Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from any young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and 'bully of humanity' Mr Bounderby, and his son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling and robbery. And, as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe and victimized weaver Stephen Blackpool, Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognize the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery.
这本书在狄更斯的小说中不算最好的,但是他在书中给我们提了一个问题供我们大家思考,那就是人类是不是只要理性,实际和功利主义,而不要感性、感情和爱。如今我们大多数人已变成了只讲实际的人,交朋友只交往以后对我们有用的人;读书只读励志类、财经类(以上两类书,我们可...
评分艰难时世通过播种、收割、归仓三卷来诠释“不要自欺,上帝是轻慢不得的。人种的是什么,收的也是什么”。而艰难时世中的这位播种这的名字是格雷戈林,一个专讲实际的会议员和理论家,一个功利主义的绝对者,信奉事实至上的原则,将邪恶的种子播撒在下一代,使女儿路易莎嫁给了...
评分在德国exchange时的英文课读物
评分Mr. Gradgrind paid so much for the system he built, but still, the future is unknown and bright.
评分Mr. Gradgrind paid so much for the system he built, but still, the future is unknown and bright.
评分在德国exchange时的英文课读物
评分自己的英语还没有进入文学水平
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