内容简介
Bleak House is a satirical look at the Byzantine legal system in London as it consumes the minds and talents of the greedy and nearly destroys the lives of innocents--a contemporary tale indeed.Dickens's tale takes us from the foggy dank streets of London and the maze of the Inns of Court to the peaceful countryside of England.Likewise,the characters run from murderous villains to virtuous girls,from a devoted lover to a "fallen woman,"all of whom are affected by a legal suit in which there will,of course,be no winner.The first-person narrative related by the orphan Esther is particularly sweet.The articulate reading by the acclaimed British actor Paul Scofield,whose distinctive broad English accent lends just the right degree of sonority and humor to the text,brings out the color in this classic social commentary disguised as a Victorian drama.However,to abridge Dickens is,well,a Dickensian task,the results of which make for a story ..
目录
VINTRODUCTION
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND SETTING OF BLEAK HOUSE
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
THE BLEAK HOUSE NUMBERS
I In Chancery
V In Fashion
IV Telescopic Philanthropy
V A Morning Adventure
VI Quite at Home
VII The Ghost's Walk
XI Signs and Tokens
XII The Law- Writer
XI Our Dear Brother
XXXI Nurse and Patient
XXXII The Appointed Time
XXXIII Interlopers
XXXIV A Turn of the Screw
XXXV Esther's Narrative
XXXVI Chesney Wold
XXXVII Jarndyce and Jarndyce
XXXVIII A Struggle
XXXIX Attorney and Client
XL National and Domestic
XLI In Mr Tulkinghorn's Room
XLII In Mr Tulkinghorn's Chambers
XLIII Esther's Narrative
XLIV The Letter and the Answer
XLV In Trust
XLVI Stop Him
XLVII fo's Will
XLVIII Closing In
LXlX Dutiful Friendship
L Esther's Narrative
LI Enlightened
LII Obstinacy
LIII The Track
LIV Springing a Mine
LV Flight
LVI Pursuit
LVII Esther's ..
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