莫名而至的姑娘。宠儿的多重角色更为这部小说增添了神秘色彩。 Toni Morrison’s novel, “Beloved,” begins with the house of 1873, Haunted House 124, and the house is full of infant malware. Haunted because Sethe killed his daughter, he refused to repent. The baby is Beloved, whether she is a two-year-old daughter Sessions personally killed, a ghost lingering in the house, or the inexplicable girl. The multiple roles of darling add more mystery to the novel.