雾都孤儿英文简介

第一篇：雾都孤儿英文简介

Oliver Twist was born to be an orphan in a workhouse，where children are maltreated and constantly starved.Beadles of the workhouse hate Oliver’s personality and traffic in him to an undertaker to work as an apprentice.Unable to bear the cruel abuse, Oliver run away to London.There he falls into the hands of a gang of thieves headed by old Fagin.Oliver is taught and forced to steal.He is once rescued by the kind-hearted Mr Brownlow but caught by the thieves again.It finally turns out a man named Monks is Oliver’s brother,who wants to make the boy a criminal due to the inheritance.In the end, with the help of Nancy, Oliver escapes from the menace of all the bad men and is adopted by Mr Brownlow,leading a happy life.

第二篇：雾都孤儿简介

《雾都孤儿》简介

经典名著

《雾都孤儿》是狄更斯的第一部社会批判小说。

富人的弃婴奥利佛在孤儿院里挣扎了9年，又被送到棺材店老板那儿当学徒。难以忍受的饥饿、贫困和侮辱，迫使奥利佛逃到伦敦，又被迫无奈当了扒手。他曾被富有的布莱罗先生收留，不幸让小扒手发现又入贼窝。善良的女扒手南希为了营救奥利佛，不顾贼头的监视和威胁，向布莱罗报信，说奥利佛就是他找寻已久的外孙儿。南希被贼窝头目杀害，JC随即围剿了贼窝。奥利佛终于得以与亲人团聚。

作者风采

查理•狄更斯(1812—1870)是19世纪英国最杰出的小说家。他于1812年2月7曰出生在英国南部朴茨茅斯一个小资产阶级家庭。1832年开始从事文学创作，先后写了歌剧、笑剧、随笔、长篇小说和短篇小说，以长篇小说最为成功。《雾都孤儿》是这一时期的代表作，此外还有《匹克威克外传》。从1842年到1848年，是他的创作走向成熟的时期。这时期他先后到过美国、意大利、瑞士、法国旅游考察。作品有中短篇小说集《圣诞故事集》和长篇小说《董贝父子》。从1849年到1870年，是狄更斯创作取得辉煌成就的时期。他的重要代表作，都是在这一时期写成的。先后写的《大卫•科波菲尔》、《荒凉山庄》、《艰难时世》、《双城记》、《孤星血泪》等长篇小说，这些作品把揭露与批判的矛头直接指向英国的国家制度、政治机构和建立在金钱基础上的社会关系，同时对劳资冲突和工人命运给予了极大的关注。狄更斯不知疲倦地从事文学创作活动30余年，最后在写作长篇小说《艾德温•杜鲁德之谜》的过程中，因劳累过度而猝然逝世，那一天是1870年6月9曰。

名人趣闻

狄更斯替友还赌债

狄更斯有一个面之交的朋友詹姆堂森。詹姆堂森有次赌钱欠了查利德五千英镑，查利德限他一个星期内还清。詹姆堂森十分为难，想起了那位一面之交、却待人友善的朋友，就求助于狄更斯，狄更斯满口答应替他还债。

詹姆堂森带了查利德去找狄更斯，只见室内空空荡荡，只有一张床和一张堆满稿纸和酒瓶的桌子，查利德用一种怀疑的口吻问道：“詹姆堂森欠我的债你来替还他，是吗?”狄更斯答道：“是的。”查利德哼哼说：“凭你这些废纸和破酒瓶，就能还清这笔巨债吗?”狄更斯说：“当然不是凭这些，而是凭我的左手。”

狄更斯当时已经闻名整个英国和欧洲，但由于他不喜欢在交际场合抛头露面，认识他的人极少，只是听说他用左手写作。当查利德一听说这人用左手写作，大吃一惊：“难道你就是狄更斯?”狄更斯点了一下头：“你算猜对了。”查利德赶紧握住狄更斯的手，兴奋地说道：“能认识你，价值就不止5000英镑了，詹姆堂森的债就算抵消了。”站在一旁的詹姆堂森简直不相信自己的眼睛，这位一面之交的朋友竟然是大名鼎鼎的狄更斯。

面对查利德的殷勤，狄更斯笑笑说：“你刚进来时，盛气凌人，现在又变得这样彬彬有礼，如果把这些作为题材写成小说，它的价值同样不止5000英镑!”一席话说得这个势利的债主十分尴尬。狄更斯替友还赌债的佳话也就这么传开了。

