英国文学史复习资料(8)

aging spinsterhood

【Lydia & Wickham】shown the dangers of feckless relationships

unsupported by money.

【Mr.&Mrs. Bennet, Mr. Collins, Lady Catherine de Burgh】comic

characters

7. Walter Scott沃尔特 斯科特1771~1832

(历史小说之父‖)Father of history novels

① <Rob Roy> 罗伯 罗伊

② <Ivanhoe> 艾凡赫

VI The Victorian Period

Common sense and moral propreity, again became the predominant preoccupation.

Critical realists were all concerned about the fate of the common people and everyday events.

1. Charles Dickens查尔斯 狄更斯1812~1870

（批判现实主义小说家）critical realist writer

① <The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club>匹克威克外传

② <Oliver Twist>奥利弗 特维斯特（雾都孤儿）

③ <The Old Curiosity Shop>老古玩店

④ <A Christmas Carol>圣诞颂歌

⑤ <Dombey and Son>董贝父子

⑥ <David Copperfield>大卫 科波菲尔

⑦ <Bleak House>荒凉山庄

⑧ <A Tale of Two Cities>双城记(London & Paris)

⑨ <Great Expectations>远大前程

⑩ <Our Mutual Friend>我们共同的朋友

2. William Makepeace Thackeray威廉 麦克匹斯 萨克雷1811~1863

①<Vanity Fair> or a Novel without a Hero名利场(the name is an excerpt from <The

②<The Book Of Snobs>

1816~1855

Jane Eyre, a plain little orphan, was sent to Lowood, a charity school. There

she suffer a lot and 8 years later she left school and became a boverness at

Thornfield Hall. There she falls in love with the master,Mr. Rochester.

It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society, e.g. charity institution

such as Lowood School

It is a successful introduction to the first governess heoine in the English

novel, whom represents those middle-class working women struggling for

recognition of their basic rights and equality as a human being.