查爾斯·狄更斯，全名查爾斯·約翰·赫法姆·狄更斯（Charles John Huffam Dickens，1812年－1870年），英國小說傢，狄更斯一生共創作瞭14部長篇小說，許多中、短篇小說和雜文、遊記、戲劇、小品。其中最著名的作品是描寫勞資矛盾的長篇代錶作《艱難時 代》（1854）和描寫1789年法國革命的另一篇代錶作《雙城記》（1859）。前者展示瞭工業資本傢對工人的殘酷剝削和壓迫，描寫瞭工人階級的團結鬥爭，並批判瞭為資本傢剝削辯護的自由競爭原則和功利主義學說。後者以法國貴族的荒淫殘暴、人民群眾的重重苦難和法國大革命的曆史威力，來影射當時的英國社會現實，預示這場“可怕的大火”也將在法國重演。其他作品有《奧列佛·特維斯特》（又譯《霧都孤兒》1838）、《老古玩店》（1841），《董貝父子》（1848），《大衛·考坡菲》（1850）和《遠大前程》（1861），等等。狄更斯是19世紀英國現實主義文學的主要代錶。藝術上以妙趣橫生的幽默、細緻入微的心理分析，以及現實主義描寫與浪漫主義氣氛的有機結閤著稱。

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