閱讀查爾斯·狄更斯 Charles Dickens在小说之家的作品!!! | |||||||
查尔斯·狄更斯狄更斯一生共創作了14部長篇小說，許多中、短篇小說和雜文、遊記、戲劇、小品。其中最著名的作品是描寫勞資矛盾的長篇代表作《艱難時代》（1854）和描寫1789年法國的另一篇代表作《雙城記》（1859）。前者展示了工業資本傢對工人的殘酷剝削和壓迫，描寫了工人階級的團结鬥爭，並批判了為資本傢剝削辯護的自由競爭原則和功利主義學說。後者以法國貴族的荒淫殘暴、人民群衆的重重苦難和法國大的歷史威力，來影射當時的英國社會現實，預示這場“可怕的大火”也將在法國重演。其他作品有《奧列佛·特維斯特》（又譯《霧都孤兒》1838）、《老古玩店》（1841），《董貝父子》（1848），《大衛·科波菲爾》（1850）和《遠大前程》（1861），等等。
狄更斯是19世紀英國現實主義文學的主要代表。藝術上以妙趣橫生的幽默、細緻入微的心理分析，以及現實主義描寫與浪漫主義氣氛的有機結合著稱。馬剋思把他和薩剋雷等稱譽為英國的“一批傑出的小說傢”。
Many of his novels, with their recurrent theme of social reform, first appeared in magazines in serialised form, a popular format at the time. Unlike other authors who completed entire novels before serialisation, Dickens often created the episodes as they were being serialized. The practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by cliffhangers to keep the public looking forward to the next instalment. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print.
His work has been praised for its mastery of prose and unique personalities by writers such as George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton, though the same characteristics prompted others, such as Henry James and Virginia Woolf, to criticise him for sentimentality and implausibility.