The Pickwick Papers(VI) 匹克威克外傳(英文版)
Publishedseriallyin1836–1837,ThePickwickPaperswasDickens'firstnovelanditsrousingsuccesslaunchedhislastingfame.Thisnarrativeofcoachtravelprovidesavividportraitofaworldthatwassoontovanishwiththecomingoftherailroads.FromthegrimdepictionofFleetPrisontotheexuberantaccountofthecricketmatchatDingleyDell,thetalesoftheimmortalPickwickCluboffermemorablescenesofnineteenth-centuryEngland.FewfirstnovelshavecreatedasmuchpopularexcitementasThePickwickPapers–acomicmasterpiecethatcatapultedits24-year-oldauthortoimmediatefame.ReaderswerecaptivatedbytheadventuresofthepoetSnodgrass,theloverTupman,thesportsmanWinkle,aboveall,bythatquintessentiallyEnglishQuixote,MrPickwick,andhiscockneySanchoPanza,SamWeller.FromthehallowedturfofDingleyDellCricketClubtotheunholyfracasoftheEatanswillelection,viatheFleetdebtor'sprison,charactersandincidentssprangtolifefromDickens'spen,toformanenduringlypopularworkofebullienthumourandliteraryinvention.
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