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最经典英语文库：雾都孤儿（英文版）

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

CharlesDickens（February1812-9June1870）wasanEnglishwriterandsocialcritic.Hecreatedsomeoftheworld'smostmemorablefictionalcharactersandisgenerallyregardedasthegreatestnovelistoftheVictorianperiod.Duringhislife，hisworksenjoyedunprecedentedfame，andbythetwentiethcenturyhisliterarygeniuswasbroadlyacknowledgedbycriticsandscholars.Hisnovelsandshortstoriescontinuetobewidelypopular.Hisnovels，mostpublishedinmonthlyorweeklyinstalments，pioneeredtheserialpublicationofnarrativefiction，whichbecamethedominantVictorianmodefornovelpublication.HismostfamousnovelsareDavidCopperfield，OliverTwist，BleakHouseandGreatExpectations.Dickenswasregardedastheliterarycolossusofhisage.His1843novella，AChristmasCarol，isoneofthemostinfiuentialworkseverwritten，anditremainspopularandcontinuestoinspireadaptationsineveryartisticgenre.Hiscreativegeniushasbeenpraisedbyfellowwriters-fromLeoTolstoytoG.K.ChestertonandGeorgeOrwell-foritsrealism，comedy，prosestyle，uniquecharacterizations，andsocialcriticism.OntheotherhandOscarWilde，HenryJamesandVirginiaWoolfcomplainedofalackofpsychologicaldepth，loosewriting，andaveinofsaccharinesentimentalism.

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