当一份远大前程从天而降,命运即将扭转,谁人不会心动呢?
On Christmas Eve, around 1812, Pip, an orphan of about seven, encounters an escaped convict. The convict scares Pip into stealing food for him, and a file to grind away his shackles. Miss Havisham wants to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love. One day, Pip is approached by a lawyer, Mr. Jaggers, who tells him he is to receive a large sum of money from an anonymous benefactor and must leave for London immediately where he is to become a gentleman. He became selfish and vain. Years later, his benefactor is revealed to be Abel Magwitch, the convict he helped. It is also revealed that Estella is the daughter of Magwitch and Mr Jaggers's housemaid, Molly, whom Jaggers defended in a murder charge and who gave up her daughter to be adopted by Miss Havisham. And he was actually taken advantage of. At last, he repented thoroughly of one's misdeeds and started a new life.
《远大前程》,又译《孤星血泪》,是英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯晚年写成的教育小说。故事背景为1812年耶诞节前夕至1840年冬天,主角孤儿皮普(Pip)以自传式手法,叙述从7岁开始的三个人生阶段。此小说体现了狄更斯文以载道的风格,透过剧中孤儿命运的跌宕起落,表达他对生命和人性的看法。
Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It depicts the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip. This is the story of the orphan Pip’s trials and tribulations among London’s high society circles.
《远大前程》体现了狄更斯思想上的成熟,与他所写的其他孤儿题材的小说一样,书中充满同情。细致入微地塑造了很多朴实善良的小人物,但可以看出在这部小说里,作者对社会和人生有了更深刻的领悟,以往作品的幽默讥讽风格逐渐被成熟的人生观取代,在这部小说里呈现出狄更斯更趋成熟的人生观。
Amazon.com Review:
An absorbing mystery as well as a morality tale, the story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. The cast of characters includes kindly Joe Gargery, the loyal convict Abel Magwitch and the haunting Miss Havisham. If you have heartstrings, count on them being tugged.
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- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 38
- Chapter 39
- Chapter 40
- Chapter 41
- Chapter 42
- Chapter 43
- Chapter 44
- Chapter 45
- Chapter 46
- Chapter 47
- Chapter 48
- Chapter 49
- Chapter 50
- Chapter 51
- Chapter 52
- Chapter 53
- Chapter 54
- Chapter 55
- Chapter 56
- Chapter 57
- Chapter 58
- Chapter 59
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