查尔斯·狄更斯

图书标准信息

• 作者 詹姆斯 著
• 出版社 上海外语教育出版社
• 出版时间 2009-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9787544611350
• 定价 24.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 122页
• 字数 144千字
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 英国作家生平丛书

【内容简介】

　　CharlesDickens(1812-1870)isprobablyBritainsbest-knownandbest-lovedauthor.Hisnovels，suchasPickwickPapers，DavidCopperfield，GreatExpectationsandAChristmasCarol，havedelightedgenerationsofreaderswiththeirwarmthandgentlehumour，andhisowncolourihlandhecticlifehelpedtoshapesomeofhismostvibrantscenesandfamouscharacters.
　　Hisimpoverishedchildhood-doggedbyhisfathersdebtsandimprisonmentinLondon-andyearsasaparliamentaryjournalistandlegalclerk，broughtDickensfirst-handexperienceofcitylife，enablinghimtoexposeitsrealities，injusticesandhardshipsinworkssuchasOliverTwist，BleakHouseandLittleDorrit.Hewasoftendisillusionedwithsocietyandchampionedthewelfareofthecommonmanthroughsocial，educationandhousingreforms，whichfoundsomeoftheirwidestexpressioninoverahundredarticleshewroteforhisweeklymagazine，HouseholdWords.Fatheroftenchildren，Dickensstruggledwithanunhappymarriage，butheworkeduntiringlyallhislife，achievinggreatfameandfortune.Hisreadingtours，whichindulgedhisloveofthestage，enabledhimtoreachhisaudiencesinBritainandAmerica，andhiseditingandwritinghaveproducedanabundantlegacywhichcontinuestoinformanddelightreaderstothisday.
　　Illustratedthroughoutwithletters，manuscripts，engravingsandphotographs，Elizabeth]amessconcisebiographyprovidesarevealingportraitofaprolific，talentedandhighlyesteemedliterarygenius.

【作者简介】

　　ElizabethJamesisHeadofBritishCollections，1801-1914，atTheBritishLibrary，whereshehasbeenresponsibleforanumberofexhibitionsrelatingtonineteenth-centuryauthorshipandpublishing.HerpreviousbooksincludeThomasHardy，1840-1928（TheBritishLibrary;1990）andPennyDreadfulsandBoysAdventures（co-authoredwithHelenSmith，TheBritishLibrary，1998）;sheiscurrentlyworkingonaneditionofNicholasNicklebyfortheClarendonPress.

【目录】

EARLYCHILDHOOD1812-1822
LONDON1822-1827
APPRENTICEYEARS1827-1836
THEINIMITABLEBOZ1837-1842
AMERICA1842-1844
EUROPE1844-1846
DOMBEYANDSONAND
DAVIDCOPPERFIELD1847-1851
DARKENINGDAYS1852-1856
THEENDOFHISMARRIAGE1857-1858
CELEBRATEDAUTHOR1859-1865
FINALYEARS1865-1870
CHRONOLOGY
FURTHERREADING
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS