經典英文小說：小杜麗（英文版）（套裝共6冊）
LittleDorritisanovelbyCharlesDickenswhichsatirisestheshortcomingsofbothgovernmentandsociety,includingtheinstitutionofdebtorsprisons,wheredebtorswereimprisoned,unabletowork,untiltheyrepaidtheirdebts.TheprisoninthiscaseistheMarshalsea,whereDickens'sownfatherhadbeenimprisoned.Dickensisalsocriticalofthelackofasocialsafetynet,thetreatmentandsafetyofindustrialworkers,aswellthebureaucracyoftheBritishTreasury,intheformofhisfictional"CircumlocutionOffice".InadditionhesatirisesthestratificationofsocietythatresultsfromtheBritishclasssystem.InhisIntroduction,DavidGatesarguesthat“intensityofimaginationisthegiftfromwhichDickens’sothergreatattributesderive:hiseyeandear,hisnear-universalempathy,hisabilitytoentertainbothasenseoftheridiculousandasenseofultimatesignificance.”Dickenscriticizesthehierarchicalsocietywhichwoulddemandsuchanimpossiblethingofaman,andalsoquestionswhichclassoftheiracquaintancearegoodpeopleandtruefriends.
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