GreatExpectations(Barnes&NobleClassicsSeries)

作者 Charles Dickens著
出版社 Barnes&Noble
出版时间 2003年5月
ISBN 9781593080068
定价 35.20

内容简介

GreatExpectations,byCharlesDickens,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Alleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences—biographical,historical,andliterary—toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks.GreatExpectations,describedbyG.K.Chestertonasa"studyinhumanweaknessandtheslowhumansurrender,”maybecalledCharlesDickens’sfinestmomentinaremarkablyillustriousliterarycareer.Inanovergrownchurchyard,agrizzledconvictspringsuponanorphannamedPip.TheconvictterrifiestheyoungboyandthreatenstokillhimunlessPiphelpsfurtherhisescape.Later,PipfindshimselfintheruinedgardenwherehemeetsthebitterandcrazyMissHavishamandherfosterchildEstella,withwhomheimmediatelyfallsinlove.Afterasecretbenefactorgiveshimafortune,PipmovestoLondon,wherehecultivatesgreatexpectationsforalifewhichwouldallowhimtodiscardhisimpoverishedbeginningsandsocializewiththeidleupperclass.AsPipstrugglestobecomeagentlemanandistormentedendlesslybythebeautifulEstella,heslowlylearnsthetruthabouthimselfandhisillusions.Writteninthelastdecadeofhislife,GreatExpectationsrevealsDickens’sdarkattitudestowardVictoriansociety,itsinherentclassstructure,anditsmaterialism.YetthisnovelpersistsasoneofDickens’smostpopular.Richlycomicandimmenselyreadable,GreatExpectationsoverspillswithvividlydrawncharacters,moralmaelstroms,andthesorrowandpityoflove.RadhikaJonesisadoctoralcandidateinEnglishandcomparativeliteratureatColumbiaUniversityandthemanagingeditorofGrandStreetmagazine.

作者简介

CharlesDickenswasbornin1812nearPortsmouthwherehisfatherwasaclerkinthenavypayoffice.ThefamilymovedtoLondonin1823,buttheirfortuneswereseverelyimpaired.Dickenswassenttoworkinablacking-warehousewhenhisfatherwasimprisonedfordebt.Bothexperiencesdeeplyaffectedthefuturenovelist.In1833hebegancontributingstoriestonewspapersandmagazines,andin1836startedtheserialpublicationofPickwickPapers.Thereafter,Dickenspublishedhismajornovelsoverthecourseofthenexttwentyyears,fromNicholasNicklebytoLittleDorrit.HealsoeditedthejournalsHouseholdWordsandAlltheYearRound.DickensdiedinJune1870.查尔斯·狄更斯（CharlesDickens）（1812年－1870年），19世纪英国最伟大的小说家之一。狄更斯特别注意描写生活在英国社会底层的“小人物”的生活遭遇，深刻地反映了当时英国复杂的社会现实，为英国批判现实主义文学的开拓和发展做出了卓越的贡献。他的作品至今依然盛行，对英国文学发展起到了深远的影响。主要作品《匹克威克外传》、《雾都孤儿》、《老古玩店》、《艰难时世》、《我们共同的朋友》。

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