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1、OurMutualFriendDickens,CharlesPublished:1865Type(s):Novels,Humor/SatireSource:http://en.wikisource.org1AboutDickens:CharlesJohnHuffamDickenspen-name"Boz",wastheforemostEng-lishnovelistoftheVictorianera,aswellasavigoroussocialcampaigner.ConsideredoneoftheEnglishlanguage'sgreatest
2、writers,hewasac-claimedforhisrichstorytellingandmemorablecharacters,andachievedmassiveworldwidepopularityinhislifetime.Latercritics,beginningwithGeorgeGissingandG.K.Chesterton,championedhismasteryofprose,hisendlessinventionofmemorablecharactersandhispowerfulsocialsensibilities.Y
3、ethehasalsoreceivedcriticismfromwriterssuchasGeorgeHenryLewes,HenryJames,andVirginiaWoolf,wholistsenti-mentality,implausibleoccurrenceandgrotesquecharactersasfaultsinhisoeuvre.ThepopularityofDickens'novelsandshortstorieshasmeantthatnonehaveevergoneoutofprint.Dickenswroteserialis
4、ednovels,whichwastheusualformatforfictionatthetime,andeachnewpartofhisstorieswouldbeeagerlyanticipatedbythereadingpublic.Source:Wikipedia2Part1TheCupandtheLip3Chapter1OntheLookOutInthesetimesofours,thoughconcerningtheexactyearthereisnoneedtobeprecise,aboatofdirtyanddisreputablea
5、ppearance,withtwofig-uresinit,floatedontheThames,betweenSouthwarkbridgewhichisofiron,andLondonBridgewhichisofstone,asanautumneveningwasclosingin.Thefiguresinthisboatwerethoseofastrongmanwithraggedgrizzledhairandasun-brownedface,andadarkgirlofnineteenortwenty,sufficientlylikehimt
6、oberecognizableashisdaughter.Thegirlrowed,pullingapairofscullsveryeasily;theman,withtherudder-linesslackinhishands,andhishandslooseinhiswaistband,keptaneagerlookout.Hehadnonet,hook,orline,andhecouldnotbeafisherman;hisboathadnocushionforasitter,nopaint,noinscription,noappliancebe
7、yondarustyboathookandacoilofrope,andhecouldnotbeawater-man;hisboatwastoocrazyandtoosmalltotakeincargofordelivery,andhecouldnotbealightermanorriver-carrier;therewasnocluetowhathelookedfor,buthelookedforsomething,withamostintentandsearchinggaze.Thetide,whichhadturnedanhourbefore,w
8、asrunningdown,andhiseyeswatchedeverylittleracea