英美文学(查尔斯.狄更斯主要作品及简介)

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Charles Dickens
(1812-1817)
Dickens came from a poor background .Thus he had received little formal education ,but managed to make up for the deficiency through avid and extensive reading on his own . And his works mainly described the England social life of Victorian, he was praised as the greatest realism writer of 19th century.
Main characters
Doctor Manette father
His servant
daughter
Her friend
Lucie Manette
Her husband
Miss Pross
Madame defarge
The lady’s sister and brother
Sydney Carton
Charles Darnay The dead man and woman
Marquis St.Evremonde
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They were killed by
Details

On a night of December 1767, the marquis St.Evremonde. asked the doctor Manette to see two patients, but finally they all died. The doctor knew that the two were directly killed by the marquis , and the marquis framed up the doctor and put him into prison. 18 years later the doctor was out of jail and found his daughter Lucie who was raised by the servant named Miss Pross. There were two men looks very like ,and they all wanted to marry Lucie one was called Charles Darnay , the nephew of the French marquis,the other named Sydney Carton,in the end Lucie was married to Darnay. Madame defarge was very against the marriage of Lucie and Darnay , she made a false charge against Darnay ,and he was sentenced to be hanged, Carton used the narcotic(麻醉药) to drive Darnay was in a coma ,he bore the death for his friend just wanted his friends would enjoy a happy life.
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
Other works :
1.The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick · 《匹克威克外传》（1837） 2. The Adventures of Oliver Twist 《奥利弗尔· 退斯特》 (1838) 3.The Old Curiosity Shop 《老古玩店》(1841） 4.The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (1843) 《马丁· 朱舒尔准特》 5.The Chimes 《钟声》(1844) 6.David Copperfield 《大卫· 科波菲尔》(1850) 7.Little Dorritt 《小杜丽》(1857)