內容簡介
The storming of the Bastille...the death carts with their doomed human cargo...the swift drop of the guillotine blade-this is the French Revolution that Charles Dickens vividly captures in his famous work A Tale of Two Cities. With dramatic eloquence, he brings to life a time of terror and treason, a starbing people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime. With insight and compassion, he casts his novel of unforgettable scenes with unforgettable characters.
With dramatic eloquence, this story of the French Revolution brings to life a time of terror and treason, and a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime.
這是世界最偉大的批判現實主義傑作之一,也是英國文豪狄更斯作品中故事情節最麯摺驚險、最驚心動魄的小說之一,小說以18世紀的法國大革命為背景,故事中將巴黎、倫敦兩個大城市連結起來,敘述馬奈特醫生一傢充滿瞭愛與冒險的遭遇,中間穿插瞭貴族的殘暴、人民的憤怒、審判間諜……
作者簡介
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 near Portsmouth where his father was a clerk in the navy pay office. The family moved to London in 1823, but their fortunes were severely impaired. Dickens was sent to work in a blacking-warehouse when his father was imprisoned for debt. Both experiences deeply affected the future novelist. In 1833 he began contributing stories to newspapers and magazines, and in 1836 started the serial publication of Pickwick Papers. Thereafter, Dickens published his major novels over the course of the next twenty years, from Nicholas Nickleby to Little Dorrit. He also edited the journals Household Words and All the Year Round. Dickens died in June 1870.
查爾斯·狄更斯(Charles Dickens,1812~1870),1812年生於英國的樸次茅斯。父親過著沒有節製的生活,負債纍纍。年幼的狄更斯被迫被送進一傢皮鞋油店當學徒,飽嘗瞭艱辛。狄更斯16歲時,父親因債務被關進監獄。從此,他們的生活更為悲慘。工業革命一方麵帶來瞭19世紀前期英國大都市的繁榮,另一方麵又帶來瞭庶民社會的極端貧睏和對童工的殘酷剝削。尖銳的社會矛盾和不公正的社會製度使狄更斯決心改變自己的生活。15歲時,狄更斯在一傢律師事務所當抄寫員並學習速記,此後,又在報社任新聞記者。在《記事晨報》任記者時,狄更斯開始發錶一些具有諷刺和幽默內容的短劇,主要反映倫敦的生活,逐漸有瞭名氣。他瞭解城市底層人民的生活和風土人情,這些都體現在他熱情洋溢的筆端。此後,他在不同的雜誌社任編輯、主編和發行人,其間發錶瞭幾十部長篇和短篇小說,主要作品有《霧都孤兒》、《聖誕頌歌》、《大衛·科波菲爾》和《遠大前程》等。
狄更斯的作品大多取材於與自己的親身經曆或所見所聞相關聯的事件。他在書中揭露瞭濟貧院駭人聽聞的生活製度,揭開瞭英國社會底層的可怕秘密,淋灕盡緻地描寫瞭社會的黑暗和罪惡。本書起筆便描寫瞭主人公奧利弗生下來便成為孤兒,以及在濟貧院度過的悲慘生活。後來,他被迫到殯儀館做學徒,又因不堪忍受虐待而離傢齣走。孤身一人來到倫敦後,又落入瞭竊賊的手中。狄更斯在其作品中大量描寫瞭黑暗的社會現實,對平民階層寄予瞭深切的嚮情,並無情地批判瞭當時的社會製度。他在小說描寫的現實性和人物的個性化方麵成績是突齣的。他成為繼莎士比亞之後,塑造作品人物數量最多的一個作傢。
精彩書評
"I've come to prefer Oxford's editions of my texts because of the usefulness of the explanatory notes and above all the inclusion of vital contextual information about publishing practices (serialization dates, etc.) and historical background that are essential to my nethod of instruction."
--Prof. Martha Holmes, Univ. of Colorado
前言/序言
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