雙城記（英文版）

-_-最好的成長小說，溫暖又治癒。也許每個人在成長的過程中都經歷過PIp一樣的自我嫌棄和幻滅吧——你所崇拜的人其實很卑劣，你所向往的地方其實很骯髒。大概成長就是學會不要以貌取人，不要理所當然地覺得某些人和事就理應如此或只能如此。而成熟既是以無爲之心做有爲之事的智慧，也是看破後仍堅信熱愛的執着。它能讓我們在窘境中自洽、順境中自省、逆境中翻盤、絕境中重生。Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blindingdust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried than before.

論如何把一個俗套的故事寫得動人。狄更斯的文字太美了，美到不讀原文確實非常可惜的地步。雖然因爲年代久遠的關係，起初讀起來有點累，但是習慣了他的行文和用詞之後，慢慢就開始變得順暢了。我在讀的過程中想過無數次這本書他會如何結尾，會以誰的視角結尾，結果果然是Carton，懷抱着一種塵埃落定的平靜，在法國大革命的癲狂與混亂裏，安然長眠。 關於Carton和Darnay。 【Many have felt that Carton and Darnay are doppelgängers, which Eric Rabkin defines as a pair "of characters that together, represent one psychological persona in the narrative".[35] If so, they would prefigure such works as Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Darnay is worthy and respectable but dull (at least to most modern readers), Carton disreputable but magnetic.[citation needed] One can only suspect whose psychological persona it is that Carton and Darnay together embody (if they do), but it is often thought to be the psyche of Dickens. He might have been quite aware that between them, Carton and Darnay shared his own initials, a frequent property of his characters.[36] However, he denied it when asked.】 不知此後 Darnay每次回想起和Carton的那次談話會是怎樣一種心情。

狄更斯的筆法很有自己的特色，這部小說開頭的那段已經成爲經典語錄。 不過更多想說一下的是，這本書是近幾年開始讀英文原著以來，第一次遭遇滑鐵盧。不知是心太浮躁，還是書中文法句式人物複雜，亦或文化背景差異太大，很難說得清。 還好基本上能理解故事梗概，感受人物鮮明的性格特徵。而且，作者的寫法，其實也帶了些童話的意味，在複雜動亂的情境中，總是能感受到脈脈溫情。《雙城記》如是，《霧都孤兒》亦如是。

儘管文中對於MR. Carton的描述並不算多，但是他對Lucie的愛和默默付出真的令人難忘。粗略的感知是法國大革命里人們的狂熱令人害怕，但缺乏對這段歷史的瞭解很大程度上限制了我對書中關於這段歷史背景的描寫的理解。還有，狄更斯真的很擅長用Parallelism，多處描寫氣勢很足，文字背後的力量和情緒撲面而來！

