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1、TheBattleofLifeDickens,CharlesPublished:1846Type(s):Novels,YoungReadersSource:Wikisource1AboutDickens:CharlesJohnHuffamDickenspen-name"Boz",wastheforemostEng-lishnovelistoftheVictorianera,aswellasavigoroussocialcampaigner.ConsideredoneoftheEnglishlang
2、uage'sgreatestwriters,hewasac-claimedforhisrichstorytellingandmemorablecharacters,andachievedmassiveworldwidepopularityinhislifetime.Latercritics,beginningwithGeorgeGissingandG.K.Chesterton,championedhismasteryofprose,hisendlessinventionofmemorablecha
3、ractersandhispowerfulsocialsensibilities.YethehasalsoreceivedcriticismfromwriterssuchasGeorgeHenryLewes,HenryJames,andVirginiaWoolf,wholistsenti-mentality,implausibleoccurrenceandgrotesquecharactersasfaultsinhisoeuvre.ThepopularityofDickens'novelsands
4、hortstorieshasmeantthatnonehaveevergoneoutofprint.Dickenswroteserialisednovels,whichwastheusualformatforfictionatthetime,andeachnewpartofhisstorieswouldbeeagerlyanticipatedbythereadingpublic.Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1Onceuponatime,itmatterslittlewhen,a
5、ndinstalwartEngland,itmat-terslittlewhere,afiercebattlewasfought.Itwasfoughtuponalongsummerdaywhenthewavinggrasswasgreen.ManyawildflowerformedbytheAlmightyHandtobeaperfumedgobletforthedew,feltitsenamelledcupfilledhighwithbloodthatday,andshrinkingdropp
6、ed.Manyaninsectderivingitsdelicatecolourfromharmlessleavesandherbs,wasstainedanewthatdaybydyingmen,andmarkeditsfrightenedwaywithanunnaturaltrack.Thepaintedbutterflytookbloodintotheairupontheedgesofitswings.Thestreamranred.Thetroddengroundbecameaquagmi
7、re,whence,fromsullenpoolscollectedintheprintsofhumanfeetandhorses’hoofs,theoneprevailinghuestillloweredandglimmeredatthesun.Heavenkeepusfromaknowledgeofthesightsthemoonbehelduponthatfield,when,comingupabovetheblacklineofdistantrising–ground,softenedan
8、dblurredattheedgebytrees,sheroseintotheskyandlookedupontheplain,strewnwithupturnedfacesthathadonceatmothers’breastssoughtmothers’eyes,orslumberedhappily.Heavenkeepusfromaknowledgeofthesecretswhisperedafterwardsuponthetaintedwindthatblewacrosst
