Our Mutual Friend(我们共同的朋友)
作品简介
A satiric masterpiece about the allure and peril of money, Our Mutual Friend revolves around the inheritance of a dust-heap where the rich throw their trash. When the body of John Harmon, the dust-heap’s expected heir, is found in the Thames, fortunes change hands surprisingly, raising to new heights “Noddy” Boffin, a low-born but kindly clerk who becomes “the Golden Dustman.” Charles Dickens’s last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend encompasses the great themes of his earlier works: the pretensions of the nouveaux riches, the ingenuousness of the aspiring poor, and the unfailing power of wealth to corrupt all who crave it. With its flavorful cast of characters and numerous subplots, Our Mutual Friend is one of Dickens’s most complex—and satisfying—novels.
狄更斯(Charles Dickens, 1812~1870):1812年生于英国的朴次茅斯。父亲过着没有节制的生活,负债累累。年幼的狄更斯被迫被送进一家皮鞋油店当学徒,饱尝了艰辛。狄更斯16岁时,父亲因债务被关进监狱。从此,他们的生活更为悲惨。工业革命一方面带来了19世纪前期英国大都市的繁荣,另一方面又带来了庶民社会的极端贫困和对童工的残酷剥削。尖锐的社会矛盾和不公正的社会制度使狄更斯决心改变自己的生活。15岁时,狄更斯在一家律师事务所当抄写员并学习速记,此后,又在报社任新闻记者。在《记事晨报》任记者时,狄更斯开始发表一些具有讽刺和幽默内容的短剧,主要反映伦敦的生活,逐渐有了名气。他了解城市底层人民的生活和风土人情,这些都体现在他热情洋溢的笔端。此后,他在不同的杂志社任编辑、主编和发行人,其间发表了几十部长篇和短篇小说,主要作品有《雾都孤儿》、《圣诞颂歌》、《大卫·科波菲尔》和《远大前程》等。
作品目录
Part 1The Cup and the Lip
Chapter 1Onthe Look Out
Chapter 2The Man From Somewhere
Chapter 3Another Man
Chapter 4The R. Wilfer Family
Chapter 5Boffin's Bower
Chapter 6Cut Adrift
Chapter 7MrWegg Looks After Himself
Chapter 8MrBoffin in Consultation
Chapter 9Mrand Mrs Boffin in Consultation
Chapter 10AMarriage Contract
Chapter 11Podsnappery
Chapter 12The Sweat of an Honest Man's Brow
Chapter 13Tracking the Bird of Prey
Chapter 14The Bird of Prey Brought Down
Chapter 15Two New Servants
Chapter 16Minders and Re-minders
Chapter 17ADismal Swamp
Part 2Birds of a Feather
Chapter 1Ofan Educational Character
Chapter 2Still Educational
Chapter 3APiece of Work
Chapter 4Cupid Prompted
Chapter 5Mercury Prompting
Chapter 6ARiddle Without an Answer
Chapter 7InWhich a Friendly Move is Originated
Chapter 8InWhich an Innocent Elopement Occurs
Chapter 9InWhich the Orphan Makes His Will
Chapter 10ASuccessor
Chapter 11Some Affairs of the Heart
Chapter 12More Birds of Prey
Chapter 13ASolo and a Duett
Chapter 14Strong of Purpose
Chapter 15The Whole Case So Far
Chapter 16An Anniversary Occasion
Part 3A Long Lane
Chapter 1Lodgers in Queer Street
Chapter 2ARespected Friend in a New Aspect
Chapter 3The Same Respected Friend in More Aspects than One
Chapter 4AHappy Person of the Day
Chapter 5The Golden Dustman Falls into Bad Company
Chapter 6The Golden Dustman Falls into Worse Company
Chapter 7The Friendly Move Takes Up a Strong Position
Chapter 8The End of a Long Journey
Chapter 9Somebody Becomes the Subject of a Prediction
Chapter 10Scouts Out
Chapter 11In The Dark
Chapter 12Meaning Mischief
Chapter 13Give a Dog a Bad Name, and Hang Him
Chapter 14Mr Wegg Prepares a Grindstone for Mr Boffin's Nose
Chapter 15The Golden Dustman at His Worst
Chapter 16The Feast of the Three Hobgoblins
Chapter 17ASocial Chorus
Part 4A Turning
Chapter 1Setting Traps
Chapter 2The Golden Dustman Rises a Little
Chapter 3The Golden Dustman Sinks Again
Chapter 4ARunaway Match
Chapter 5Concerning the Mendicant's Bride
Chapter 6ACry for Help
Chapter 7Better to be Abel than Cain
Chapter 8AFew Grains of Pepper
Chapter 9Two Places Vacated
Chapter 10The Dolls' Dressmaker Discovers a Word
Chapter 11Effect is given to the Dolls' Dressmaker's Discovery
Chapter 12The Passing Shadow
Chapter 13Showing How the Golden Dustman Helped to Scatter Dust
Chapter 14Checkmate to the Friendly Move
Chapter 15What was Caught in the Traps That Were Set
Chapter 16Persons and Things in General
Chapter 17The Voice of Society
Chapter 18Postscript—In Lieu of Preface
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