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CharlesDickens（February7,1812—June9,1870）孙夏朦051409075束玉华051409073contentProfileoftheAuthorLiterarystyleNotableworksGreatExpectationsEarlyyearsCharlesJohnDickenswasbornon7February1812，hewasborninapoorfamily.HisfatherwasaclerkintheNavyPayOffice.WhenCharleswasnine,theyrelocatedtoLondonwherehespenthisformativeyearsuntiltheageof11.In《DavidCopperfield》,Hetalkedabouthisextremelystrongmemoriesofchildhoodandhiscontinuingphotographicmemoryofpeopleandeventsthathelpedbringhisfictiontolife.hethoughthimselfaverysmallandnot-over-particularly-taken-care-ofboy.CharlesDickens'sbirthplaceWhen15yearsold,Dickensbecameanapprenticeinalawfirmandlateracivilcourtjudgeclerkandthenanewspaperreporterstationedinparliament.Hehadonlyafewyearsschoollife.Butthankstoassiduousself-studyhebecameafamouswriter.Dickens'shome1817–May1821Dickens'sSignatureOn8June1870,Dickenssufferedstrokeathishomeafterafullday‘swork.Heneverregainedconsciousness.Literarystyle•Dickens’snovelsofferamostcompleteandrealisticpictureoftheEnglishbourgeoissocietyofhisage。•Hisnovelstellmuchoftheexperiencesofhischildhood.•Almostallhisnovelshavehappyendings.•DickensisagreathumoristNotableworksDickenspublishedmorethanadozenmajornovels,alargenumberofshortstories(includinganumberofChristmas-themedstories),ahandfulofplays,andseveralnon-fictionbooks.Dickens‘snovelswereinitiallyserialisedinweeklyandmonthlymagazines,thenreprintedinstandardbookformats.Dickens'sliterarysuccessbeganwiththe1836serialpublicationofThePickwickPapers《老古玩店》（TheOldCuriosityShop）1840－1841《雾都孤儿》（OliverTwist）1837－1839《圣诞颂歌》（AChristmasCarol）1843《大卫•科波菲尔》（DavidCopperfield）1849－1850《双城记》（ATaleofTwoCities）——1859《远大前程》（GreatExpectations）——1860－1861TheLifeandAdventuresofNicholasNickleby《尼古拉斯•尼克贝》(Monthlyserial,April1838toOctober1839)BarnabyRudge:ATaleoftheRiotsofEighty《巴纳比•拉奇》(WeeklyserialinMasterHumphrey'sClock,FebruarytoNovember1841)TheLifeandAdventuresofMartinChuzzlewit《马丁•翟述伟》(Monthlyserial,January1843toJuly1844)DombeyandSon《董贝父子》(Monthlyserial,October1846toApril1848)BleakHouse《荒凉山庄》(Monthlyserial,March1852toSeptember1853)HardTimes:ForTheseTimes《艰难时世》(WeeklyserialinHouseholdWords,1April1854,to12August1854)LittleDorrit《小杜丽》(Monthlyserial,December1855toJune1857)OurMutualFriend《我们共同的朋友》(Monthlyserial,May1864toNovember1865)CharlesDickens'sthirteenthnovelandhispenultimatecompletednovel;abildungsromanwhichdepictsthepersonalgrowthandpersonaldevelopmentofanorphannicknamedPip.GreatExpectations1.PipandhisfamilyPip,anorphanandtheprotagonistandnarratorofGreatExpectations.JoeGargery,Pip’sbrother-in-law,andhisfirstfatherfiguer.Mrs.Joegargery,Pip’shot-temperedadult.Sister.Mr.Pumblechook,JoeGargery'suncle,anofficiousbachelorandcornmerchant.MainCharacters2.MissHavishamandherfamilyMissHavisham,isaneccentricwomanwhoperpetuallywearsherweddingdress,andwealthyspinsterwhotakesPiponasacompanionforherselfandheradopteddaughter.Estella,MissHavisham'sadopteddaughter,whomPippursuesthroughoutthenovel.父母双亡的小朋友皮普，由一个母老虎姐姐抚养，他和憨厚的铁匠姐夫乔经常受到姐姐的殴打，有一天，皮普无意中帮助了一个逃犯，但不久，逃犯就在和另一个逃犯搏斗的过程中被警察逮捕了。不久，皮普受雇于富有的却在结婚那天被人遗弃的郝维辛小姐，郝维心小姐每天穿着婚纱，心灵恶毒，以伴老服务的名义，来实施她恶毒的爱情游戏的计划。皮普被选中了，掉入了她的陷阱，恋上了郝维心小姐的养女艾斯黛拉。后来，因为神秘人的帮助，长大后的皮普获得了去伦敦做一个绅士的机会，皮普很高兴自己终于能有好的前途了。皮普慢慢习惯了伦敦的生活，坚持每星期去看望他喜爱的艾斯黛拉，并沉湎于她的美色和谎言。不久那位神秘人现身了，原来是当年的逃犯为了报恩于他。艾斯黛拉为了摆脱成为郝维辛小姐的复仇工具，艾斯黛拉决定和一个乡绅结婚。郝维辛小姐最后懊悔不已，得到皮普的宽恕后点燃婚纱自焚。后来逃犯被抓，他从逃犯那里继承的财产也将被充公，皮普的远大前程没了，后来又遭遇了很多打击，皮普经过一系列的遭遇，他重新获得心灵的新生。最后他又在那间荒废的别墅里和已经成为寡妇并充满悔恨的艾斯黛拉重逢，开始了新生活。内容简介ThemeSomeofthemajorthemesofGreatExpectationsarecrime,socialclass,empireandambition.Fromanearlyage,Pipfeelsguilt;heisalsoafraidthatsomeonewillfindoutabouthiscrimeandarresthim.ThethemeofcrimecomesintoevengreatereffectwhenPipdiscoversthathisbenefactorisaconvict.Piphasaninternalstrugglewithhisconsciencethroughoutthebook.GreatExpectationsexploresthedifferentsocialclassesoftheGeorgianera.继续学习：