《双城记(英文版)》以法国大革命为背景,围绕寓居巴黎的曼奈特医生一家的命运展开情节,小说真实地再现了资产阶级新贵残害百姓的败行,预示了即将到来的革命风暴。
本书在狄更斯的创作中占有特殊重要地位,在概括时代精神的深度和广度上都有很大发展,技法亦愈加纯熟,语言精粹,情节感人,因而一直为广大读者所喜爱。
《双城记(英文版)》以法国大革命为背景,围绕寓居巴黎的曼奈特医生一家的命运展开情节,曼奈特一次出诊目睹侯爵府中的淫乐情景,被投入监狱,妻子心碎而死。18年后曼奈特出狱,独女露茜将他接至伦敦,而与露茜真诚相恋的达雷恰巧是侯爵的侄子,他憎恶家族的罪恶,毅然放弃了家族财产;为了女儿的幸福,曼奈特捐弃前嫌,欣然同意了女儿的婚事。小说真实地再现了资产阶级新贵残害百姓的败行,预示了即将到来的革命风暴。
《双城记(英文版)》在狄更斯的创作中占有特殊重要地位,在概括时代精神的深度和广度上都有很大发展,技法亦愈加纯熟,语言精粹,情节感人,因而一直为广大读者所喜爱。
Book the First-Recalled to Life
I The Period
II The Mail
III The Night Shadows
IV The Preparation
V The Wine-shop
VI The Shoemaker
Book the Second-the Golden Thread
I Five Years Later
II A Sight
III A Disappointment
IV Congratulatory
V The Jackal
VI Hundreds of People
VII Monseigneur in Town
VIII Monseigneur in the Country
IX The Gorgon's Head
X Two Promises
XI A Companion Picture
XII The Fellow of Delicacy
XIII The Fellow of No Delicacy
XIV The Honest Tradesman
XV Knitting
XVI Still Knitting
XVII One Night
XVIII Nine Days
XIX An Opinion
XX A Plea
XXI Echoing Footsteps
XXII The Sea Still Rises
XXIII Fire Rises
XXIV Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
Book the Third-the Track of a Storm
I In Secret
II The Grindstone
III The Shadow
IV Calm in Storm
V The Wood-Sawyer
VI Triumph
VII A Knock at the Door
VIII A Hand at Cards
IX The Game Made
X The Substance of the Shadow
XI Dusk
XII Darkness
XIII Fifty-two
XIV The Knitting Done
XV The Footsteps Die Out for Ever
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
Book the First-Recalled to Life