Hard Times

《Hard Times》是Bantam双因级促民蛋配复照 Classics于1981年3月1日出版发行的书籍。

• 原版名称 Hard Times
• ISBN  0553210165
• 页    数 320
• 正文语种 英语
• 开    本 10.6 x 1.9 x 17.4 cm

图书信息

　　冷适众出版社: Bantam Classics (1981年3月1日)

　　外文书名: 狄更斯: 艰难时世

　　丛书名: Bantam Classics

　　简装: 320页

　　正现树电达黄触顶文语种: 英语

　　ISBN: 0553210165

　　条形码: 9780553210163

　　尺寸: 10.6 x 1.9 x 希销难胞17.4 cm

　　重量: 159 g

作者简介

　　Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landpo来自rt, Ports呢器镇型拿属减省东制ea, Engla360百科nd, on February 7th, 1812. At the age of eleven, Dickens was taken ou副路太卫真志想若支上t of school and sent to work in a London blacking warehouse, where his job was to paste labels on bottles for six shillings a wee天朝朝下宗突常伯k. When the family fortunes imp明套况季roved, Charles went back to school, after which he became an offi切石棉肉纪分环印湖ce boy, a freelance reporter, and finally an author. With Pickwick Papers (1836-7市根磁所磁义换) he achieved immediate fam级阻卷座增话达e; in a few years he was easily the most popular and respected writer of his time. It has been estimated that one out of eve位被察ry ten persons in Victorian England was a D益首讨只球密种ickens reader. Oliver Twist (1837), Nicholas Nickelby (1838-用考聚战气9), and The Old Curiosity Sho啊策降里p (1840-41) were huge successes. Martin Chuz太律句快固江亮陈思zlewit (1843-4) was less so, but Dickens followed it with his unforget评按校脚记学政table A Christmas Carol (1843). Bleak House (1852-3), Hard Times (1854)明烧娘硫探, and Little D阿训富所orrit (1855-7) reveal his deepening concern for the injustices of British society. A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Great Expectations (1860-61) and Our Mutual Friend (1864-5) complete his major works.

内容简介

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　　Written deliberately to increase the circulation of Dickens's weekly magazine, Household Words, Hard Times was a huge and instantaneous success upon publication in 1854. Yet this novel is not the cheerful celebration 助倒社与那川海约纪of Victorian life one might have expected from the beloved author of The Pickwick Papers and The Old Curiosity Shop. Compressed, stark, allegorical, it is a bitter exposé of capitalist exploitation during the industrial revolu损积语孙口tion–and a fierce denunciation of the philosophy of materialism, which threaten来自s the human imagination 愿真处九in all times and 班室与他脱改概七试内places. With a typically unforgettable cast of characters–including the heartless f顾东周音称放财训宗庆act-worshipper

　　Mr. Gradgrind, the warmly endearing Sissy Jupe, and the eternally noble Stephen Blackpool–Hard Times carries a uniquely powerful message and remains one of the most widely r陆判镇敌副的站速径ead of Dickens's major novels.

媒体评论

　　书评

　　F360百科rom School Library Journal

　　Grade 7-12-Dickens'' satire on the Victorian famil养底的y and the philosophies o方底相或f a society which 静祖强香林困钱兰sought to turn men into machines.

　　Copyright 1999 Reed Business 秋顾及英育称Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

　　From Audi早完述oFile

　　In Dickens''s story of the horr严身热求端益ors of a utilitarian upbringing, reason and facts are everything, and ima洋杀正套目法gination and creativity are nothing. The narrator''s British accent goes well with Dickens''s overly dramatic and lush prose. He uses different English accents for the numerous male characters, some speech defects for others and a breathy falsetto voice for 伤府all the women. While a str快型倍可杂那定陈合载攻aight rendition of the dialogu南速伟证钱e would be an improvemen染若女迅t, luckily the story 光北血is mainly narrative. Some classics simply may not translate well either to audiobooks or to the 1990''s. E.F. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

　　Barry V. Qualls, Rutgers University

　　Graham Law's edition of Hard Times is the most useful edition for teaching Dickens that I have seen... --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

　　Kate Flint, University of Oxford

　　This beautifully produced edition combines a freshly written, informative introduction with helpful and well-judged notes... --This text refers to the Paperback edition.