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His work has been praised for its mastery (精通) of prose （散文）and unique personalities by writers such as George Gissing, Leo Tolstoy and G. K. Chesterton .
1870 “ Edwin Drood”
«艾德温·德鲁德之迷».
His First Novel
The Pickwick Papers(1836)
Taken from the movie Oliver Twist
This novel tells the story of Dickens’ life at the blacking factory.
Dickens lived here in 1817-1822
In 1830,he met his first love,Maria Beadnell.This courtship ended with Maria’s pareants disapproval.
In 1836, he married Catherine Thomson Hogarth,and had 10 children.
A Tale of Two Cities 1. Background : French Revolution 2. Time Period: seventy years before the
Victorian Age 3. Settings: London and Paris
A Tale of Two Cities Chapter One: The Period
Thomas
Hardy
▪ Son of a village builder in Dorset, southwest of England which used to be a Saxon kingdom names Wessex, a name Hardy used proudly in his writing.
The unhappy period in his youth was turned into his favourite, and most autobiographical novel, David Copperfield.
"A tale of two cities" is one of Dickens's most important representative works．
the 19th-century England 3. Dickens is a master story-teller. His language could,
in a way, be compared with Shakespeare's. His humor and wit seem inexhaustible. Characterportrayal is the most outstanding feature of his works.
1845 “The Cricket on the Hearth” 《灶上蟋蟀》 1846-48 “Dombey and son” 《董贝父子》 1849-50 “David Copperfield 《大卫·科波菲尔德》
Major Woks
▪ C. 1852—53 “Bleak House”
«荒凉山庄»
▪ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so. far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
▪ Study architecture in London for five years
▪ Work as an architect in his native land
▪ Begin his literary career as a poet
In 1858 ,he divorced Catherine and then lived secretly with an actrCharles Dickens dies by stroke on June 9, 1870 and he was buried at Westminster Abbey in the Poet’s Corner.
who detests aristocracy; ▪ Sydney Carton – quick-minded but depressed
English lawyer; ▪ Lucie Manette – young Frenchwoman whom
Darnay and Carton both love;
1854 “Hard Times”
«艰难时世»
1855—57 “Little Dorrit”
«小杜丽»
1859 “A Tale of Two Cities” «双城记»
1860---61 “Great Expectations”
«远大前程»
1864---65 “Our Mutual Friend” «我们的共同朋友»
However, Henry James and Virginia Woolf criticised his work for sentimentality and implausibility （难以置
信）.
Major Works
1836 “Sketches by Boz” «博兹特写集» 1836-37 “The Pickwick Papers” «匹克威克外» 1837-38 “Oliver Twist” 《雾都孤儿》 1838-39 “Nicholas Nickleby” «尼古拉斯·尼克尔贝» 1840-41 “The Old Curiosity Shop” «老古玩店»
Thomas Hardy
▪ Thomas Hardy, was an English author ▪ of the naturalist movement, though he regarded
himself primarily as a poet and composed novels mainly for financial gain. The bulk of his work, set mainly in the semi-fictional land of Wessex, delineates characters struggling against their passions and circumstances.
When he was 12,he worked in a factory putting labels on bottles of shoe polish,helping sopport his family.
After his father was paroled (假释),he attended the Wellinton House Academy in North London
《双城记》 第一章 时代
▪ 那是最美好的时代，那是最糟糕的时代；那是智 慧的年头，那是愚昧的年头；那是信仰的时期， 那是怀疑的时期；那是光明的季节，那是黑暗的 季节；那是希望的春天，那是失望的冬天；我们 全都在直奔天堂，我们全都在直奔相反的方向-简而言之，那时跟现在非常相象，某些最喧嚣的 权威坚持要用形容词的最高级来形容它。说它好， 是最高级的；说它不好，也是最高级的。
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
Thomas Hardy:
English poet and novelist, famous for his depictions of the imaginary country “Wessex”. Hardy’s works
reflected his pessimism and sense of tragedy in human life.
1841 “Barnaby Rudge”«巴纳比·拉奇»
Major Works
▪ B. 1842 “American Notes” «美国札记» 1843-45 “Martin Chuzzlewit” «马丁·朱述尔维特» 1843 “A Christmas Carol” 《圣诞颂歌》 1844 “ The Chimes” 《教堂钟声》
Major characters
▪ Dr. Alexandre Manette – a physician,Lucie's father ▪ Marquis of Evermond –an aristocrat andDarnay’s
father ▪ Charles Darnay – respectable young Frenchman
Themes:
▪ Hatred for tyranny of ruling class, old ways of oppression must be changed through revolution
▪ Mixed feelings for the French Revolution: an understanding of the eruption of the revolution and a deep concern for the violence that may occur in the mass revolution. Criticize the bloodshed in revolution, disapprove of extreme measures
Comments on Dickens 1. The greatest novelist of the Victorian period and the
greatest representative of English critical realism 2. Dickens sets a full map & a large-scale criticism of
Charles Dickens (18121870)
Charles Dickens The greatest representative of
English critical realism
Born in Portsmouth, England on Feb. 7, 1812
Only had a few years of private education at William Giles's School, in Chatham before his father was imprisoned