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1、TheOldCuriosityShopDickens,CharlesPublished:1841Type(s):NovelsSource:http://en.wikisource.org1AboutDickens:CharlesJohnHuffamDickenspen-name"Boz",wastheforemostEng-lishnovelistoftheVictorianera,aswellasavigoroussocialcampaigner.ConsideredoneoftheEnglishlanguage'sgreatestwriters,hewas
2、ac-claimedforhisrichstorytellingandmemorablecharacters,andachievedmassiveworldwidepopularityinhislifetime.Latercritics,beginningwithGeorgeGissingandG.K.Chesterton,championedhismasteryofprose,hisendlessinventionofmemorablecharactersandhispowerfulsocialsensibilities.Yethehasalsoreceiv
3、edcriticismfromwriterssuchasGeorgeHenryLewes,HenryJames,andVirginiaWoolf,wholistsenti-mentality,implausibleoccurrenceandgrotesquecharactersasfaultsinhisoeuvre.ThepopularityofDickens'novelsandshortstorieshasmeantthatnonehaveevergoneoutofprint.Dickenswroteserialisednovels,whichwastheu
4、sualformatforfictionatthetime,andeachnewpartofhisstorieswouldbeeagerlyanticipatedbythereadingpublic.Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1Nightisgenerallymytimeforwalking.InthesummerIoftenleavehomeearlyinthemorning,androamaboutfieldsandlanesallday,orevenescapefordaysorweekstogether;but,savingint
5、hecountry,Isel-domgooutuntilafterdark,though,Heavenbethanked,Iloveitslightandfeelthecheerfulnessitshedsupontheearth,asmuchasanycreatureliving.Ihavefalleninsensiblyintothishabit,bothbecauseitfavoursmyin-firmityandbecauseitaffordsmegreateropportunityofspeculatingonthecharactersandoccu
6、pationsofthosewhofillthestreets.Theglareandhurryofbroadnoonarenotadaptedtoidlepursuitslikemine;aglimpseofpassingfacescaughtbythelightofastreet-lamporashopwindowisoftenbetterformypurposethantheirfullrevelationinthedaylight;and,ifImustaddthetruth,nightiskinderinthisrespectthanday,whic
7、htoooftendestroysanair-builtcastleatthemomentofitscompletion,withouttheleastceremonyorremorse.Thatconstantpacingtoandfro,thatnever-endingrestlessness,thatin-cessanttreadoffeetwearingtheroughstonessmoothandglossy—isitnotawonderhowthedwellersinnarrowswayscanbeartohearit!Thinkofasickma
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