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1、PENGUINBOOKSCHATTERTONPeterAckroydwasborninLondonin1949andwaseducatedatCambridgeandYaleuniversities.HewasliteraryeditoroftheSpectatorforsomeyearsandisnowchiefbookreviewerforTheTimes.HehaspublishedthreebooksofpoetryandistheauthorofTheGreatFireofLondon,TheLastTestamentofOscarWilde,win
2、neroftheSomersetMaughamPrizefor1984,Hawksmoor,winneroftheWhitbreadAwardandGuardianFictionPrizefor1985,Chatterton,FirstLightandEnglishMusic.AllthesetitlesarepublishedorforthcominginPenguin.Hisnon-fictionworkincludesEzraPoundandHisWorld,abiographyofT.S.Eliot,whichwontheWhitbreadandthe
3、HeinemannAwardsfor1984,andabiographyofDickens,whichwasshortlistedfortheNCRBookAwardfor1991.PETERACKROYD____________CHATTERTONPENGUINBOOKSPENGUINBOOKSPublishedbythePenguinGroupPenguinBooksLtd,27WrightsLane,LondonW85TZ,EnglandPenguinBooksUSAInc.,375HudsonStreet,NewYork,NewYork10014,US
4、APenguinBooksAustraliaLtd,Ringwood,Victoria,AustraliaPenguinBooksCanadaLtd,10AlcomAvenue,Toronto,Ontario,CanadaM4V3B2PenguinBooks(NZ)Ltd,182-190WairauRoad,Auckland10,NewZealandPenguinBooksLtd,RegisteredOffices:Harmondsworth,Middlesex,EnglandFirstpublishedbyHamishHamiltonLtd1987Publi
5、shedinPenguinBooks199313579108642Copyright©PeterAckroyd,1987AllrightsreservedPrintedinEnglandbyClaysLtd,StIvesplcExceptintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,thisbookissoldsubjecttotheconditionthatitshallnot,bywayoftradeorotherwise,belent,re-sold,hiredout,orotherwisecirculatedwithoutthepublishe
6、r'spriorconsentinanyformofbindingorcoverotherthanthatinwhichitispublishedandwithoutasimilarconditionincludingthisconditionbeingimposedonthesubsequentpurchaserForChristopherSinclair-StevensonThomasChatterton(1752-1770)wasborninBristol;hewaseducatedatColston'sSchoolthereandwasforafewm
7、onthsapprenticedtoalawyer,buthiseducationwaslessimportantthanthepromptingsofhisowngenius.Hisfatherdiedthreemonthsbeforehisson'sbirth,andfromanearlyageChattertonhadbeenfascinatedbytheancientchurchofStMaryRedcliffewherehisfatherhadonceworkedasachorister.Hewassevenyearsoldwhenhismother
8、gavehimcertainscrap