Great Expectations(25K彩圖經典文學改寫+1MP3)

作 者: Jennifer Gascoigne / Charles Dickens
出版社: 寂天文化
出版日: 2016-09-19
ISBN : 9783990455012
書 號: C54352501
書 系: Helbling Classics
版 權: Helbling Languages
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《孤星血淚》(又譯:遠大前程)(Great Expectations)常被歸為是「成長小說」,是維多利亞時代風行的小說形式,這類小說呈現角色在成長過程中的心理與道德發展歷程。不過,一如狄更斯(Charles Dickens)的大多數小說一樣,《孤星血淚》也無法輕易地被定義歸類,因為這是一個愛與激情的故事,也是一個懸疑故事,還是一部反應當時社會的小說。
《孤星血淚》的時空背景,設定於1800年代初期到中期,故事發生在肯特沼澤區和倫敦。主角是一位名叫皮普(Pip)的可憐孤兒,他和姊姊、姊夫住在一起。有一天,他遇上了一個富家女艾絲黛拉(Estella),還愛上了對方,但對方嘲笑他是個鄉下窮小子。此後,他開始不滿自己的生活。
幾年後,他得知自己有個神祕的贊助人,希望他能過上紳士的生活。如今他有錢了,覺得自己有機會贏得艾絲黛拉的芳心。他離開村莊,來到倫敦,在那裡結交了新朋友。他為自己的出身和家人感到羞愧。然而,在諸多歷練之後,他終於體認到自己所犯的錯誤。
這部小說的結局,狄更斯原本以悲劇收場,但由於一個朋友的建議,他決定讓結局以喜劇落幕。現在大多數的版本採用新結局,但仍有部分維持原案。

Great Expectations is usually described as a bildungsroman, a type of novel that was popular in Victorian times. Bildungsroman is a German word used for novels that show the psychological and moral development of the main character as he or she grows up. However, Great Expectations, like most of Charles Dickens’s novels, cannot be so easily defined. It is also a story about love and passion, a mystery story, and a story that comments on the society of the time.
Great Expectations is set on the marshes of Kent and in London in the early to mid-1800s. The main character is a poor orphan boy called Pip, who lives with his older sister and her husband, Joe. One day he meets and falls in love with a rich girl called Estella. She laughs at him because he is a poor village boy and he starts to become unhappy with his life.
A few years later he learns that he has a secret benefactor, who wants him to live the life of a gentleman. Now that he is rich, he thinks that he has a chance of winning Estella’s love. He leaves his village and goes to live in London, where he makes new friends. He starts to feel ashamed of his home and his family, particularly Joe, who he treats unkindly. However, after many adventures he is finally able to recognize his mistakes.
Charles Dickens originally wrote a sad ending for Great Expectations but he decided to change it to a happier one because of a suggestion from one of his friends. Most books today contain the new ending but there are some that also include the original one.


【Helbling文學讀本(Helbling Readers)簡介】
● Helbling Classics(經典英文文學改寫)
● Helbling Fiction(當代原創英文小說)

《Helbling文學讀本》為一套最優質的英文分級閱讀讀本,英語難易度由初級銜接到中級。在各項英語認證考試中,本系列書培養的英語能力級數如下:

GEPT英檢 中級
TOEIC多益 550
TOEFL iBT托福 57-86
IELTS雅思 4.5

全系列皆隨書附贈全文朗讀MP3。
內文編排精美,採用彩色印刷,全文穿插精美插圖,單元設計豐富。
除了精彩的小說之外,另編寫有:

1. About the Author(作者簡介):介紹作者,幫助認識創作背景。
2. About the Book(本書簡介):介紹故事內容概要,幫助了解故事的背景與旨意。
3. Before Reading(閱前活動):設計各種問題和活動,幫助暖身,啟發各種探討與學習。
4. After Reading(閱後練習):設計各種深入的問題和題目練習,幫助復習內容,加深英語的學習印象。
5. Test(測驗):有些讀本在閱畢之後,設計有各種測驗題目,包括文意測驗和英語練習等。
6. 隨文討論:在故事行文中,另設計有針對內文情節的問題探討,幫助做啟發性的思考。

About the Author
About the Book
Before Reading

1. A meeting in the churchyard
2. An arrest
3. A visit to Satis House
4. A fight
5. Great expectations
6. Life in London
7. Changes
8. A secret plan
9. An unwelcome visitor
10. Danger!
11. A journey down the river
12. A new start

After Reading
Test
Project Work

作者

Charles Dickens

查理斯.狄更斯(Charles Dickens, 1812-1870)為英國維多利亞時期的大文豪,作品普受世人的歡迎,且對英國文學的發展有著深遠的影響,是19世紀英國寫實主義文學的主要代表。 在狄更斯年少時,父親曾因債入獄,致使狄更斯被送去當學徒,這段經歷讓他備嚐艱辛與屈辱。但也因為這樣的經歷,狄更斯擅長於描繪英國中下階層的社會,深刻反映出複雜的社會現實。狄更斯位於西敏寺的墓誌銘,適足傳達此一精神特色,其寫著: He was a sympathiser with the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world. 他的心,與窮人、受苦的人和被壓迫者同在; 他的謝世,令世界失去了一位偉大的英國作家。 狄更斯勤於筆耕,著作等身。其代表作包括《孤雛淚》(Oliver Twist)、《小氣財神》(A Christmas Carol)、自傳性題材的《塊肉餘生錄》(David Copperfield)、《艱難時世》(Hard Times)、《雙城記》(A Tale of Two Cities)、《遠大前程》(Great Expectations)等。1870年,狄更斯不幸病逝,享年58歲。 Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was the most famous English novelist of the Victorian era, and his tales are still popular today and form an important part of English literature. Dickens spent his life writing. His stories reflected his childhood and contributed to the social reform of 19th century Great Britain. His most famous novels are The Adventures of Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, and A Tale of Two Cities.

作 者: Jennifer Gascoigne / Charles Dickens
出版社: 寂天文化
出版日: 2016-09-19
ISBN : 9783990455012
書 號: C54352501
書 系: Helbling Classics
裝 訂: 平裝,膠裝
尺 寸: 25K (14.8*21cm)
條 碼: 9783990455012
印 刷: 彩色
頁 數: 128
版 權: Helbling Languages

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