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A Tale of Two Cities

內容簡介

內容簡介 雙城記原著出版於1859年， 最早是以連載的方式分31次刊載於期刊《全年無終》 (All the Year Round)。 在狄更斯的小說中歷史小說只有二部，這是其中一部 ，另一部則是巴納比拉奇 (Barnaby Rudge)。不同於經典的充滿幽默風趣的狄更斯小說，《雙城記》有較多的嘲諷與誇張，沒有多少與主題不相干的繁枝雜葉， 在結構上是屬於比較嚴謹的。書中用字豐富精彩，鮮明生動，作者並用了大量的象徵、隱喻的手法如翻倒的大酒桶、不停編織的德法日夫人等。書中歷史資料的主要 來源是湯瑪士卡爾所著的《法國大革命》。 故事主要內容以法國大革命為故事背景，主題環繞著馬內特醫生一家人。亞歷山大‧馬內特醫生因為目睹了艾佛瑞蒙德貴族們的暴行，被關入獄中長達十八年。與女兒露西‧馬內特重逢之後，在前往英國途中結識了查爾斯‧達內。 查爾斯‧達內原本是艾佛瑞蒙德的家族一員，因為不齒貴族的行為拋棄爵位家產前往英國，卻以間諜罪在英國被起訴，但因長相酷似達內的西德尼‧卡 頓出庭而無罪開釋。卡頓因而結識達內和露西，兩位青年都愛上了露西，但露西卻選擇達內為終身伴侶，卡頓則成為她的好朋友，一個願意為了保全他所愛的人而犧 牲自己性命的朋友。法國大革命爆發後，達內為了拯救他以前的僕人返回法國，卻因為他是艾佛瑞蒙德家族的後裔而被審判。臨刑前，卡頓運用關係潛入獄中，替達 內受刑，做了他一生中最最最好的事…… 《雙城記》以倫敦和巴黎為場景，描寫了法國的貴族如何迫害農民，農民揭竿而起之後又是怎麼血腥的報復這些貴族，生動地描繪出法國大革命的恐怖 氛圍，集體意志對自由的迫害，透過虛構的人物和事件，傳達了以暴制暴只會引起更多流血，冤冤相報不會終止，唯有愛與寬容才能化解所有一切的仇恨。It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . Lucie Manette has been separated from her father for 18 years while he languished in Paris's most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally reunited, the Manettes' fortunes become inextricably intertwined with those of two men, the heroic aristocrat Darnay and the dissolute lawyer Carton. Their story, which encompasses violence, revenge, love and redemption, is grippingly played out against the backdrop of the terrifying brutality of the French Revolution.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Charles Dickens was born in Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. When Dickens was twelve years old he was sent to work in a shoe polish factory because his family had be taken to the debtors' prison. Fagin is named after a boy Dickens disliked at the factory. His career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 when his short stories and essays began to appear in periodicals. The Pickwick Papers, his first commercial success, was published in 1836. In the same year he married the daughter of his friend George Hogarth, Catherine Hogarth. The serialisation of Oliver Twist began in 1837 while The Pickwick Papers was still running. Many other novels followed and The Old Curiosity Shop brought Dickens international fame and he became a celebrity America as well as Britain. He separated from his wife in 1858. Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870, leaving his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.

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