霧都孤兒（英文）

　　《最經(jīng)典英語(yǔ)文庫(kù)：霧都孤兒（英文版）》首次刊行時(shí)，并不時(shí)興寫反映生活的悲慘現(xiàn)實(shí)小說(shuō)，但狄更斯存心要使讀者震驚。他想要展示出罪犯?jìng)兊恼鎸?shí)面目，揭露出隱藏在倫敦狹小、骯臟的偏僻街道里的恐怖與暴力。因此，他為我們寫了邪惡的費(fèi)金、殘暴的比爾·塞克斯，以及一大群竊賊強(qiáng)盜。這些人撒謊、欺詐、偷竊，害怕進(jìn)監(jiān)獄，害怕劊子手把絞索套到他們的脖子上，在惴惴不安中生活。

　　Charles Dickens （February 1812-9 June 1870） was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life， his works enjoyed unprecedented fame， and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.His novels， most published in monthly or weekly instalments， pioneered the serial publication ofnarrative fiction， which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. His most famous novels are David Copperfield， Oliver Twist， Bleak House and Great Expectations.Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella， A Christmas Carol， is one ofthe most infiuential works ever written， and it remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. His creative genius has been praised by fellow writers-from Leo Tolstoy to G. K. Chesterton and George Orwell-for its realism， comedy， prose style， unique characterizations， 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.