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1、ContentLife of Charles DickensMajor Works A Christmas CarolReferences第1页/共15页Life of Charles DickensBorn at Landport,in Portsmouthon 7 Feburary,1812第2页/共15页Life of Charles DickensMotherElizabeth DickensFatherJohn Dickens第3页/共15页Life of Charles DickensJohn DickensA clerk in the Navy Pay-officeEnabled

2、 Charles to study at William Giles School(age 9-11)Marshalsea Debtors PrisonWarrens Blacking Warehouse(age 12)第4页/共15页Life of Charles DickensWarrens Blacking WarehouseWork 10 hours a dayTerrible work conditionsThe blacking-warehouse“was a crazy,tumble-down old house,abutting of course on the river,a

3、nd literally overrun with rats”.第5页/共15页Life of Charles DickensJohn Dickens450第6页/共15页Life of Charles DickensWellington HouseAcademy(age13-15)Junior clerk at a law office(from 1827-1828)Newspaper reporter(before 20)第7页/共15页Life of Charles DickensIn 1836The Pickwick PapersCatherine Thomson Hogarth185

4、810 children第8页/共15页Life of Charles DickensAround 1865,Dickens health began to decline.On 8 June,1870,he suffered a stroke at his home,after a full days work on his unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin DroodOn 9 June,1870,he died,and was laid to rest in the Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey第9页/共15页

5、Life of Charles Dickens His epitaph(墓志铭)reads:To the Memory of Charles Dickens(Englands most popular author)who died at his residence,Higham,near Rochester,Kent,9 June 1870,aged 58 years.He was a sympathizer with the poor,the suffering,and the oppressed;and by his death,one of Englands greatest writ

6、ers is lost to the world.第10页/共15页Life of Charles DickensShowed warmth,humor and understanding to humanityTraveled as a reader and busied with charitiesWrote 19 and a half novelsEmphasized with the poor and mocked the selfish第11页/共15页Major Works1.The Pickwick Papers 匹克威克外传2.Oliver Twist 雾都孤儿3.Americ

7、an Notes 美国札记4.Dombey and Son 董贝父子5.David Copperfield 大卫科波菲尔6.Hard Times 艰难时世7.A Tale of Two Cities 双城记8.Great Expectations 远大前程第12页/共15页第13页/共15页A Tale of Two Cities双城记“It was the best of times,it was the worst of times,it was the age of wisdom,it was the age of foolishness,it was the epoch of beli

8、ef,it was the epoch of incredulity,it was the season of Light,it was the season of Darkness,it was the spring of hope,it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us,we had nothing before us,we were all going direct to Heaven,we were all going direct the other way-in short,the period was so far like the present period,that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received,for good or for evil,in the superlative degree of comparison only.”-经典开篇第14页/共15页感谢您的观看！第15页/共15页