David Copperfield (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)[大卫·科波菲尔]

图书标准信息

• 作者 Charles Dickens（查尔斯·狄更斯） 著
• 出版社 Barnes & Noble
• 出版时间 2003-12
• ISBN 9781593080631
• 定价 69.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 768页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

DavidCopperfield,byCharlesDickens,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:
Alleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences—biographical,historical,andliterary—toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks.

Dickens’sfavoriteofallhisnovels,DavidCopperfieldisthestoryofaboywholosesbothparentsatanearlyage,andwhoescapesthetortureofworkingforhispitilessstepfathertomakesomethingofhimselfand,withanyluck,findtruehappiness.
DavidCopperfieldfeaturesanunforgettablegalleryofcharacters,includingDavid’scruelstepfatherMr.Murdstone,theunctuousUriahHeep,theamiableMr.Micawber,whomDickensbasedonhisfather,andDoraSpenglow,whomDavidmarriesandcallshis"child-wife.”Writteninthefirstperson,DavidCopperfieldisperhapsthemostautobiographicalofDickens’sfictions.Thisneweditionincludescommentaries,discussionquestions,andPhiz’soriginalillustrations.

FeaturestheoriginalillustrationsbyPhiz.

RadhikaJonesisthemanagingeditorofGrandStreetmagazine,afreelancewriter,andaPh.D.candidateinEnglishandComparativeLiteratureatColumbiaUniversity.JonesalsowrotetheintroductionandnotesfortheBarnes&NobleClassicseditionofCharlesDickens’sGreatExpectations.

【作者简介】

CharlesDickenswasbornin1812nearPortsmouthwherehisfatherwasaclerkinthenavypayoffice.ThefamilymovedtoLondonin1823,buttheirfortuneswereseverelyimpaired.Dickenswassenttoworkinablacking-warehousewhenhisfatherwasimprisonedfordebt.Bothexperiencesdeeplyaffectedthefuturenovelist.In1833hebegancontributingstoriestonewspapersandmagazines,andin1836startedtheserialpublicationofPickwickPapers.Thereafter,Dickenspublishedhismajornovelsoverthecourseofthenexttwentyyears,fromNicholasNicklebytoLittleDorrit.HealsoeditedthejournalsHouseholdWordsandAlltheYearRound.DickensdiedinJune1870.

　　查尔斯·狄更斯（CharlesDickens）（1812年－1870年），19世纪英国最伟大的小说家之一。狄更斯特别注意描写生活在英国社会底层的“小人物”的生活遭遇，深刻地反映了当时英国复杂的社会现实，为英国批判现实主义文学的开拓和发展做出了卓越的贡献。他的作品至今依然盛行，对英国文学发展起到了深远的影响。主要作品《匹克威克外传》、《雾都孤儿》、《老古玩店》、《艰难时世》、《我们共同的朋友》。