狄更斯是十九世纪英国最伟大的作家，他在自己的作品中，以高超的艺术手法，描绘了包罗万象的社会图景，塑造出众多令人难忘的人物形象。他的三十多年来的创作生涯，为英国文学和世界文学作出了卓越的贡献，他的代表作《双城记》深刻描写18世纪封建制度下日渐腐败的欧洲贵族，鲜明地将贵族长期残害百姓、草营人命的恶行公诸于世。狄更斯生动地刻画出平民百姓受苦受难的悲惨生活。人民生活在困苦无助、饥寒交迫、贫病连连、受尽欺压的困境中，他们心中郁积了对贵族的刻骨深仇，终于引发了推翻政权、争取自由的法国大革命。

双城记经典语录

　　1.It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other wayin short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

　　那是最美好的时代，那是最糟糕的时代;那是智慧的年头，那是愚昧的年头;那是信仰的时期，那是怀疑的时期;那是光明的季节，那是黑暗的季节;那是希望的春天，那是失望的冬天;我们全都在直奔天堂，我们全都在直奔相反的方向--简而言之，那时跟现在非常相象，某些最喧嚣的权威坚持要用形容词的最高级来形容它。说它好，是最高级的;说它不好，也是最高级的。