双城记英文读后感

A TALE OF TWO CITIESThe tale of two cities is a historical story, one of Dickens’ long fictions.The background to the novel is the revolution of France .It portrayed a brutal and bloody story , but it also contained love and friendship.In the novel, Dickens sarcastically described a typical cruel nobleman—marquis of Evermonde . When he was young he and his brother stole a countrywoman by force and killed her family .What’s worse , he used his power to imprison Dr Manette , a kind and honest man who knew all the things they had done and wanted to disclose their crimes . In order to hide their crimes. Marquis of Evermonde and his brother threw Doctor Manette into prison for 18 years . During these 18 years,Doctor Manette lost his freedom and suffer a great in spirit .I felt unthinkable that Marquis of Evermonde and his brother killed people just as easily as they killed chickens. They deprived other people’s freedom as they liked and they thought it was normal and unremarkable. They had never realized that they had done something wrong or something improper. Because their nature was cruel and evil, like demons. There is an old saying which means: 不 Because the world will not forgive them. They will pay their lives for their crimes. Let’s see the consequence of the Marquis,’’He lay there like a stone with a knife pushed into his heart.” I think it was just what he ought to gain and it is a real exciting scene.The Marquis’ death was just the beginning of people’s resistance to the nobleman. Gradually more and more people joined in the revolution. One after another nobleman were sentenced to death and their heads were cut down . However, some innocent people were implicated in the revolution. Charles Darney was one of them He was the nephew of Marquis of Evermonde. To the opposite of his uncle, Darney was a kind and independent young man.Dickens spoke highly of kindnemercy and love in the novel too. This is the other thone of the novel when Doctor Manette was released from prison. It was his daughter Lucie who took care of him and helped him return to normal. During this time, Dr manette and Lucie knew Charles Darney and Sydeny Carton, the two young man fell in love with Lucie at the same time . At last, Lucie married Chares Darney .Dr Manette accepted Darney as his son-in-law although he knew that Darney was the nephew of the man who threw him into prison for18 years. This is the love between father and daughter. And Sydeny Carton , the very great man ,loved Lucie deeply. He promised Lucie that he would do everything for her happiness. He did it truely ,he sacrificed himself instead of Darney who looked the same as him. This is love for lovers . This is the most wonderful thing in the world. It also reminds us that no matter how no matter when there is true love existing. At the end , Lucie, Dr Manette and Darney arrived in England safely.The tale of two cities is different from other historical fictions. Its characters and main plots are fictional under the real background of the revolution of France. The author made the experience of the fictional charactor Dr Manette as the main clue.The plots are complicated, and they are flexuous and dramatic. The structure is complete and rigorous.Dickens had dear love and hate. He praised those who ought to be praised and attacked those who ought to be attacked. The motivation of the novel maybe just warn the English dominators. But I think we can learn something meaningful from the tale of two cities.

