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作者简介
查尔斯·狄更斯，19世纪英国批判现实主义小说家。狄更斯特别注意描写生活在英国社会底层的“小人物”的生活遭遇，深刻地反映了当时英国复杂的社会现实，为英国批判现实主义文学的开拓和发展做出了卓越的贡献。他的作品至今依然盛行，对英国文学发展起到了深远的影响。
书籍目录
CHAPTER 1 Nicholas Meets His Uncle
CHAPTER 2 Nicholas Meets Mr. Squeers
CHAPTER 3 Nicholas Arrives at Dotheboys Hall
CHAPTER 4 Fanny Takes Revenge on Nicholas
CHAPTER 5 Smike Runs Away from Dotheboys Hall
CHAPTER 6 Nicholas Looks for a Job
CHAPTER 7 Kates New Job
CHAPTER 8 Nicholas Argues with His Uncle
CHAPTER 9 Nicholass New Job
CHAPTER 10 Nicholas and Smike Go on Stage
CHAPTER 11 Sir Mulberry Hawk Goes Hunting
CHAPTER 12 Nicholas Leaves the Theater Company
CHAPTER 13 Nicholas Helps His Sister and Mother
CHAPTER 14 Nicholass Good Luck
CHAPTER 15 Smike Gets into Trouble
CHAPTER 16 Nicholas Falls in Love
CHAPTER 17 Nicholas Meets Frank Cheeryble
CHAPTER 18 Nicholas Meets His Beautiful Young Lady
CHAPTER 19 Noggs Discovers a Plot
CHAPTER 20 Noggs Tells Nicholas about the Plot
CHAPTER 21 Nicholas Tries to Stop the Marriage
CHAPTER 22 Madelines Wedding Day
CHAPTER 23 Ralphs Plot Fails
CHAPTER 24 Ralph Discovers an Awful Secret
CHAPTER 25 Everybody Gets What They Deserve
New Words
Playlet
章节摘录
His brother was an unfriendly man who lived and worked ina large house in Golden Square. Nobody knew how he got hismoney, but everybody knew he was quite wealthy. The houses inthat part of London were large but were out of the way, and itdid not seem to be a good place to have a business. Ralph Nickleby,however, had lived there for many years. He knew very few ofhis neighbors, and few of them knew him. He had an employeewho did whatever Ralph asked him to do. This man was NewmanNoggs, a tall man of middle age with enormous eyes and a rednose. His clothes were very old and too small for him, and he hada strange habit of cracking the joints of his fingers.
"I am going to the London Tavern for a public meeting thismorning," Ralph Nickleby said to Noggs one day. "I shall bewalking to Charing Cross after the meeting. If any letters comewhile 1 am away, come and meet me and bring the letters withyou."
Noggs nodded just as the bell rang.
Noggs went to open the door. He returned with Mr. Bonney,a pale, untidy man who was very excited.
"My dear Nickleby, I have a cab at the door. We must hurry.Sir Matthew Pupker will chair the meeting, and three Membersof Parliament are coming to speak. The United City Cake Companywill be very successful, I am sure."
He continued to speak as they went out to the cab. "It is abrilliant idea. Five million pounds of capital was made up of fivehundred thousand shares of ten pounds each. The shares willsoon be worth more."
"And when they are ..."
"We know what to do," said Mr. Bonney, "and you knowa pound, but I needed a clerk and I employed him."
Ralph did not tell Mr. Bonney that he paid Noggs less than aboy of thirteen might earn and that he found him useful becausehe knew bow to keep secrets.
The two men got into the cab and hurried off to the LondonTavern for their public meeting. A large number of people hadbeen attracted to the meeting, and they were waiting noisily forit to begin. When Mr. Bonney and Ralph arrived, people beganto cheer and clap their hands. The purpose of the meeting wasto form a company. People could buy shares in the company forten pounds each. The money from the shares would be used tobuild a factory. The company would make cakes and sell them.Everybody who had shares would get some of the profit. Ralphand Mr. Bonney said they would be the best cakes in London. Alot of people wanted to buy shares.
However, Ralph was not very honest. He knew the companywould not make any profits, but he would sell his shares beforeanybody else found this out. He would sell the shares for a profit.This was one way that Ralph became rich.
Everybody at the meeting was so enthusiastic that Ralphcalculated the shares were probably worth twelve pounds eachalready and began to think how soon he should begin to sell them.
He enjoyed his lunch and set out on his walk to Chafing Cross. On the way, he saw Noggs, who gave him a letter that had arrived. It had a black edge around it, which indicated that it was sad news.
"I wouldn be surprised if my brother is dead," he told Noggs.
"I don think you would," replied Noggs.
"Why not?"
"Because you are never surprised. Thats all."
Ralph read the letter and found that he was correct. His brotherwas dead, and his widow and two children had come to London.Noggs had a strange expression on his face when he heard thisnews. Ralph was not very sad about his brothers death, but hewas annoyed by his widow and children coming to London.
"My brother never did anything for me," he muttered, "butas soon as he is dead, he expects me to look after his wife andchildren. I suppose I had better go and see them."
He went to a house on The Strand, where his sister-in-law andher children were staying, and knocked on the door. The housewas owned by Miss La Creevy, who painted portraits. The Nicklebyfamily was staying on the second floor. Ralph spoke to Miss LaCreevy and warned her that the family staying in her rooms wasa very poor family and advised her not to keep them there. Hetold her if they could not pay their rent, he would not help them.
"I am the only family they have," he said, "and I think theyshould go back to the country. They are in everybodys way here."
Then he went upstairs to talk to his sister-in-law. She was stillvery sad about her husbands death, but he did not have muchsympathy for her.
"Husbands die every day," he said.
Nineteen-year-old Nicholas was annoyed and answered, "Sodo brothers!"
"Yes," agreed Ralph, "and so do rude, young men!" "Howdid your husband die?" Ralph asked Mrs. Nickleby.
"The doctors could find no reason," replied Mrs. Nickleby,"and we think he died of a broken heart."
"Nonsense!" said Ralph. "You can die of a broken head orneck but not of a broken heart."
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