文档介绍：Great Expectations
(Written by Charles Dickens)
Introduction of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens, the greatest representative of English critical realism (批判现实主义),was born in 1812 at Portsmouth. When he was four years old, his family moved to Chatham, and the five years he spent there were the happiest of all his boyhood. In 1821 the Dickens family moved to a poor quarter in London. Mr. Dickens was heavily in debt and did not know which way to turn for money. Finally he was taken
to the Marshalsea Prison, London,
for debt.
Shortly afterwards Mrs. Dickens and the younger children went to the prison, too, to join the father. The 12-year-old Charles was sent to work in a factory in the East End of London. Work there began at eight in the morning and ended at eight at night. Sundays he spent at the prison, and during the week he was out working all day. His miserable life at the factory left an everlasting, painful brand on the boy’s mind. And these experience
makes Dickens one of the greatest authors of all time .
His master works
《雾都孤儿》(Oliver Twist),《老古玩店》(The Old Curiosity) ,《董贝父子》(Dombey and Son),《大卫科波菲尔》(David Copper field),《远大前程》(Great Expectation).
About 《Great Expectation》
The hero Pip lived with his sister’s family. Though their life was hard, Pip didn’t wish to be a first-class person, his vision was to be a blacksmith like his brother-in-law, his sister’s husban