双城记（英文版）

-_-最好的成长小说，温暖又治愈。也许每个人在成长的过程中都经历过PIp一样的自我嫌弃和幻灭吧——你所崇拜的人其实很卑劣，你所向往的地方其实很肮脏。大概成长就是学会不要以貌取人，不要理所当然地觉得某些人和事就理应如此或只能如此。而成熟既是以无为之心做有为之事的智慧，也是看破后仍坚信热爱的执着。它能让我们在窘境中自洽、顺境中自省、逆境中翻盘、绝境中重生。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.

论如何把一个俗套的故事写得动人。狄更斯的文字太美了，美到不读原文确实非常可惜的地步。虽然因为年代久远的关系，起初读起来有点累，但是习惯了他的行文和用词之后，慢慢就开始变得顺畅了。我在读的过程中想过无数次这本书他会如何结尾，会以谁的视角结尾，结果果然是Carton，怀抱着一种尘埃落定的平静，在法国大革命的癫狂与混乱里，安然长眠。 关于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.】 不知此后 Darnay每次回想起和Carton的那次谈话会是怎样一种心情。

狄更斯的笔法很有自己的特色，这部小说开头的那段已经成为经典语录。 不过更多想说一下的是，这本书是近几年开始读英文原著以来，第一次遭遇滑铁卢。不知是心太浮躁，还是书中文法句式人物复杂，亦或文化背景差异太大，很难说得清。 还好基本上能理解故事梗概，感受人物鲜明的性格特征。而且，作者的写法，其实也带了些童话的意味，在复杂动乱的情境中，总是能感受到脉脉温情。《双城记》如是，《雾都孤儿》亦如是。

尽管文中对于MR. Carton的描述并不算多，但是他对Lucie的爱和默默付出真的令人难忘。粗略的感知是法国大革命里人们的狂热令人害怕，但缺乏对这段历史的了解很大程度上限制了我对书中关于这段历史背景的描写的理解。还有，狄更斯真的很擅长用Parallelism，多处描写气势很足，文字背后的力量和情绪扑面而来！

在一个被仇恨、阶级和历史债务撕裂的世界里，爱有时不是占有，不是被看见，甚至不是被记住。爱可能只是一个人安静地走向黑暗，把另一个人的明天留下。

翻译家梁实秋先生曾经这样评论《双城记》： 狄更斯不想写革命史，他只要捕捉那一时代的气氛，用一个故事来说明：流血只能造成更多的流血，仇仇相报无有已时，只有仁爱的心才能挽救浩劫。 这一评论切中了故事的核心。 贵族的确恶贯满盈，在他们的手底下，民众深受盘剥，生活凄惨，革命已经在所难免。 但我们从实际来看，贵族也并非一无是处。他们中也有开明之人，比如达内，出身贵族却不愿享受特权，反而拒绝继承爵位，靠自己的劳动养活家人。 而平民也有人陷入疯狂，不断攻击别人，比如德发日太太。她的身世凄惨，一家人都被侯爵害死，但她自己也因此被仇恨彻底蒙蔽双眼，一门心思将对方斩尽杀绝。 在狄更斯的笔下，革命更像一面镜子，它打破了原有的制度，把人心的两面照了出来。每个人都在自己的角度做选择，没有绝对的善与恶。 有的人选择了爱与原谅，比如马奈特选择接受仇敌的侄子，作为自己的女婿；达内选择放弃爵位，靠自己生活。 也有人选择了憎恨与复仇，比如德发日太太坚持对达内赶尽杀绝；混乱的民众不由分说将贵族送上断头台。 但无论如何，在面对仇恨与苦难的关键时刻，只有人性的光辉才能化解矛盾。就像卡顿那样，为了深爱的露茜，为了达内一家，牺牲自己的生命来成全别人。 而这其实也是狄更斯的理想。他虽不是贵族，但也是个知识分子。 《双城记》中的双城，正是伦敦和巴黎，也是狄更斯自己的生活环境。他以亲身经历，体会到革命给人带来的影响，接触到形形色色的人，因此更懂得如何思考和看待革命。 他甚至在故事的序言中强调：书中涉及法国大革命期间，以及法国人民的状况，材料均来自最可靠的目击者，均为如实引述。 所以说，书中的马奈特、达内还有卡顿甚至德发日太太，他们都可能是活生生的人。 也正因为如此，《双城记》的故事是如此现实，让每一个读者慢慢意识到：革命其实也会给人带来苦难，而仇恨只能引起更大的仇恨。 要真正解决问题，化解矛盾，还需要以博爱、宽容、舍己为人的执着精神去净化污浊，战胜恨意，最终达成整个社会的和谐。 平等和自由，是每个时代、每个人都在心里呼唤的价值，但革命却不一定能实现这个目的。狄更斯以法国大革命为背景，通过一个发人深省的故事，告诉我们这个道理。 革命爆发前，许多下层人民受到贵族的压榨，经受不公正待遇，连基本的生命都无法保障。就像马奈特医生，在毫无理由的情况下，蒙受18年冤狱。从这一点看，革命势在必行。 当革命爆发，贵族开始被清算。其实还有一部分有良知的贵族，像达内那样，并没有参与压迫，却也被革命风潮裹挟。 当革命进行至高潮，人们没了限制，混乱就出现了，泥沙俱下。有的人选择了爱与原谅，有的人则被复仇蒙蔽双眼。 作者狄更斯是希望通过这个故事，告诉读者：革命也可能给人带来苦难，真正要化解矛盾，还是得依靠人们内心的善良。 本书最吸引我的地方在于：它告诉我们，不要妄图用一个激烈行为，或者一个极端的方法解决所有问题。 比如革命。人们可以暴力推翻旧贵族，但这也会让社会变得混乱不堪，却很难建立一个新社会。 因此，当我们面对问题，应该从不同人的视角去分析，在现实中看问题，保持真诚、善良的内心去化解问题。 否则，即使我们打碎了腐朽的旧事物，造成了伤害，却依旧无法迎来更好的新事物，结果得不偿失。

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

这是最好的时代，这是最坏的时代；这是智慧的时代，这是愚蠢的时代；这是信仰的时代，这是怀疑的时代；这是光明的季节，这是黑暗的季节；这是希望之春，这是绝望之冬；我们应有尽有，我们一无所有；我们一起走向天堂，我们一起走向地狱。——查尔斯·狄更斯 感觉像废话[捂脸]

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，字典不离手实在看不下去了，难度较大，对英语水平要求也比较高 不仅很多单词短语需要现查才明白意思，还有些看懂了又很难成句，更要命的是还有很多很多很多很多很多的长难句，晦涩难懂 看过译文版再看原版依旧觉得很吃力！！！！！ 弃了