大卫科波菲尔英文简介-课件（PPT-精）.ppt

Born: February 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Died: June 9, 1870, Gads Hill, near Chatham, Kent. He is a British novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. He is the main represent of British realism literature in the 19 century. The defining moment of Dickenss life Charles John Huffam Dickens occurred when he was 12 years old. With his father in debtors prison, he was withdrawn from school and forced to work in a factory. This deeply affected the sensitive boy. Though he returned to school at 13, his formal education ended at 15. As a young man, he worked as a reporter. 1836 Sketches by Boz 1837 The Pickwick Papers 1838 Oliver Twist 1841 The Old Curiocity Shop 1843 A Christmas Carol 1848 Dombey and Son 1850 David Copperfield 1853 Bleak House 1854 Hard Times 1859 A Tale of Two Cities 1870 The Mystery of Edwin Drood (unfinished). Davids father had died before he was born, later, his mother Clara Copperfiled marries Edward Murdstone who with his sister Jane controls the family later, and he is bad to David even thrashes David for falling behind studies. David is sent away to a boarding school, Salem House, with a ruthless headmaster, Mr. Creakle. And he meet James Steerforth. Mr. Murdstone sends him to work in a factory after his mother and her second baby die. His landlord, Wilkins Micawber moves to Plymouth, so David decides to run away. He walks to Dover to find his only Aunt Betsey Trotwood. She renames him ‘Trotwood Copperfield’. And he is sent to school, living in Agnes’ home. Steerforth take Emily who will marry away, so Dan Peggotty decides to find her. David loves Dora Spenlow, and marry her after her father died and bankrupt. Betsey Trotwood is bankrupt later because of Uriah Heep. Wilkins Micawber exposes Uriah’s plot that he wants to take control of Agnes’ families and marry her. Dora died, so David travels three years. Later, David lives a lif