Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty (commonly known as Barnaby Rudge) is a historical novel by British novelist Charles Dickens. Barnaby Rudge was one of two novels (the other was The Old Curiosity Shop) that Dickens published in his short-lived (1840–1841) weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock. Barnaby Rudge is largely set during the Gordon Riots of 1780. Barnaby Rudge was the fifth of Dickens' novels to be published. It had originally been planned to appear as his first, but changes of publisher led to many delays, and it first appeared in serial form in the Clock from February to November 1841.
Three Ghost Stories（三个鬼故事） 立即阅读
As a gifted writer with a strong interest in supernatural phenomena, Charles Dickens produced a string of ghost stories with enduring charm. Three of them are presented here, of which The Signal Man is one of the best known. Though quite different from his most celebrated realistic and humorous critical novels, these ghost stories, Gothic and grotesque as they are, are of good portrayal, and worth a read/listen.
长篇小说《旧时代之死》是作者在艰难辗转的生活途程中创作的。初稿写成于作者从北京返回南方不久的1926年春夏，小说描写“一位落在时代的熔炉中的青年，八天内所受的‘熔解生活’的全部经过”。作者“收拾青年们所失落着的生命的遗恨，结构成这部小说”。小说反映了在动荡黑暗的大革命时代，一些小资产阶级知识分子，既无勇气和决心投入群众的革命洪流，又不愿与旧社会同流合污，犹豫、徘徊，悲观、绝望，最后归于毁灭。这部作品虽存在着基调低沉，结构有些松散，叙述比较拖沓等缺点，但对于当时“站在新时代台前奋斗，或隐在旧时代幕后挣扎的朋友们”，都是有一定启发和教育意义的。它曾得到鲁迅的好评，被认为总还是“优秀之作”。
