《双城记》以法国大革命为背景,围绕寓居巴黎的曼奈特医生一家的命运展开情节,曼奈特一次出诊目睹侯爵府中的淫乐情景,被投入监狱,妻子心碎而死。18年后曼奈特出狱,独女露茜将他接至伦敦,而与露茜真诚相恋的达雷恰巧是侯爵的侄子,他憎恶家族的罪恶,毅然放弃了家族财产;为了女儿的幸福,曼奈特捐弃前嫌,欣然同意了女儿的婚事。小说真实地再现了资产阶级新贵残害百姓的败行,预示了即将到来的革命风暴。
《双城记》在狄更斯的创作中占有特殊重要地位,在概括时代精神的深度和广度上都有很大发展,技法亦愈加纯熟,语言精粹,情节感人,因而一直为广大读者所喜爱。
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- Book the First—Recalled to Life
- I The Period
- II The Mail
- III The Night Shadows
- IV The Preparation
- V The Wine-Shop
- VI The Shoemaker
- Book the Second—the Golden Thread
- I Five Years Later
- II A Sight
- III A Disappointment
- IV Congratulatory
- V The Jackal
- VI Hundreds of People
- VII Monseigneur in Town
- VIII Monseigneur in the Country
- IX The Gorgon's Head
- X Two Promises
- XI A Companion Picture
- XII The Fellow of Delicacy
- XIII The Fellow of No Delicacy
- XIV The Honest Tradesman
- XV Knitting
- XVI Still Knitting
- XVII One Night
- XVIII Nine Days
- XIX An Opinion
- XX A Plea
- XXI Echoing Footsteps
- XXII The Sea Still Rises
- XXIII Fire Rises
- XXIV Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
- Book the Third—the Track of a Storm
- I In Secret
- II The Grindstone
- III The Shadow
- IV Calm in Storm
- V The Wood-Sawyer
- VI Triump
- VII A Knock at the Door
- VIII A Hand at Cards
- IX The Game Made
- X The Substance of the Shadow
- XI Dusk
- XII Darkness
- XIII Fifty-Two
- XIV The Knitting Done
- XV The Footsteps Die Out For Ever