ChArlEsDiCkEns, Author, EDitor AnD soCiAl rEFormEr is known For thE viviD piCturE hE pAintED oF liFE inEnglAnD in thE EArly 19th CEntury. lonDon wAs FEAturED in mAny oF his novEls. thE City oF lonDon ArousED in him mAny Emotions-lovE, pity, FrustrAtion AnD ExCitEmEnt. novEls suCh As grEAtExpECtAtions , thE olDCuriosity shop, littlEDorrit AnD
A、tAlE oF twoCitiEs movE From thE proBlEms oF pEoplE living in lonDon in thE EArly 1800’s to thosE oF pEoplE in CitiEs Almost AnywhErE.
yEt iFDiCkEns wErE to rEturn to thE lonDon oF thE 1980’s, woulD hE BE ABlE to rECognisE it whAt woulD hAvE ChAngED
thErE is onE AspECt oF lonDon liFE in thE 1800’s whiCh is vEry notiCEABlE in his novEls- A pErvADing AtmosphErE oF smoky gloom AnD Dirt, oF Evil smElls AnD grimy DECAy. whAtEvEr onE mAy think oF lonDon Air toDAy, with its trAFFiC FumEs AnD oCCAsionAl smog, thE smokEABAtEmEntACts oF thE 19th CEntury AnD thEClEAnAir oF thE 20th CEntury hAvE EnsurED thAtDiCkEns woulD FinD thE lonDon Air hAD improvED ConsiDErABly.
in our mutuAl FriEnDDiCkEns portrAys thE rivEr thAmEs As A DAngErous plACE pollutED with Filth, rAts AnD CorpsEs. hE woulD BE surprisED to know thAt sAlmon now swim up thE rivEr into thE pool oF lonDon AnD thAt thousAnDs oF lonDonErs rElAx By thE rivEr’s BAnks. lonDonErs Also join tourists on plEAsurE trips to viEw thE wArEhousEs AnD whArvEs oF thE DoEklAnD ArEAs pAst thE towEr oF lonDon. it isDiCkEns’s DEsCription oF thEsE ArEAs in his own timE thAt givEs suCh A powErFul imprEssion oF A City swArming with povErty, CommErCE AnD CrimE in olivEr twist AnD littlEDorrit.
somE pArts oF lonDon DEsCriBED ByDiCkEns ChAngED As A rEsult oF puBliC rEACtion to thE viviD piCturEs hE portrAyE
D、somE oF thE worst slums DisAppEArED in his liFEtimE. pEoplE ArE no longEr imprisonED For DEBt inEnglAnD toDAy.
DiCkEns’s ExpEriEnCE oF povErty AnD lAtEr oF riChEs in lonDon DEvElopED whAt moDErn writErs might CAll his lovE/hAtE rElAtionship with thE City.DiCkEns himsElF rEFErs. to "thE AttrACtion oF rEpulsion" whiCh hE FElt For lonDon As A ChilD whEn hE wAs working long hours in A BlACking FACtory. in thE strEEts oF lonDon, AnD in its soCiEty,DiCkEns with his rEportEr’s EyE AnD rEFormEr’s hEArt, FounD prECisEly whAt hE nEEDED to DEvElop As A novElist AnD As A puBliC FigurE.
onE ChAngE whiCh woulD BE unlikEly to surprisEDiCkEns is thE wAy in whiCh lonDon hAs DEvElopED into A sprAwling mEtropolis, DEvouring plACEs suCh As FinChlEy, hAmpstEAD AnDCAmDEn town whiCh wErE villAgEs AnD suBurBs inDiCkEns’s timE. hE woulD hAvE ExpECtED thE inCrEAsE in lonDon’s CommutEr populAtion. long BEForE thE Coming oF CommutEr rAilwAys in thE 1860’s, As mAny As two hunDrED thousAnD inDiviDuAls CAmE DAily into thE City on Foot or By omniBus From thE riCh housEs BorDEring thE thAmEs out toChElsE
A、As thE City DEvElopED, thE ADvAntAgEs oF suBurBAn living wErE ExtEnDED to thE miDDlE ClAssEs. wEmmiCk in grEAtExpECtAtions Extols thE plEAsurEs oF his smAll "CAstlE" AnD gArDEn in wAlworth, thE upkEEp oF whiCh DEpEnDs on his work in thE City oF lonDon AnD his DuBious ConnECtions thErE.
thE sprAwling, ExCiting FErmEnt oF orgAnisED ChAos whiCh lonDon AppEArs to BE, still ContAins BuilDings FAmiliAr toDiCkEns. just outsiDEBush housE, thE homE oF thEBBC’sExtErnAl sErviCEs, is thEChurCh oF st. mAry-lE-strAnD whErEDiCkEns’s pArEnts wErE mArriED in 1809.ACross thE roADs is thE supposEDly romAn BAth whErE hE BAthED As A ChilD AnD whiCh hE lAtEr usED inDAviDCoppEr FiEl
D、not FAr AwAy inBloomsBury in 48Doughty strEEt,DiCkEns wrotE most oF thE piCkwiCk pApErs AnD olivEr twist. it is now thE homE oF thEDiCkEns housE musEum.At his own rEquEst thErE is no puBliC mEmoriAl toChArlEsDiCkEns, But thEDiCkEns housE musEum is A CEntrE For All thosE to whom his ChArACtErs ArE morE "rEAl" thAn mAny in history.
thE mAin iDEA oF thE lAst pArAgrAph is thAt ______ .
A、lonDon still kEEps BuilD