Dickens occupies an important position in the history of modern world literature. He is a critical realist writer, who is good at describing the little people at the bottom, and often reflects the complex and realistic social normal in Britain at that time with critical writing techniques. His novels are widely circulated, such as Oliver Twist, david copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. His works not only sell well, but also are widely adapted into movies and TV series.
There are many golden sentences in his works, and a lot of finishing touches can be found in almost every work. When I read A Tale of Two Cities in my early years, I was deeply impressed by a passage in the book: this is the best era, and this is the worst era; This is the age of wisdom, this is the age of stupidity; This is a period of faith, this is a period of doubt; This is the season of light, this is the season of darkness; This is the spring of hope, this is the winter of disappointment; There are all kinds of things in front of people, and there is nothing in front of people; People go straight to heaven and people go straight to hell. So at that time, I thought Dickens was very good at depicting complex social reality in a comparative way, which was particularly critical.
Great Expectations is a novel written by Dickens in his later years, and it is the most perfect work in structure and language among all Dickens' works. He collected rich life experience and mature thoughts in Great Expectations, perhaps through life crisis and emotional pain. Great Expectations shows a different artistic style from previous works.
With the publication of Houlang's classic series of illustrations "Great Expectations: Illustrator Collector's Edition", which Houlang carefully polished and translated, I once again relived the ironic story of the disillusionment of the little people who dreamed of "Great Expectations" in Dickens' works.
This edition of Great Expectations: Illustrated Collector's Edition has several highlights different from previous editions:
1, 26 illustrations drawn by Harry Firniss, an important painter under the British century-old humor magazine Clumsy.
2. Taking the classic translation Great Expectations by literary translator Wang as an example, it is praised as "a fresh wind blowing in the field".
3, the cover is gray-blue with hot silver, and it is covered with a waist seal similar to metal; Book tickets with exquisite illustrations are elegant and British.
It is a masterpiece of Dickens in his later years, a classic of his most mature writing, a bildungsroman that has survived for centuries, and a tragic cycle of awakening from dreams.
The novel tells the story of the orphan Pip's growth: he planted good fruits in his childhood, saved an escaped prisoner and laid the groundwork for his later dreams; After seeing the rich man's life cheated and falling in love with the tool man Estella, the change of mood became the fuse of a dream. Then the mysterious man arranged for Pip to receive higher education with his dream and tried to enter the upper class. Since then, this has been the beginning of his dream. However, once the dream on earth wakes up, fate turns again, and the true identity of the mysterious man is exposed, Pip's great future is just a dream. ...
There is a great contrast between the warmth in the story and the humorous and satirical style that runs through Dickens' early works. The work carries out the theme of love from beginning to end, which is probably related to the background created by the work, making its critical irony relatively weak.
If you have read Dickens' previous works, you will also find that Great Expectations is far more mature than other works. He not only tells the whole process of a teenager's broken dreams and lovelorn love, but also describes the love that runs through the whole text, such as death love, brotherly love, compassionate love and selfless and simple love. This is the author's praise for the valuable quality and simple feelings of the little people at the bottom of society.
I love her against common sense, which hinders my future, makes me lose my self-control, destroys my hope and my happiness, and I am destined to taste all the depression and disappointment. However, once I fall in love with her, I can't help loving her. There she is. I can't hide. I am happy for this intense happiness.