man of letters困难

After Pickwick, Dickens plunged into a bleaker world. In Oliver Twist, he traces an orphan’s progress from the workhouse to the criminal slums of London. Nicholas Nickleby, his next novel, combines the darkness of Oliver Twist with the sunlight of Pickwick. The popularity of these novels consolidated Dickens as a nationally and internationally celebrated man of letters.

在《匹克威克外传》之后，狄更斯投入到一个更加阴暗的世界。在《雾都孤儿》中，他追述了一个孤儿从济贫院到伦敦犯罪贫民窟的历程。他的下一部小说《尼古拉斯·尼克尔贝》融合了《雾都孤儿》的黑暗和《匹克威克外传》的明朗。这些小说的流行巩固了狄更斯作为一位享誉国内外的文学家的地位。