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英文原著阅读报告 great expectations 远大前程 Great Expectations Introduction The novel I read this time is “Great Expectations” written by Charles Dickens (1812-1870). He is the greatest representative of English critical realism. Dickens was born in a poor family. At the age of 12, his father was put in prison and young Dickens was sent to work in a factory. From 1827 to 1829, Dickens worked as a clerk in a low firm and later as a newspaper reporter. Dickens was horned by the Queen of England three months before his death on June 9, 1810. The words of his grave read as follows “by his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world.”He has many masterpieces, such as “A tale of cities” “David Copperfield” “Hard time” “Oliver Twist” and so on. “Great Expectations” is one of his masterpieces. The story in this book happened in middle of 19 century and it reflects the gap between the rich and the poor in the capitalistic society. The summary of the book This story tells us about a young man who wished for the unreal/imaginary lives, and eventually his hope was extinguished by the real life. Pip was an unfortunate boy. His parents both died when he was a baby. He was brought up by his elder sister and her husband Joe Gargery. Joe was kind to Pip and he also wanted Pip to be a good blacksmith. But the emergence of Estella has changed his life. He fell in love with Estella and he wanted to be a gentleman for her. Then a mysterious person came to help him to realize his great expectations. At first Pip thought that it was Miss Havisham, a strange woman made plans for him. But at last, it proved that an escaped convict who he had helped when he was a little boy was his benefactor. When the escaped convict was arrested again, his expectations were at an end. Finally he realized that he only wanted to be a gentleman but he had ignored his old friends. He came to the real life again eventually. After suffering so many pains he and E