内容简介
CharlesDickenshadanunderstandingofmid-Victoriansocietysecondtonone，andgeniusandenergymassiveenoughtomaketheabsurditiesandterrorsofthatsocietycomealiveonthepage.NicholasNickleby，withitsepisodesofchicaneryinfinanceandeducation，andthedramaticintensitywithwhichittellsthestoryofitsopen-heartedprotagonists-ayoungbrotherandsisteratseainadangerousworld-anditsfrighteningvillain，themagnificentlyrenderedRalphNickleby，representsDickensathisclear-eyed，indignantandmesmerizingbest.
作者简介
CharlesDickenswasbornon7February1812inLandportinPortsmouth.HisfatherwasaclerkintheNavyPayOfficewhooftenendedupinfinancialtrouble.WhenDickenswastwelveyears’oldhewassenttoworkinashoepolishfactorybecausehisfatherhadbeenimprisonedfordebt.In1833hebegantopublishshortstoriesandessaysinnewspapersandmagazines.ThePickwickPapers,hisfirstcommercialsuccess,waspublishedin1836,thesameyearthathemarriedCatherineHogarth.TheserialisationofOliverTwistbeganin1837whileThePickwickPaperswasstillrunning.ManyothernovelsfollowedandDickensbecameacelebrityinAmericaaswellasBritain.HealsosetupandeditedthejournalsHouseholdWords(1850–9)andAlltheYearRound(1859–70).CharlesDickensdiedon9June1870leavinghislastnovel,TheMysteryofEdwinDrood,unfinished.HeisburiedinWestminsterAbbey.
