遠大前程:Great expectations(英文版)
是英國19世紀著名作家查爾斯·狄更斯的后期作品,也是他思想上最為成熟的作品之一,與他所寫的其他涉及孤兒題材的小說一樣,書中以充滿同情和細致入微的筆觸塑造了喬、匹普和畢蒂等樸實善良的小人物,但不同的是,作家那時對社會和人生有了更深刻的體驗,以往貫穿于作品中的幽默譏諷風格逐漸淡化,在這部小說里呈現(xiàn)出狄更斯更趨成熟的人生觀。
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英國19世紀著名作家查爾斯·狄更斯的最著名的作品之一。小說的主人公奧利弗·特威斯特,是一名生在濟貧院的孤兒,忍饑挨餓,備受欺凌,由于不堪棺材店老板,教區(qū)執(zhí)事邦布爾夫等人的虐待而獨自逃往倫敦,可剛一到達就受騙誤入賊窟。竊賊團伙的首領—費金費盡千方百計,企圖把奧利弗訓練為扒手以供他驅使。奧利弗跟隨伙伴“機靈鬼”和貝茨上街時,被誤認為他偷了一位叫布朗洛的紳士(恰巧是他父親生前的好友)的手絹而被警察逮捕。后因書攤老板證明了他是無辜的,說明小偷另有其人,他才被釋放。由于他當時病重昏迷,且容貌酷似友人生前留下的一副少婦畫像,布朗洛收留他在家中治病,得到布朗洛及其女管家比德溫太太的關懷,第一次感受到人間的溫暖。
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Thomas Hardy's final novel "Jude the Obscure" began as a serial publication on December 1894 before being published in book form the following year. It is the story of its titular character Jude Fawley, a young lower-class man with dreams of being a scholar, and his relationships with his wife, Arabella, and his free-spirited cousin, Sue Bridehead. The novel follows the life of Jude from his youth living in a village in southern England where he works in a bakery and studies Classical Greek and Latin in his spare time with hopes of one day becoming a scholar at Christminster, a fictional city modeled after Oxford. His dreams are dashed however when he becomes ensnared by deceit into marriage with Arabella Donn, a coarse and superficial girl. What follows is a classic and tragic tale that plays upon many themes, principally of which is the idea that one's ruinous downfall is the product of having lived a sinful life. Having been harshly criticized in its day for its scandalous portrayals, "Jude the Obscure" has since been recognized as one of Hardy's finest and most intricate works.
《野性的呼喚》是由20世紀初美國著名小說家杰克·倫敦所著,并于1903年發(fā)表。全書以19世紀淘金熱為大背景,當時,強壯的拉雪橇的狗成為搶手貨。小說主人公是一條名叫巴克的狗,本來它是家養(yǎng)的,但被人偷走,變賣到生存環(huán)境十分惡劣的阿拉斯加,去拉雪橇。巴克不得不強迫自己適應環(huán)境,與其他的狗打架爭奪地位,最終生存下來,并成為動物群中的首領。該書出版后,即給杰克倫敦贏得巨大聲譽。早在1908年,該書就被改編成電影,此后,又多次被拍攝成電影。小說《白狼》于1906年出版發(fā)行,大背景也是19世紀的淘金熱潮,也是從狗的角度,來看待人類的小說,可以說是《野性的呼喚》的姊妹篇,小說在人性、道德與救贖方面都有很深刻的探索。該小說多次被排成電影,最后一次是1991年,被好萊塢排成電影,受到觀眾們的歡迎。本版本是美國人最認可的哥登堡權威本。