银屏再现

影片《雾都孤儿》根据狄更斯的同名小说改编，由英国著名导演大卫•里恩执导，1948年英国电影协会出品。

大卫将其娴熟高超的电影技巧运用至影片的拍摄中，公映后立即风靡世界。法国电影史学界认为《雾都孤儿》是大卫•里恩的又一部“浪漫主义拓印”。影片灯光与阴影的运用，表现出一种神秘与幻想的色彩。整部影片自然流畅，通过小主人公奥利佛曲折的经历，真实地再现了19世纪英国的社会风貌。幕后英雄

天才导演——大卫•里恩

大卫•里恩是英国著名导演，这位驰名世界影坛的宿将，一生经历44年的导演生涯，银幕上留下了他16部力作，奥斯卡提名56次之多，27尊金光闪闪的奥斯卡金像环绕身旁。由大卫•里恩执导的著名影片有《红菱艳》、《相见恨晚》、《孤星血泪》、《雾都孤儿》、《桂河桥》、《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》等。里恩的作品不仅在艺术的金字塔顶熠熠闪光，而且也取得了商业上的巨大成功——无论是战争片、历史片，还是充满浪漫色彩的传奇片，都赢得了数以亿计的观众。他的艺术轨迹是光荣而又神奇的。

第三篇：雾都孤儿英文介绍

Oliver Twist Oliver Twist is written by British writer Charles John Huffam Dickens in 1838.Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812.When he was a child, he had received education in a private school for a period of time.But he had not taken much formal education, essentially studying by himself.By the age of 12, Dickens’s father was jailed because of the debt problem.Then he was sent to London as an apprentice in a shoeshine field, where he had to work for 10 hours a day.Maybe because of this experience, Dickens’s work focused more on the life of social labor people.His work is still popular now and has a great influence in English literature.The hero of the novel is Oliver Twist who was an orphan.Everyday, he suffered from starvation and bully.At last, he can’t ignore the abuse of the boss, he escaped to London along.Then the story began.As soon as he reached London, he was noticed by a thief gang.The head of the gang tried to make Oliver work for him.One day, when Oliver and a member of this gang called Bates were walking in the street, Oliver was arrested by the police because of a misunderstanding that a

gentleman named Brownlow thought he had stolen his handkerchief.Infect Brownlow is one of his father’s friends.At last, he was set free until the owner of the bookshop proved that he was innocent.In the prison, he got badly hurt and Mr.Brownlow felt very guilty after he was set free.So Mr.Brownlow took him to his home to look after him.In Mr.Brownlow’s home, Oliver experienced the warm of the family.But this was not the end of pain.The head of the thief gang called Fagin.To ensure that Oliver wouldn’t leak their secret, Fagin let Nancy and Sikes to catch Oliver back.While Mr.Brown went out one day, Nancy and Sikes caught Oliver.To make Oliver work for him, Fagin beat him cruelly.One midnight, Fagin asked him to steal a big house.To tell the owner, Oliver went the house though the window.But unluckily, the steward thought he was a thief and shoot at him.The real thief ran away and Oliver was abandoned.With a hurt body, Oliver crawling in the snow, didn’t know the way, he came back to the house again.At last, the owner Merry and her adopted daughter Ross take him in and offer shelter for him.Coincidentally, Merry was his aunt and they don’t know

each other.One day, a person called Monks came to Fagin and told him that Oliver is his brother.His father left a large heritage and decided to give it to Oliver because of his unfilial unless Oliver was as unfilial as him that the heritage is given to Monks.To reach the goal, he let Fagin to help him to make Oliver an incurable criminal.While they were talking, Nancy heard it by accident, and he told it to Ross.When Ross was thinking how to deal with it, Oliver came to tell her that he found Mr.Brownlow.Then Ross and Mr.Brownlow began to discuss it.They met Nancy once again and to Mr.Brownlow got a surprising new that Monks is his old friend’s son.So he decided to talk with Monks, but what they talks was heard by Fagin and Fagin killed Nancy cruelly.The death of Nancy made the thief gang came to an end.Fagin was arrested and died soon.Monks was caught by Mr.Brownlow and he told everything.With the truth came out Mr.Brownlow adopted Oliver.In the book, Oliver, Nancy and Ross are the

represent of goodness.They all came from suffering, but they never loss themselves.In their heart,goodness and trueness are still alive.No matter how hard it is and what a hard life, we should never lose ourselves.

