寂寞昙花空自怜(The Lonely Night-blooming Cereus)

《寂寞昙花空自怜——阮玲玉传》以时间为线索，讲述了民国时代的著名影星——阮玲玉跌宕起伏的一生。出生于1910年4月26日的她，虽是一代星，短暂的一生却充满了传奇与坎坷。她自由丧父，年仅六岁的她，被迫随母亲何阿英到一家张姓富户帮佣，后来她与张家四公子——张达民痴缠至死。少女时代的她，也曾有过爱情，但它们却如烟花般稍纵即逝，因为贪图他给的片刻欢愉和温暖，致使她在25岁那年，就魂归西天，从此一去不返。也因为他，使她踏上了辉煌的电影之路，她出演过《野草闲花》《三个摩登女性》《小玩意》《城市之夜》《人生》《归来》《再会吧，上海》《香雪海》《神女》《新女性》《国风》等一系列影片。她的出色为她带来名望，也给她带来另一个男人——唐季珊，但是他也没太爱她，她只不过是他的片叶，零落而又破碎。她逝于1935年3月8号，她死于人言可畏。The book chronicles the eventful life of the film star in Republic of China: Ruan Lingyu. Born in April 26, 1910, she enjoyed stardom and her short life was both legendary and tragic. Her father died early and she was forced to become servant to a wealthy Zhang family with her mother He Aying. Later she commit suicide due to her scandulous relationship to the fourth son in the Zhang family, Zhang Damin. As a girl she also enjoyed love, which was however fleeting. She craved the short-lived happiness and warmth with him, which led to her death at 25. But she also started her glorious career in the movie business because of him. She starred in a series of movies including Wild Flowers, Three Modern Women, Little Toys, Night in the City, Life, Coming Home, Goodbye, Shanghai, A Sea of Fragrant Snow, The Goddess, New Women, and National Customs, etc. Her excellence brought her with fame and another man Tang Jishan. But he was not very much in love with her. She was insignificant to him. She died of “fearful gossip” on March 8, 1935.