1、,Oliver Twist, also known as The Parish Boys Progress is Charles Dickenss second novel, published in 1838. It is notable for Dickenss unromantic portrayal of criminals and their sordid lives.,Character List,Oliver Twist- The novels protagonist. He is an orphan born in a workhouse. Though treated wit

2、h cruelty and surrounded by coarseness for most of his life, he is a pious, innocent child, and his charms draw the attention of several wealthy benefactors.,Fagin-He takes in homeless children and trains them to pick pockets for him. He is also a buyer of other peoples stolen goods. He rarely commi

3、ts crimes himself, preferring to employ others to commit them. “The old Jew”,Bill Sikes - A brutal professional burglar brought up in Fagins gang.,Mr. Brownlow- Mr. Brownlow is a well-off gentleman who serves as Olivers first benefactor. Throughout the novel, he behaves with compassion and common se

4、nse.,Nancy- One of Fagins former child pickpockets and also Bill Sikess lover. Her love for Sikes and her sense of moral decency come into conflict when Sikes abuses Oliver. Despite her criminal lifestyle, she is among the noblest characters in the novel.,Monks- Olivers half brother who is a sickly,

5、 vicious young man, incline to violent fits and teeming with inexplicable hatred. With Fagin, he schemes to give Oliver a bad reputation. Mr. Bumble- A beadle(minor church official)for the workhouse where Oliver is born. Though Mr. Bumble preaches Christian morality, he behaves without compassion to

6、ward the paupers under his care. Dickens mercilessly satirizes his self-righteousness, greed, hypocrisy, and folly.,Oliver Twist is bornin a workhouse in1830s England. Oliver spends the first nine years of his life in a badly run home for young orphans and then is transferred to a workhouse for adul

7、ts. Mr. Bumble, the parish beadle, offers five pounds to anyone who will take the boy away from the workhouse. Oliver eventually apprenticed to a local undertaker.,Mr. Bumble, the parish beadle, offers five pounds to anyone who will take the boy away from the workhouse. Oliver eventually apprenticed

8、 to a local undertaker. Desperate, Oliver runs away and travels toward London.,Fagin sends Oliver to assist Sikes in a burglary. Oliver is shot and rescued by the houses owner, Mrs. Maylie. Fagin and a mysterious man named Monks are set on recapturing Oliver. Nancy informs Mrs. Maylies adopted niece

9、, Lucy, of Fagins plots. Sikes brutally murders Nancy.,It is revealed that Monks is Olivers half brother. Monks has been pursuing Oliver all along in the hopes of ensuring that his half-brother is deprived of his share of the family inheritance. Fagin is hung for his crimes. Mr. Brownlow adopts Oliv

10、er, and they and the Maylies retire to a blissful existence in the countryside.,The Failure of Charity Purity in a Corrupt City The Folly of Individualism,博茲札記 （Sketches by Boz） 1836年 匹克威克外傳 （The Pickwick Papers） 1836年 霧都孤兒 （Oliver Twist） 1837年1839年 尼古拉斯尼克貝（Nicholas Nickleby） 1838年1839年 老古玩店 （The Ol

11、d Curiosity Shop） 1840年1841年 巴納比拉奇 （Barnaby Rudge） 1841年 美國(guó)紀(jì)行 （American Notes） 1842年 小氣財(cái)神 （A Christmas Carol） 1843年 馬丁翟述偉 （Martin Chuzzlewit） 1843年1844年,Productive Writer,塊肉餘生錄 （David Copperfield） 1849年1850年 寫給孩子看的英國(guó)歷史（A Childs History of England）1851年1853年 荒涼山莊 （Bleak House） 1852年1853年 艱難時(shí)世 （Hard T

12、imes） 1854年 小杜麗 （Little Dorrit） 1855年1857年 雙城記 （A Tale of Two Cities） 1859年 遠(yuǎn)大前程 （Great Expectations） 1860年1861年 我們共同的朋友（Our Mutual Friend） 1864年1865年 艾德溫德魯?shù)轮i（The Mystery of Edwin Drood） 未完成，1870年,Productive Writer,great Critical Realism novelist,At a time when Britain was the major economic and po

13、litical power of the world, Dickens highlighted the life of the forgotten poor and disadvantaged. He was disillusioned（不再抱幻想的）with society and championed the welfare of the common man. Their widest expression could be found in over a hundred articles Dickens wrote for his weekly magazine, Household

14、Words. Through his journalism he campaigned on specific issuessuch as sanitation and the workhousebut his fiction probably demonstrated its greatest prowess（非凡的才能）in changing public opinion in regard to class inequalities. He often depicted the exploitation and repression of the poor and condemned the public officials and institutions that allowed such abuses to exist. Dickenss writing style is florid（華麗的）and poetic, with a strong comic touch. His satires of British aristocratic snobbery （貴族的勢(shì)利行為）are often popular