5. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
《远大前程》,作者:查尔斯·狄更斯
Great Expectations may seem like an obvious choice, but it will do more than reward the Chinese penchant for Victorian high society. As well as being one of the most recognisable English-language stories, the novel explores social mobility, the contemporary class system, and empire, all backed up with a number of Dickens' larger-than-life characters and the first-person voice of the ever hopeful Pip. For the Chinese reader, it’s a cultural exploration of Britain at one of the most important points in her history, and a classic piece of literature by the second-most famous British writer of all time.
本书单包括《远大前程》似乎理所应当,但它的作用其实不只局限于满足中国人对维多利亚时代上流社会的兴趣。该小说不但是英文名著,还探究社会流动性、维多利亚时代的社会阶级系统和大英帝国的历史。此书始终用第一人称——永远充满希望的“皮普”来叙事,并充斥着诸多非同凡响的人物故事。对于中国读者而言,《远大前程》是一场文化之旅,探究英国历史中最重要的一章,同时也是英国第二大作家的名垂千古的经典之作。
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