经典英文小说:小杜丽(英文版)(套装共6册)
LittleDorritisanovelbyCharlesDickenswhichsatirisestheshortcomingsofbothgovernmentandsociety,includingtheinstitutionofdebtorsprisons,wheredebtorswereimprisoned,unabletowork,untiltheyrepaidtheirdebts.TheprisoninthiscaseistheMarshalsea,whereDickens'sownfatherhadbeenimprisoned.Dickensisalsocriticalofthelackofasocialsafetynet,thetreatmentandsafetyofindustrialworkers,aswellthebureaucracyoftheBritishTreasury,intheformofhisfictional"CircumlocutionOffice".InadditionhesatirisesthestratificationofsocietythatresultsfromtheBritishclasssystem.InhisIntroduction,DavidGatesarguesthat“intensityofimaginationisthegiftfromwhichDickens’sothergreatattributesderive:hiseyeandear,hisnear-universalempathy,hisabilitytoentertainbothasenseoftheridiculousandasenseofultimatesignificance.”Dickenscriticizesthehierarchicalsocietywhichwoulddemandsuchanimpossiblethingofaman,andalsoquestionswhichclassoftheiracquaintancearegoodpeopleandtruefriends.