最经典英语文库:雾都孤儿(英文版)[OliverTwist]
内容简介
《最经典英语文库:雾都孤儿(英文版)》首次刊行时,并不时兴写反映生活的悲惨现实小说,但狄更斯存心要使读者震惊。他想要展示出罪犯们的真实面目,揭露出隐藏在伦敦狭小、肮脏的偏僻街道里的恐怖与暴力。因此,他为我们写了邪恶的费金、残暴的比尔·塞克斯,以及一大群窃贼强盗。这些人撒谎、欺诈、偷窃,害怕进监狱,害怕刽子手把绞索套到他们的脖子上,在惴惴不安中生活。
作者简介
Charles Dickens (February 1812-9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.
His novels, most published in monthly or weekly instalments, pioneered the serial publication of
narrative fiction, which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. His most famous novels are David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, Bleak House and Great Expectations.
Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, is one of
the most infiuential works ever written, and it remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. His creative genius has been praised by fellow writers-from Leo Tolstoy to G. K. Chesterton and George Orwell-for its realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterizations, and social criticism. On the other hand Oscar Wilde, Henry James and Virginia Woolf complained of a lack of psychological depth, loose writing, and a vein of saccharine sentimentalism.