第四篇：雾都孤儿 英文读后感

As we all known , Oliver Twist is the world's masterpiece by prominent British author Charles Dickens.Thus , I spent a month reading it.When I finished this book, I could not calm the mood for a long time.The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist, an orphan, whose mother was died after giving birth to him.So he was thrown into a world full of poverty and crime.He suffered enormous pain, such as hunger, thirst, beating and abuse.While reading the tragic experiences of the little Oliver, I was shocked by his sufferings and felt for the poor boy.In addition , the charitable figures whom Dickens created in the novel are really what we need in life.They showed love and care to others, just as the gentle rain from the sky fell upon the earth, which was carved into my heart deeply.Mr.Brownlow is one such person.He known Oliver Twist by accident,although there were many things happening between them ,dramatically, they came across each other again a few years later.Without hesitation, he took Oliver home for the second time not caring if he had done something evil.What Mr.Brownlow did taught us a lesson , just as the old saying went , “To error is human;to forgive divine.”, Therefore, we ought to give people a second chance no matter what they might have done.That’s also a substantial part of loving and caring others.Mrs.Maylie ,Miss Rose and Nancy are also these kind of people , who are Oliver’s other

benefactors.In the novel, though the young Oliver again and again fell for conspiracies of those hideous thieves, who tried to torture Oliver’s body and poisoned Oliver’s heart intensely, he always lived on and tried hard to seek for his own life.Then I realized what supported him all through were actually beliefs.In most cases, what you believe is what you’ll become.Believe that you are unlimited, that you can do anything you commit to doing, and when you do, your accomplishments will know no bounds.You control your beliefs and that is how you ultimately control your life.It’s all dictated by your attitude.There is no doubt that we should learn form Oliver , no matter what we meet , we can’t give up.What’s more ,we must believe in that the goodness eventually can conquer devil.All in all , Oliver Twist is well worth reading.

第五篇：雾都孤儿—英文读书笔记

BOOK REPORT_Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens is one of the most famous novelists of the Victorian Age.When Charles Dickens was young, his father was put into prison.During this time, Dickens was living by himself and working in the underground cell of a shoe blacking factory.Maybe it is because this period of experience that makes Charles Dickens’s works are more focused on the living condition of the poor.In many of his novels, Dickens showed his sympathy for the poor.Just like this book-Oliver Twist in which Charles Dickens described the miserable life of the poor children and exposed the seedy side of the society at that time.Oliver Twist is one of Charles Dickens' most popular stories.Oliver Twist was born in a workhouse in 1930s.Later, he was sent to a Coffin shop as an apprentice.As he couldn’t endure the oppression from his boss, he fled to London.However, on the way to London, he was cheated into the haunt of thieves and trained to be a thief.On one occasion, he was taken in by a rich man—Mr.Brownlow.But unfortunately, he was framed and entrapped into the haunt of thieves again.But Oliver still believes that there are hopes in his life.Finally, Nancy, a kind-hearted woman pickpocket, rescued Oliver from dangers despite the threat of the thief-in-chief and told Brownlow that actually Oliver is his good friend’s son.Nancy was killed at the end of the story, but the police surround the haunt of thieves immediately and Oliver reunited with his family members.Of the characters in this story, Oliver, Nancy and Miss Ross represent the goodness that they are born in suffering, grow in dark world, but still keep a heart of

gold.None of the hardships can through them into the hell.Oliver is a brave and strong child that he suffered enormous pain, such as hunger, thirst, beating and abuse.But no matter how tough his life is he never gives up his belief.What’s more, in Oliver Twist, morality and nobility are always black-and-white issues.Just like Monks, who was a greedy, ruthless, shameless person, represents the black, Olive can represents the white.But Nancy, a thief who has done something bad, finally been influenced by Oliver and decided to help Oliver.This gives us the implication that the boundary between virtue and vice is not always so distinct.Charles Dickens praised ideal human nature and interpersonal relationships and he hoped to use his pen to express his ideals in that the reality is very cruel.So, through this novel, Dickens criticized the seedy side of the capitalist society at that time and expressed his deep sympathy about the bottom class who lived in a miserable life.In this way the people could realize the social reality and consider more about their behavior.But on the other hand, Dickens shows his wish through this novel that people should firm their belief no matter what they are suffering about and evil can never prevail over good.