Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today.
Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.
Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire, and keen observation of character and society. 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. Cliffhanger endings in his serial publications kept readers in suspense. The instalment format allowed Dickens to evaluate his audience's reaction, and he often modified his plot and character development based on such feedback. For example, when his wife's chiropodist expressed distress at the way Miss Mowcher in David Copperfield seemed to reflect her disabilities, Dickens improved the character with positive features. His plots were carefully constructed, and he often wove elements from topical events into his narratives. Masses of the illiterate poor chipped in ha'pennies to have each new monthly episode read to them, opening up and inspiring a new class of readers.
Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted, and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction. Dickens has been praised by fellow writers—from Leo Tolstoy to George Orwell, G. K. Chesterton and Tom Wolfe —for his realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, 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. The term Dickensian is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings, such as poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters.
In the marshy mists of a village churchyard, atiny orphan boy named Pip is suddenly terrified by ashivering, limping convict on the run. Yearslater, a supremely arrogant young Pip boards the coachto London where, by the grace of a mysteriousbenefactor, he will join the ranks of the idle richand "become a gentleman." Finally, in theluminous mists of the village at evening, Pip theman meets Estella, his dazzingly beautifultormentor, in a ruined garden--and lays to rest all theheartaches and illusions that his "greatexpectations" have brought upon him. Dickens'sbiographer, Edgar H. Johnson, has said that--exceptfor the author's last-minute tampering with hisoriginal ending-- Great Expectations is "the most perfectly constructed andperfectly written of all Dickens's works." In JohnIrving's Introduction to this edition, thenovelist takes the view that Dickens's revised ending is"far more that mirror of the quality of trust inthe novel as a whole." Both versions of theending are printed here.
读这本书,于主线之外,关注到其中旁逸的一些情节。有一种领悟,原来,现代社会之于人的深刻影响长久以来便存在。 譬如,贾格斯律师事务所里的办事员威米克,这个人物给我留下的更深刻印象不是他的精明干练,而是他把在小不列颠街的工作和在瓦尔沃思城堡的生活截然分开...
評分狄更斯的这部经典小说很有魅力,既风趣幽默又寓意深刻,好看易读而又令人感概良多,就如品了一杯好酒,历久弥香,回味无穷。书名为远大前程,实际却是一场真实发生而又破灭的幻梦,是主人公皮普的一场华丽旅程,从雾气弥漫、沼泽遍地的英国乡村质朴生活到繁华都市伦敦的...
評分相比武侠、言情小说,世界名著看得实在少了点。印象最深的是,每次从图书馆借了名著回来,看了一点以后(有时候只有几页),就搁在抽屉了。不知过了多久,发现书快到期了,才又拿起来看。大体来说,名著的头总是给人感觉很慢——我的意思是没有商业小说那么有特别吸引人的开...
評分人们总是容易忙着追求,却很难发现有很多美好的事物曾经就在身边.当有1天我们意识到这1点的时候,那些美好的事物早已远去,我们没有办法回到以前,为此我们只能抱以淡淡1笑,笑曾经那个莽撞的 傻傻的自己;笑现在这个落寞的 无奈的自己.人生好像电影,是1门充满遗憾的艺术!当然也有...
評分最后一章,皮普和艾斯黛拉重逢在废墟般的庄园里。 她老了很多,但是依然很美。 “我想我们可以做好朋友是吧?” 于是两个人牵着手走向落日余晖。 据说狄更斯本来给这本书写了两个结局,另一个结局是皮普知道自己再也得不到艾斯黛拉的心了,艾斯黛拉嫁给了一个医生,颇有老大嫁...
還是去年有一天跟老馬夫婦在肯特的Oare Marshes看鳥,他們跟我說這地方就是狄更斯great expectations小說裏主人公遇見逃犯的地方,於是決定無論如何要看看這本小說。緩慢地終於讀完瞭。覺得好玩的是為瞭人物的塑造,在英語中狄更斯特意寫齣瞭口音感,雖然剛開始造成瞭我閱讀的時候的“大霧”,習慣後還挺有意思的。But書的內容本身還是在我期望之下,情節有些拖遝,有些故意設計的巧閤的情節以為是伏筆但後續沒有故事上推進就隻是個巧閤而已,人物有時突然齣現,甚至莫名的齣現,又大段消失,讓人理解不瞭動機,也理解不瞭大段刻畫的意義。
评分整個故事很有意味,值得慢慢體會
评分A Dream! Pip and Estella , Joe ,Hebert , I spent almost 3 weeks reading it , hoping worthy.
评分發誓再也不讀雞精斯的我再一次迫於壓力讀瞭這本。閱讀體驗極差,休要提什麼閱讀快感瞭。情節設計有點做作,背後是全知作者時不時的神兵天降。比如Joe為什麼就得這麼不計前嫌地對Pip好,就連後者自己都早已意識到自己的ingratitude?是把他當親兒子瞭?Orlick憑什麼就能壞成這樣,就因為Pip阻礙瞭他的春天?Magwitch這個人的確就是個magic witch,因為他的整個行動價值體係簡直就是受magic操控,毫無邏輯可言。在所有角色裏,Estella是可以再好好打磨一下的。但是again,打磨人物可能並非雞精斯的誌趣所在。還有,他為什麼總覺得要把所有人物都通過各種機緣巧閤和神秘的身世之謎串在一起纔可以呢?妥妥的暢銷書套路。
评分Dickens肯定超級愛The London Merchant這個劇...
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