名称：匹克威克外传(上 下)
作者：（英）查尔斯·狄更斯
标签：名著
简介：《匹克威克外传》是查尔斯·狄更斯创作的*部小说。小说出版后轰动一时，成为当时英国出版界的一大亮点。查尔斯·狄更斯开始写《匹克威克传外传》，主要是想写成系列小说，因此，《匹克威克外传》里面的各个篇章彼此关系很松散，更像是一部系列探险小说。小说主人公萨缪尔·匹克威克先生是一个富有的、心地善良的老绅士，同时又是匹克威克俱乐部发起者和永久的总裁。老先生为了对生命中很多奇异的现象进行更深入的探索与了解，于是建议说，由他牵头，另外还有三个匹克威克俱乐部成员（他们分别是温克先生，斯诺德格拉斯先生和托普曼先生）一起加入进来，跟随他从伦敦出发去遥远的地方（说是遥远，实际上就是到英国乡村）进行生命意义探索，并且在回来之后，向俱乐部成员汇报他们的所见所闻。于是，整部小说主题围绕着他们对英国乡村的远足旅行而展开。
字数：172万字
General Preface
Millions of Chinese are learning English to acquire knowledge and skills for communication in a world where English has become the primary language for international discourse. Yet not many learners have come to realize that the command of the English language also enables them to have an easy access to the world literary classics such as Shakespeare's plays, Shelley's poems,Mark Twain's novels and Nietzsche's works which are an important part of liberal-arts education. The most important goals of universities are not vocational, that is, not merely the giving of knowledge and the training of skills.