书中揭露出隐藏在伦敦狭小、肮脏的偏僻街道里的恐怖和暴力。因此作者为我们写了邪恶的费金,残暴的比尔•赛克斯,以及一大群窃贼强盗。这些人撒谎、欺诈、偷盗,害怕进监狱,害怕刽子手把绞索套到他们的脚颈上,在惴惴不安中生活。小奥利弗•特威斯特——一个孤儿,被投入一个充满贫困与犯罪的世界,忍饥挨饿,挨打挨骂,从来没有人爱他。他为我们写出了南希——可怜、凄惨、悲苦的南希,她生活在一个残忍的世界中,却挣扎着要忠实于她所爱的人。而且,正如在一切最好的故事里一样,善良最终战胜了邪恶。
《雾都孤儿》是狄更斯的第一部社会批判小说。以雾都伦敦为背景,讲述了一个孤儿悲惨的身世及离奇的遭遇。主人公奥立弗在“贫民教养所”中长大,经历学徒生涯,艰苦逃难,误入贼窝,又被迫与狠毒的凶徒为伍,历尽无数辛酸,最后终于在好心人的帮助下,查明身世并获得了幸福。该书揭露了许多当时的社会问题,如救济院、童工、以及帮派吸收青少年参与犯罪等。
Oliver Twist is the second novel by Charles Dickens. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London, where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal, Fagin. Oliver Twist is notable for its unromantic portrayal by Dickens of criminals and their sordid lives, as well as for exposing the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century.
- 1 奥利弗的童年
- 2 奥利弗的第一个工作
- 3 奥利弗到伦敦去
- 4 奥利弗在伦敦
- 5 奥利弗的生活变了
- 6 奥利弗又被找到了
- 7 抢劫
- 8 盗窃案之后
- 9 奥利弗开始了另一种生活
- 10 乡下的一段日子
- 11 南希的造访
- 12 南希如期赴约
- 13 盗窃团伙的末日
- 14 揭开秘密
- Exercises
- 1 Oliver's early life
- 2 Oliver's first job
- 3 Oliver goes to London
- 4 Oliver in London
- 5 Oliver's life changes
- 6 Oliver is found again
- 7 The robbery
- 8 After the robbery
- 9 Oliver starts another life
- 10 Life in the country
- 11 Nancy makes a visit
- 12 Nancy keeps an appointment
- 13 The end of the gang
- 14 The end of the mystery
- Exercises
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