大卫科波菲尔
简 介
查尔斯·狄更斯曾经说过:"在我所有的作品中,我最喜欢这一部.正如许多父母一样,我内心里有一个宠儿,他的名字就叫大卫·科波菲尔."
狄更斯自己的童年艰难困苦,少年大卫的生活也同样不容易.父亲在他未出生前就去世了,8岁时母亲改嫁,继父摩德斯通先生严酷残暴,他的姐姐摩德斯通小姐也一样铁石心肠,不近人情.大卫成长过程中遭遇过许多不友善的人——残忍的校长,狡诈的朋友,还有心怀歹意的尤赖亚·希普.然而,在大卫的生活中也不乏善良之人:有可爱的保姆辟果提,少言寡语,不善言辞的巴克斯先生,有貌似严肃但却菩萨心肠的姨婆,有生活不如意的米考伯夫妇.他们时而兴高采烈,时而忧虑不安,却始终期待着"转机"的到来.有恬静温柔的阿格尼斯,一位聪慧的知心朋友;还有朵拉,一位最最可爱的女孩,金发碧眼,甜美漂亮,天真无邪……

查尔斯·狄更斯(1812—1870)是英国最伟大的小说家之一.他出身于贫苦家庭(父亲曾因负债被捕入狱),经过不懈努力,获得了财富和荣誉.
1 David Copperfield's childhood

I was born at Blunderstone,in Suffolk, in the east of England,and was given my poor father's name,David Copperfield. Sadly, he never saw me He was much older than my mother when they married, and died six months before I was born. My father's death made my beautiful young mother very unhappy, and she knew she would find life extremely difficult with a new baby and no husband The richest and most important person in our family was my father's aunt,Miss Betsey Trotwood. She had in fact been married once, to a handsome young husband. But because he demanded money from her, and sometimes beat her, she decided they should separate He went abroad, and soon news came of his death. Miss Trotwood bought a small house by the sea, and lived there alone, with only one servant. She had not spoken to my father since his marriage, because she considered he had made a mistake in marrying a very young girl But just before I was born, when she heard that my mother was expecting a baby, she came to visit Blunder- stone.
It was a cold, windy Friday afternoon in March. My mother was sitting by the fire, feeling very lonely and unhappy, and crying a little. Suddenly a stern, strange-looking face appeared at the window. 'Open the door!' ordered the sternfaced lady. My mother was shocked,but obeyed at once. 'You must be David Copper field's wife,'said the lady as she entered.'I'm Betsey Trotwood. You've heard of me ' 'Yes,'whispered mother,trembling. 'How young you are!' cried Miss Betsey.'Just a baby!' My mother started sobbing again.'I know I look like a child! I know I was young to be a wife, and I'm young to be a mother! But perhaps I'll die before I become a mother!' 'Come, come! answered Miss Betsey.'Have some tea.Then you'll feel better.What do you call your girl ' 'My girl I don't know yet that it will be a girl,'replied my mother miserably. 'No,I don't mean the baby,I mean your servant!'

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