铁路少年英文总结(summary)

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1、RailwaychildrenEdithNesbit(1858—1924)wasborninLongdon.Shewastheyoungestchildinherfamily.Herfatherdeidwhenshewas3yearsold,unfortunately,hersisiterwasfoundaseriousdiease,sohermotherdecidetomovefromfoggyLondontoFranceandthenGerman,Inthattime,shewasonly9yearsold.Introductionoft

2、heauthourEdithwasdeeplyinfluencedbyhersister’sfiancewhowasapoet.Throughhim,shewasfamiliarwithsomefamouspoetandslowlyhadagreatinterestinliterature.Shestartedtrywrtingsomescriptandshortnovelwhenshewasinschool.Sheevenwritedforlivingforalongtimeafterherhusbanddied.Edithhadpubli

3、shednearly100books.Sheachievedagreatsuccessinchildren’sliteraturecreationwhichmadeherfamousoverseas.Hercreationcanbeclassficatedintotwoparts:onedescriberealfamilyandadventurestory;theotherisfairytaleandfantasystory,whichismorefamous.TheStoryoftheTreasureSeekers(1898)TheWoul

4、dbegoods(1899)FiveChildrenandIt(1902)ThePhoenixandtheCarpet(1904)TheStoryoftheAmulet(1905)TheRailwayChildren(1906)TheEnchantedCastle(1907TheHouseofArden(1908)Harding'sLuck(1909年)GrimTales(stories)(1893)ThePilot(1893)TheSevenDragons(1899)TheNewTreasureSeekers(1904)TheThreeMo

5、thers(1908)TheseLittleOnes(1909)TheMagicCity(1910)Dormant(1911)WetMagic(1913)TotheAdventurous(stories)(1923)BackgroundTheRailwayChildrenreflectsonthehighlyunconventionallifeofitsauthor.ThelostfatherisafavouriteNesbittheme:herownfatherdiedwhenshewasfourandinherbooksshewasalw

6、aystryingtogethimback.Bobbie'scryattheendofTheRailwayChildren-"Oh!MyDaddy,myDaddy"-remainsoneofthemostrecognisableandtouchinglinesinchildren'sliterature.PovertywassomethingEdithNesbithadknownfirsthand,bothasachildandasayoungmarriedwomanwithsmallchildren.Perhapsasachild,with

7、awidowedmothertryingtomakeendsmeetandfindasuitableclimateforEdith'sconsumptiveeldersisterMary,NesbithadexperiencedtheadmonishmentissuedbyMothertoPhyllisinTheRailwayChildren:"Jamorbutter,dear-notjamandbutter.Wecan'taffordthatsortofrecklessluxurynowadays."Itisawarmingandmovin

8、gstory~MaincharactersBobbie------theeldestsisterPeter------thebrotherPhyllis-----t