从双城记吧转帖过来的一篇，好不好见仁见智，但是绝对是作者原创：---------------------------------------------------------------------------这是我看完《双城记》后写的两篇英文读后感，并作为英语周记发给了我的English teacher，现在拿出来share一下 A tragedy of the history Crazily,but truthfully,I finished reading the most part of the novel "A Tale of Two Cities" in just one day.Lost in the story,I felt like being together with the characters and experiencing the same exciting events.Soon it came to an end.To tell you my feelings,it's infinite sadness and a strong emotion that can drive me to cry. The story is set in London and Paris at the time of the great French Revolution.It shows the causes of revolution and its effects on people's day-to-day lives.Before the revolution,the King and the aristocracy treated their people cruelly in France.The common people were extremely poor and miserable.The crops in the fields were poor as if even the land shared the misery of the people.And there were so heavy taxes that all the villagers had nothing to hand over at last.On the other hand,the aristocracy made their will as the law by using money and gold.There were no justice,no equality and no fairness.Just as what happened to Dr Manette,he wrote to the Minister to show the crime what Marquis Evremonde had done,resulting in himself being arrested and sent to the prison Bastille without any reason. Then this situation of darkness was needed to be changed.As people such as the Defarges prepared and arranged,at length the Revolution came to break out.When the Bastille was captured and the King was tried and put to death as well as many other aristocrats,things didn't go on as what they had been expected.The sistuation stayed the same,or even worse.The prisoners from the Bastille were set free while more prisons were filled with people who had done no wrong again.People who once lived on the bottom of class took the charge now and their heart had been full of evil.The only thing they wanted to do was to revenge.And these so-called "patriots" would like to see more and more innocent prisoners going to the guillotine and that's their joy.As the novel wrote,"In everything they did were merciless,for they had been hardened in the fires of suffering and the touch of pity could make no mark on them". Equality and fairness is what people seek,which led to the French Revolution.As a consequence,neither equality nor fairness was got after the revolution.And that's the tragedy of the history.I was heavyhearted when reading what Sydney Carton said before death and I burst into tears finally. 作者：solomon518 封 2008-12-20 20:42 回复此发言 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 回复：我来晒一下自己写的英文读后感 第二篇 Miss Pross VS. Madame Defarge From the first minute I read A Tale Of Two Cities forward,I have been in love with this book.The chapter which impressed me most is neither "The Great Escape" nor "Revolution",it's "The Knitting Is Finished",which I'd like to call Miss Pross PK Madame Defarge. As Mr Lorry had driven a carriage in which lay Darnay and his families to escape from Paris,Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher,the ones who were left because the carriage couldn't be overloaded,had to order another carriage for themselves.When Miss Pross was preparing things alone in the house,a figure appeared unexpectedly,making her cry out.It was Madame Defarge,who came here aiming for Lucie and the child.Madame Defarge knew well that this woman was a trusted friend of the family and Miss Pross knew that the other woman was the family's enemy.Then the combat between two woman began. Miss Pross was one of those woman who thought nothing of their own needs and who,through pure love and admiration,are ready to make themselves slaves to youth when they have lost it,to beauty which they have never had,and to bright hopes that have never shone upon their own dark lives.As Mr Lorry said,"there is nothing better in the world