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1、TheMysteryofEdwinDroodDickens,CharlesPublished:1870Type(s):NovelsSource:http://en.wikisource.org1AboutDickens:CharlesJohnHuffamDickenspen-name"Boz",wastheforemostEng-lishnovelistoftheVictorianera,aswellasavigoroussocialcampaigner.ConsideredoneoftheEnglishlanguage'sgreatestwriters,hewasac-claimed
2、forhisrichstorytellingandmemorablecharacters,andachievedmassiveworldwidepopularityinhislifetime.Latercritics,beginningwithGeorgeGissingandG.K.Chesterton,championedhismasteryofprose,hisendlessinventionofmemorablecharactersandhispowerfulsocialsensibilities.Yethehasalsoreceivedcriticismfromwriterss
3、uchasGeorgeHenryLewes,HenryJames,andVirginiaWoolf,wholistsenti-mentality,implausibleoccurrenceandgrotesquecharactersasfaultsinhisoeuvre.ThepopularityofDickens'novelsandshortstorieshasmeantthatnonehaveevergoneoutofprint.Dickenswroteserialisednovels,whichwastheusualformatforfictionatthetime,andeac
4、hnewpartofhisstorieswouldbeeagerlyanticipatedbythereadingpublic.Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1TheDawnAnancientEnglishCathedralTower?HowcantheancientEnglishCathedraltowerbehere!Thewell-knownmassivegraysquaretowerofitsoldCathedral?Howcanthatbehere!Thereisnospikeofrustyironintheair,betweentheeyeandit,fr
5、omanypointoftherealprospect.Whatisthespikethatintervenes,andwhohassetitup?MaybeitissetupbytheSultan'sordersfortheimpalingofahordeofTurkishrobbers,onebyone.Itisso,forcymbalsclash,andtheSultangoesbytohispalaceinlongprocession.Tenthousandscimitarsflashinthesunlight,andthricetenthousanddancing-girls
6、strewflowers.Then,followwhiteelephantscaparisonedincountlessgorgeouscolours,andinfiniteinnumberandattendants.StilltheCathedralTowerrisesintheback-ground,whereitcannotbe,andstillnowrithingfigureisonthegrimspike.Stay!Isthespikesolowathingastherustyspikeonthetopofapostofanoldbedsteadthathastumbleda
7、llawry?Somevagueperiodofdrowsylaughtermustbedevotedtotheconsiderationofthispossibility.Shakingfromheadtofoot,themanwhosescatteredconsciousnesshasthusfantasticallypieceditselftogether,atlengthrises,supportshistrem-blingframeu