雙城記（英文）

　　《最經(jīng)典英語文庫：雙城記（英文版）》是描述法國大革命的一部長篇歷史小說，“雙城”分別指的是巴黎與倫敦。后來被改編拍攝了多個版本的電影，也有音樂專輯以此為名。它也是狄更斯最重要的代表作之一，狄更斯47歲時發(fā)表，算是其中年的巔峰之作。早在創(chuàng)作《雙城記》之前很久，狄更斯就對法國大革命極為關(guān)注，反復研讀《法國革命史》和有關(guān)著作。他對法國大革命的濃厚興趣，發(fā)端于對當時英國潛伏著的嚴重社會危機的擔憂。1854年底，他說：“我相信，不滿情緒像這樣冒煙比火燒起來還要壞得多，這特別像法國在第一次革命爆發(fā)前的公眾心理，這就有危險，由于千百種原因——如收成不好、貴族階級的專橫與無能，把已經(jīng)緊張的局面最后一次加緊、海外戰(zhàn)爭的失利、國內(nèi)偶發(fā)事件等等——變成從未見過的一場可怕的大火。”

　　Charles Dickens （February 1812-9 June 1870） was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life， his works enjoyed unprecedented fame， and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.His novels， most published in monthly or weekly instalments， pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction， which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. His most famous novels are David Copperfield， Oliver Twist， Bleak House and Great Expectations.Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella， A Christmas Carol， is one of the most infiuential works ever written， and it remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. His creative genius has been praised by fellow writers-from Leo Tolstoy to G. K. Chesterton and George Orwell-for its realism， comedy， prose style， unique characterizations， and social criticism. On the other hand Oscar Wilde， Henry James and Virginia Woolf complained of a lack of psychological depth， loose writing， and a vein of saccharine sentimentalism.