Oliver Twist published in 1838，is one Of Charles Dickens’s best—known and most Ioved works．It has been adapted into several fIlms and a long running Broadway musicaI and has been considered a Classlc ever Since it was first published.The book OriginalIy appeared as a seriaI in a magazine called Bentleyr’s Miscellany．of which DiCkens was editor．Each week．readers waited anxiously for the next instaIment in the tale;this expIains why each Chapter ends with a cliffhanger’that would hold the． reader’s attentlon and interest until the folloWing chapter waS published．

《匹克威克外传》作者怀着鲜明的爱憎，运用引人入胜的讲故事的写作技巧和精彩无比的喜剧手法，成功地塑造了不同性格的人物。