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1、TheHauntedManandtheGhost'sBargainDickens,CharlesPublished:1848Type(s):Novels,GhostStoriesSource:Gutenberg.org1AboutDickens:CharlesJohnHuffamDickenspen-name"Boz",wastheforemostEng-lishnovelistoftheVictorianera,aswellasavigoroussocialcampaigner.ConsideredoneoftheEnglishlanguage'sgreatestwrite
2、rs,hewasac-claimedforhisrichstorytellingandmemorablecharacters,andachievedmassiveworldwidepopularityinhislifetime.Latercritics,beginningwithGeorgeGissingandG.K.Chesterton,championedhismasteryofprose,hisendlessinventionofmemorablecharactersandhispowerfulsocialsensibilities.Yethehasalsoreceiv
3、edcriticismfromwriterssuchasGeorgeHenryLewes,HenryJames,andVirginiaWoolf,wholistsenti-mentality,implausibleoccurrenceandgrotesquecharactersasfaultsinhisoeuvre.ThepopularityofDickens'novelsandshortstorieshasmeantthatnonehaveevergoneoutofprint.Dickenswroteserialisednovels,whichwastheusualform
4、atforfictionatthetime,andeachnewpartofhisstorieswouldbeeagerlyanticipatedbythereadingpublic.Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1TheGiftBestowedEverybodysaidso.Farbeitfrommetoassertthatwhateverybodysaysmustbetrue.Everybodyis,often,aslikelytobewrongasright.Inthegeneralexperi-ence,everybodyhasbeenwrongso
5、often,andithastaken,inmostin-stances,suchawearywhiletofindouthowwrong,thattheauthorityisprovedtobefallible.Everybodymaysometimesberight;“butthat’snorule,”astheghostofGilesScrogginssaysintheballad.Thedreadword,GHOST,recallsme.Everybodysaidhelookedlikeahauntedman.Theextentofmypresentclaimfore
6、verybodyis,thattheyweresofarright.Hedid.Whocouldhaveseenhishollowcheek;hissunkenbrillianteye;hisblack-attiredfigure,indefinablygrim,althoughwell-knitandwell-pro-portioned;hisgrizzledhairhanging,liketangledsea-weed,abouthisface,—asifhehadbeen,throughhiswholelife,alonelymarkforthechafingandbe
7、atingofthegreatdeepofhumanity,—butmighthavesaidhelookedlikeahauntedman?Whocouldhaveobservedhismanner,taciturn,thoughtful,gloomy,shadowedbyhabitualreserve,retiringalwaysandjocundnever,withadistraughtairofrevertingtoabygoneplaceandtime,oroflisteningtosomeo
