品牌：Charles Dickens
基本信息
·出版社：Penguin Classics
·页码：368 页码
·出版日：2003年
·ISBN：014143967X
·条码：9780141439679
·装帧：平装
·英语：英语
·丛书名：Penguin Classics
内容简介
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Hard Times is Dickens's shortest novel, and arguably his greatest triumph. A useful appendix of the author's working notes, together with an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes, will ensure that this edition becomes the obvious choice for anyone studying the novel.Paul Schlike is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen.--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
作者简介
Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landport, Portsea, England, on February 7th, 1812. At the age of eleven, Dickens was taken out of school and sent to work in a London blacking warehouse, where his job was to paste labels on bottles for six shillings a week. When the family fortunes improved, Charles went back to school, after which he became an office boy, a freelance reporter, and finally an author. WithPickwick Papers(1836-7) he achieved immediate fame; in a few years he was easily the most popular and respected writer of his time. It has been estimated that one out of every ten persons in Victorian England was a Dickens reader.Oliver Twist(1837),Nicholas Nickelby(1838-9), andThe Old Curiosity Shop(1840-41) were huge successes.Martin Chuzzlewit(1843-4) was less so, but Dickens followed it with his unforgettableA Christmas Carol(1843).Bleak House(1852-3),Hard Times(1854), andLittle Dorrit(1855-7) reveal his deepening concern for the injustices of British society.A Tale of Two Cities(1859),Great Expectations(1860-61) andOur Mutual Friend(1864-5) complete his major works.--This text refers to theMass Market Paperbackedition.
编辑推荐
From School Library Journal
Grade 7-12-Dickens' satire on the Victorian family and the philosophies of a society which sought to turn men into machines.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From AudioFile
In Dickens's story of the horrors of a utilitarian upbringing, reason and facts are everything, and imagination 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 all the women. While a straight rendition of the dialogue would be an improvement, luckily the story 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 theAudio Cassetteedition.
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 thePaperbackedition.
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 thePaperbackedition.
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