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Oliver Twist

內容簡介

內容簡介 一段曲折離奇的命運，一場善與惡的鬥爭《孤雛淚》是十九世紀英國小說家查理士‧狄更斯的名作，原書名為《奧立佛‧崔斯特》（Oliver Twist），本書是根據原文改寫。 孤苦無依的奧利佛從小在救濟院長大，因受不了飢餓的煎熬和同伴的慫恿，僅僅想多要一點稀飯就被趕出了救濟院，到棺材店當學徒，過著非人的生活。從棺材店逃走後，到倫敦又誤入了竊盜集團，雖然遇到慈祥的老紳士的救助，卻被陰狠毒辣的凶手綁架，彷彿擺脫不了曲折離奇的命運……狄更斯筆下的悲慘社會之中，還是不時會出現天使般善良的女孩、親切和藹的貴婦……在奧立佛最困頓的時候，拉了他一把。這也暗示了狄更斯對人性的希望，善與惡的爭鬥，善，總還是戰勝的一方。Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go, however hard he tries to escape. In Oliver Twist, Dickens graphically conjures up the capital's underworld, full of prostitutes, thieves, and lost and homeless children, and gives a voice to the disadvantaged and abused.

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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