在一個被仇恨、階級和歷史債務撕裂的世界裏，愛有時不是佔有，不是被看見，甚至不是被記住。愛可能只是一個人安靜地走向黑暗，把另一個人的明天留下。

翻譯家梁實秋先生曾經這樣評論《雙城記》： 狄更斯不想寫革命史，他只要捕捉那一時代的氣氛，用一個故事來說明：流血只能造成更多的流血，仇讎相報無有已時，只有仁愛的心才能挽救浩劫。 這一評論切中了故事的核心。 貴族的確惡貫滿盈，在他們的手底下，民衆深受盤剝，生活悽慘，革命已經在所難免。 但我們從實際來看，貴族也並非一無是處。他們中也有開明之人，比如達內，出身貴族卻不願享受特權，反而拒絕繼承爵位，靠自己的勞動養活家人。 而平民也有人陷入瘋狂，不斷攻擊別人，比如德發日太太。她的身世悽慘，一家人都被侯爵害死，但她自己也因此被仇恨徹底矇蔽雙眼，一門心思將對方斬盡殺絕。 在狄更斯的筆下，革命更像一面鏡子，它打破了原有的制度，把人心的兩面照了出來。每個人都在自己的角度做選擇，沒有絕對的善與惡。 有的人選擇了愛與原諒，比如馬奈特選擇接受仇敵的侄子，作爲自己的女婿；達內選擇放棄爵位，靠自己生活。 也有人選擇了憎恨與復仇，比如德發日太太堅持對達內趕盡殺絕；混亂的民衆不由分說將貴族送上斷頭臺。 但無論如何，在面對仇恨與苦難的關鍵時刻，只有人性的光輝才能化解矛盾。就像卡頓那樣，爲了深愛的露茜，爲了達內一家，犧牲自己的生命來成全別人。 而這其實也是狄更斯的理想。他雖不是貴族，但也是個知識分子。 《雙城記》中的雙城，正是倫敦和巴黎，也是狄更斯自己的生活環境。他以親身經歷，體會到革命給人帶來的影響，接觸到形形色色的人，因此更懂得如何思考和看待革命。 他甚至在故事的序言中強調：書中涉及法國大革命期間，以及法國人民的狀況，材料均來自最可靠的目擊者，均爲如實引述。 所以說，書中的馬奈特、達內還有卡頓甚至德發日太太，他們都可能是活生生的人。 也正因爲如此，《雙城記》的故事是如此現實，讓每一個讀者慢慢意識到：革命其實也會給人帶來苦難，而仇恨只能引起更大的仇恨。 要真正解決問題，化解矛盾，還需要以博愛、寬容、捨己爲人的執着精神去淨化污濁，戰勝恨意，最終達成整個社會的和諧。 平等和自由，是每個時代、每個人都在心裏呼喚的價值，但革命卻不一定能實現這個目的。狄更斯以法國大革命爲背景，通過一個發人深省的故事，告訴我們這個道理。 革命爆發前，許多下層人民受到貴族的壓榨，經受不公正待遇，連基本的生命都無法保障。就像馬奈特醫生，在毫無理由的情況下，蒙受18年冤獄。從這一點看，革命勢在必行。 當革命爆發，貴族開始被清算。其實還有一部分有良知的貴族，像達內那樣，並沒有參與壓迫，卻也被革命風潮裹挾。 當革命進行至高潮，人們沒了限制，混亂就出現了，泥沙俱下。有的人選擇了愛與原諒，有的人則被複仇矇蔽雙眼。 作者狄更斯是希望通過這個故事，告訴讀者：革命也可能給人帶來苦難，真正要化解矛盾，還是得依靠人們內心的善良。 本書最吸引我的地方在於：它告訴我們，不要妄圖用一個激烈行爲，或者一個極端的方法解決所有問題。 比如革命。人們可以暴力推翻舊貴族，但這也會讓社會變得混亂不堪，卻很難建立一個新社會。 因此，當我們面對問題，應該從不同人的視角去分析，在現實中看問題，保持真誠、善良的內心去化解問題。 否則，即使我們打碎了腐朽的舊事物，造成了傷害，卻依舊無法迎來更好的新事物，結果得不償失。

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way

這是最好的時代，這是最壞的時代；這是智慧的時代，這是愚蠢的時代；這是信仰的時代，這是懷疑的時代；這是光明的季節，這是黑暗的季節；這是希望之春，這是絕望之冬；我們應有盡有，我們一無所有；我們一起走向天堂，我們一起走向地獄。——查爾斯·狄更斯 感覺像廢話[捂臉]

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death. When I have been to the western country, I have known their main value of society is “liberty, equality and fraternity”. But in this book after that there was one more word “death “ and this word was the most important topic of the whole story. It was because of the background of this book was about “The French Revolution”. During the process of development of any society, there will inevitably be various problems. People often solve them through reform. When the power of reform is weak, people will resort to revolution. The revolution is not an invitation to dinner, but will inevitably be accompanied by bloodshed and sacrifice. But human nature is greedy, especially when filled with hatred and anger, it is easier to show the ugliest side of human nature. While retaliating against the original vested interests, the revolutionaries will bring their personal greed into it if they are not paying attention, and soon forget the original intention of the revolution. The mouthful of "freedom and equality" is the act of robbery, which distorts not only revolution, but also human nature. In A Tale of Two Cities, the poor people achieved phased results after launching the revolution. But the Bastille was broken, but Paris fell, and the original evil and greedy ruling class was replaced by a group of more sinful and greedy mobs. They set up their own court and sentenced those former jackals, but they forgot to look in the mirror, and they had already become insects. The original aristocracy is gone, but poverty is still there; the original bandits are gone, but the robbery is still there; the original hypocritical fairness has disappeared, but justice is still sinking. With the expansion of the Revolution, more and more innocent people have lost their status, wealth and even their lives. There are countless similar examples, such as the Cultural Revolution. Ten years of catastrophe made the people understand that the revolution was a beautiful snake. She tempted those who were hungry and thirsty. After biting people, she smiled and saw how shameless and ugly it was to see how human nature was eroded by snake venom. Once bitten by a snake, ten years of being afraid of well rope; ten years of being bitten by a snake, a hundred years of no trust. After the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese people not only lost their faith, but also lost the most basic trust between the society. As for the revolution 13 years after the Cultural Revolution, bloodshed and sacrifice were not awakened, but more silence. Today, the anti-Japanese parade smashes cars that with the brand of Japan but the owner was Chinese, and burns compatriots' shops. In the name of the parade, they wantonly destroy and plunder the fruits of other people's labor. What's the difference from the invaders of that year? Revolution is so fragile that it is easy to be manipulated by evil. But how can we avoid deviating from the predetermined goal as much as possible?

看了好久，字典不離手實在看不下去了，難度較大，對英語水平要求也比較高 不僅很多單詞短語需要現查才明白意思，還有些看懂了又很難成句，更要命的是還有很多很多很多很多很多的長難句，晦澀難懂 看過譯文版再看原版依舊覺得很喫力！！！！！ 棄了