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.
这是狄更斯最出名的作品,狄更斯用冷俊的嘲讽笔调表现出对大英帝国的讽刺。当时的大英帝国刚开始成为世界帝国,虽然还保有着贵族阶层,不过资产阶级已经是社会主流,五金批发商葛擂硬已经是国会议员,而庞得贝的管家斯巴塞太太显然是个贵族的旁枝出身,这应该是暗示着贵族们已...
評分 評分这是狄更斯最出名的作品,狄更斯用冷俊的嘲讽笔调表现出对大英帝国的讽刺。当时的大英帝国刚开始成为世界帝国,虽然还保有着贵族阶层,不过资产阶级已经是社会主流,五金批发商葛擂硬已经是国会议员,而庞得贝的管家斯巴塞太太显然是个贵族的旁枝出身,这应该是暗示着贵族们已...
Hard times...
评分自己的英語還沒有進入文學水平
评分Mr. Gradgrind paid so much for the system he built, but still, the future is unknown and bright.
评分自己的英語還沒有進入文學水平
评分Hard times...
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