than the honest service of the heart".Since Miss Pross had become like a mother to Lucie and would have given her life for her,she would do everything she could to keep Madame Defarge in the house so that the carriage carrying Lucie could run farther. Madame Defarge was a woman with a very keen eye,a strong face and a great calmness of manner.When the French Revolution broke out,it was her who led the woman and cut off the head of the governor of the prison.She had a strong,fealess and a kind of beauty that called attention to her qualities.She had grown up with a deep sense of wrong and a powerful hatred of the arisyocracy;any pity that she once may have had was now dead.To her,Darnay's family must be destroyed,the wife and child must follow the father. Both were determined woman in their different ways.Hatred had made the heart of the Frenchwoman hard;love now filed the Englishwoman's with coyrage.It's very intereing to see that each woman spoke in her own language and neither understood a word of what the other said while each knew well the other's intention. As a result of the combat,Madame Defarge died lying on ground and Miss Pross could hear nothing for the rest of her life.That's another tragedy in my heart. 作者：solomon518 封 2008-12-20 20:43 回复此发言 删除 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------希望能合你用吧，注意版权，谢绝抄袭^_^

The tale of two cities is a historical story, one of Dickens’ long fictions.The background to the novel is the revolution of France .It portrayed a brutal and bloody story , but it also contained love and friendship. In the novel, Dickens sarcastically described a typical cruel nobleman—marquis of Evermonde . When he was young he and his brother stole a countrywoman by force and killed her family .What’s worse , he used his power to imprison Dr Manette , a kind and honest man who knew all the things they had done and wanted to disclose their crimes . In order to hide their crimes. Marquis of Evermonde and his brother threw Doctor Manette into prison for 18 years . During these 18 years,Doctor Manette lost his freedom and suffer a great in spirit . I felt unthinkable that Marquis of Evermonde and his brother killed people just as easily as they killed chickens. They deprived other people’s freedom as they liked and they thought it was normal and unremarkable. They had never realized that they had done something wrong or something improper. Because their nature was cruel and evil, like demons. There is an old saying which means: People who commit too many crimes will kill themselves. After all, there is justice in the world. The demons can’t be rampant forever. Because the world will not forgive them. They will pay their lives for their crimes. Let’s see the consequence of the Marquis,’’He lay there like a stone with a knife pushed into his heart.” I think it was just what he ought to gain and it is a real exciting scene. The Marquis’ death was just the beginning of people’s resistance to the nobleman. Gradually more and more people joined in the revolution. One after another nobleman were sentenced to death and their heads were cut down . However, some innocent people were implicated in the revolution. Charles Darney was one of them He was the nephew of Marquis of Evermonde. To the opposite of his uncle, Darney was a kind and independent young man. Dickens spoke highly of kindness mercy and love in the novel too. This is the other thone of the novel when Doctor Manette was released from prison. It was his daughter Lucie who took care of him and helped him return to normal. During this time, Dr manette and Lucie knew Charles Darney and Sydeny Carton, the two young man fell in love with Lucie at the same time . At last, Lucie married Chares Darney .Dr Manette accepted Darney as his son-in-law although he knew that Darney was the nephew of the man who threw him into prison for18 years. This is the love between father and daughter. And Sydeny Carton , the very great man ,loved Lucie deeply. He promised Lucie that he would do everything for her happiness. He did it truely ,he sacrificed himself instead of Darney who looked the same as him. This is love for lovers . This is the most wonderful thing in the world. It also reminds us that no matter how no matter when there is true love existing. At the end , Lucie, Dr Manette and Darney arrived in England safely. The tale of two cities is different from other historical fictions. Its characters and main plots are fictional under the real background of the revolution of France. The author made the experience of the fictional charactor Dr Manette as the main clue.The plots are complicated, and they are flexuous and dramatic. The structure is complete and rigorous. Dickens had dear love and hate. He praised those who ought to be praised and attacked those who ought to be attacked. The motivation of the novel maybe just warn the English dominators. But I think we can learn something meaningful from the tale of two cities.

The story is set in London and Paris at the time of the great French Revolution.It shows the causes of revolution and its effects on people's day-to-day lives.Before the revolution,the King and the aristocracy treated their people cruelly in France.The common people were extremely poor and miserable.The crops in the fields were poor as if even the land shared the misery of the people.And there were so heavy taxes that all the villagers had nothing to hand over at last.On the other hand,the aristocracy made their will as the law by using money and gold.There were no justice,no equality and no fairness.Just as what happened to Dr Manette,he wrote to the Minister to show the crime what Marquis Evremonde had done,resulting in himself being arrested and sent to the prison Bastille without any reason.

有人问过了。。。简介 A Tale of Two Cities occupies a central place in the canon of Charles Dickens's works. This novel of the French Revolution was originally serialized in the author's own periodical All the Year Round. Weekly publication of chapters 1-3 of Book 1 began on April 30, 1859. In an innovative move, Dickens simultaneously released installments of the novel on a monthly basis, beginning with all of Book 1 in June and concluding with the last eight chapters of Book 3 in December. Dickens took advantage of the novel's serial publication to experiment with characterization, plot, and theme. He described the work in a letter to his friend John Forster, cited in Rudi Glancy's A Tale of Two Cities: Dickens's Revolutionary Novel, as "a picturesque story rising in every chapter, with characters true to nature, but whom the story should express more than they should express themselves by dialogue." The novel that emerged from his experimentation is now regarded as one of Dickens's most popular and most innovative works. 双城记英文读后感 After reading "A tale of two cities" "A tale of two cities" is one of Dickens's most important representative works.The novel profoundly exposed the society contradiction before the French Revolution,intensely attacks the aristocratic social class is dissolute and cruel,and sincerely sympathizes with the depressed classes.The novel also described many magnificent scenes like the revolt people attacked Bastille and so on,which displayed people's great strength. The novel has portrayed many different people. Doctor Manette is honest and kind but suffers the persecution actually ， Lucie is beautiful and gentle ，Charles is graceful and noble，Lorry is upright and honest ，Sydney is semblance of indifferent, innermost feelings of warm,unconventional but also selfless and lofty，Miss Pross is straightforward and loyal，Evremonde brothers are cruel and sinister......The complex hatred is hard to solve, the cruel revenge has made more hatreds, loves rebirth in the hell edge,but take the life as the price. As an outstanding writer,in Dickens's work,the language skill is essential.Each kind of rhetoric technique,like the analogy,the exaggeration,the contrast,the humorous,and the taunt are handled skillfully,and the artistry of the work is also delivered the peak."A tale of two cities" has its difference with the general historical novel, its character and the main plot are all fictionalizes.With the broad real background of the French Revolution,the author take the fictional character Doctor Manette's experience as the main clue,interweaves the unjust charge, upholstery and so many techniques,causes the structure integrity and strictness,the plot winding anxious and rich of theatrical nature,it displayed the remarkable artistic skill.the style "A tale of two cities" is solemnity and melancholy,fills indignantion,but lacks the humor of the early works. 故事梗概:双城记》写的是发生在巴黎和伦敦两个城市的故事。法国革命前，一个在巴黎开业、名叫马奈特的外科医生因为向政府揭发贵族厄弗里蒙兄弟将农村的一对兄妹无端迫害致死的罪行，被持有贵族特权的厄弗里蒙兄弟所陷害，马奈特医生平白无辜地被投入巴士底监狱，在狱中被关禁了整整18年。后来，厄弗里蒙侯爵失去恩宠，马奈特医生才获释出狱。马奈特医生在狱中曾设法记录了自己受迫害的过程，立誓要向厄弗里蒙家族复仇。出狱后，和女儿路茜同在英国伦敦居住，路茜邂逅一位法国青年查尔斯·代尔那。她不知道查尔斯·代尔那就是把马奈特医生送进监狱的厄弗里蒙侯爵的侄儿。马奈特医生为了女儿的幸福，同意路茜和代尔那结婚。1789年法国革命爆发，替代尔那在法国管理事务的盖白勒被革命法庭逮捕，代尔那为了营救盖白勒出狱，冒险来到巴黎。当年被害兄妹的姐姐得伐石太太认出了代尔那是厄弗里蒙侯爵的后裔，决心要把他送上断头台。马奈特医生和路茜闻讯后，立即赶到巴黎，多方营救，但在法庭审判的关键时刻，得伐石先生和太太出示了马奈特医生隐藏在巴士底监狱牢房内的控诉书，于是代尔那被判死刑。临刑前夜，热恋着路茜的英国律师卡尔登由于和代尔那面貌酷似，混入狱中，换出了代尔那。当驿车载着代尔那夫妇和马奈特医生远离巴黎的时候，卡尔登英勇地走上了断头台，为他心爱的女子献出了自己的生命。 狄更斯在《双城记》中借古喻今，用法国革命前后法国的情况来暗示当时英国国内情况。用法国革命这一“不可避免的必然性”来暗示如果英国情况不发生根本的转变，法国的历史定将在英国重演。他在《双城记》中一方面对被压迫的法国贫民充满同情，另一方面又对于积蓄起来的革命力量的爆发感到恐惧。在狄更斯看来，一旦革命爆发，群众的怒火就将一发不可收，必然会将国家投入无政府、无秩序的深渊；互相杀戮不仅会毁灭人类固有的本性，最终还将导致自我的毁灭。 狄更斯在《双城记》中进一步发展了他在前期作品中所宣扬的以仁慈为核心的圣诞精神。他要人们“勿以暴抗恶”，用仁爱、宽恕的精神来对待敌对的阶级。凡是“以暴抗暴”，违反这种基督教仁慈精神的必然会自食其果。小说描写马奈特医生在已士底狱中立誓向厄弗里蒙的后裔报仇，结果是厄弗里蒙的侄儿查尔斯·代尔那被革命法庭宣判死刑，马奈特医生替代尔那求情的时候，得伐石先生当众宣读马奈特医生藏在狱中牢房里的那份控诉书，马奈特医生便成了把代尔那送上断头台的起诉人。小说还描写法国的贫民起来用暴力推翻压迫他们的封建贵族，但是暴力使他们丧失理性，变成了疯狂的野兽。他们摧毁了巴士底监狱，却建立了新的监狱，在拉逢斯监狱中关押着未经审判就遭逮捕的贵族和平民。尤其是得伐石太太的形象，是复仇女神的化身。革命爆发时，她右手拿着斧子，腰间挂着手枪和短刀，率领妇女们攻打巴士底监狱。在恐怖统治时期，她根据编织的图案疯狂地向贵族阶级复仇。她复仇心切，要把厄弗里蒙一家斩草除根，甚至连马奈特和路茜也不放过。最后，她终于在和路茜的女仆普洛斯摔打时，被自己的手枪击毙。 和这种疯狂的复仇行为形成强烈对照的是体现在马奈特医生、路茜、代尔那和卡尔登身上的基督教仁爱精神。在狄更斯笔下，这种仁爱精神不仅能使敌对的阶级、敌对的人们互相谅解，而且可以改变人们被扭曲了的心灵，使人们在精神上获得新生。 小说的第一部的标题是“复活”，描写马奈特医生被关在巴士底狱中18年丧失了理智，是他的女儿路茜用爱的力量使他恢复了常态。后来，马奈特医生在路茜结婚前夕，知道未来的女婿就是他立誓报仇的厄弗里蒙的后裔，但是为了路茜的幸福，他不念个人旧仇，同意了这门婚事。这种仁爱精神发生了无穷的威力，使他在法国能够经受得住精神上的沉重打击，千方百计地营救代尔那出狱。同样，代尔那也体现了这种仁爱精神。在法国革命爆发以前，他同情佃农的不幸遭遇，主动放弃了贵族财产和称号。他为了让管家出狱，自己被关进了禁闭死囚的监狱。 但是，最能体现作家这种基督教仁爱精神的是英国律师卡尔登的形象。卡尔登生活颓废，酗酒成性。他自称是一个“失望的人”。他不关心世上任何人，世上任何人也不关心他。但他热恋着路茜，为了路茜的幸福，他伪装成代尔那，为代尔那上了断头台。他虽然死了，但是他的灵魂却得到了升华，像耶稣替世人受难似地获得了永生。“主说：复活在我，生命在我；信我的人，虽然死了，也必须复活；凡活着信我的人，必永远不死。”卡尔登临死前的容貌犹如先知一般。狄更斯援引了《圣经》里的词句来讴歌卡尔登高尚的品格。 用爱消灭恨，用仁爱、宽恕、和解来替代阶级对抗，乃是狄更斯创作《双城记》的意图，也就是他在许多作品中宣扬的圣诞精神。 狄更斯在小说的情节安排上，采用了他在许多作品中惯用的悬念手法。小说开篇描写英法两国动荡不安的局势，接着是关于“活埋”和“复生”的对话，一开始就渲染了一种神秘和紧张的气氛。这种气氛随着故事情节的展开而越发加强。马奈特医生出狱后奇怪的缝鞋活动，代尔那婚前和马奈特的神秘对话，卡尔登和代尔那面貌酷似，这种种疑团加深了小说的魅力，使它的结构犹如巴士底监狱通道那样迂回曲折，直到最后才把散见于全书的各条线索串联起来，创造出豁然开朗的艺术效果。 《双城记》主要以情节结构取胜。书中的人物形象基本上可分为两大类：一类是仁爱的化身，如马奈特医生、路茜、代尔那和卡尔登；另一类是复仇的化身，如得伐石夫妇、甲克，以及法国革命中“疯狂”的群众。两厢对立，壁垒分明，在尖锐的矛盾冲突中展示其鲜明的性格特征。狄更斯喜用的漫画化手法，在这部小说中得到了充分的体现。 《双城记》在狄更斯的思想发展过程中占着一个独特的地位。尖锐的阶级对立在小说中以更为极端的形式出现。旧秩序、旧制度的崩溃已经不再像《荒凉山庄》中废品收购商克鲁克那样“自我燃烧”，也不会像《小杜丽》中克仑南姆夫人宅邸那样自动坍塌。在英国，像法国革命那样的一场“不可避免的必然性”正迫在眉睫。《双城记》是狄更斯对英国统治阶级发出的一个强烈警告。