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Little Dorrit BBC

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I don’t know why I find myself really obsessing about the England in Victorian period. As I previously talked about the fashion of Favourite Work Of Art, and I guess there were many great literatures and stunning events to talk about in Vitoria time. It was a distinguished period of England’s history. Now I have to mention about the great Victoria English novolist – Charles Dickens’ one of his best stories – Little Dorrit.

I do love the BBC! The BBC has a reputation for classic dramas. As the opposite of Jane Austin, who wrote mostly middle class stories, Dickens preferred to portray the poor common people’s lifes in 19th century. BBC has presented Oliver Twist, Bleak House and Little Dorrit this year. The characters were so vivid and I am so connected with.

Little Dorrit is about Amy Dorrit who was a spirit young woman lived in the Marshalsea Prison. Life for her was hard and little Dorrit tried to pay off her family’s debts to get out of the prison. (Background: in the Victoria period, if people were in debt, The government put people into a special prison, and people had to find work and payoff their debt.)

Amy had also to look after her father William, and he became rich afterwards by inheriting some fortunes, so far, and in the end will be a twist! (I haven’t finish it yet). The story was like a puzzle and every character had their own purpose but somehow was linking with others. It was mysterious, tangle, complex and touching story. It was very Charles Dickens’s style. I enjoy every episode and hope to read the novel too.

Little Dorrit definitely worths to read or watch! Besides, I guess I will go to visit Charles Dickens Museum this weekend.

不知何时不知不觉的喜欢上英国维多利亚时代的东西，从之前写过维多利亚时尚到文学作品。也许维多利亚时期出现了很多杰出的文学家，及文学作品和其他史记，在英国历史是一个不同平凡的时代。说到文学作品，不能不提狄更斯先生 的其中一部文学作品 -《小杜丽》

太爱BBC的经典文化小说改编电视剧，之前曾看过狄更斯的名著 – 雾都孤儿和 荒凉山庄， 今年BBC将《小杜丽》也搬上荧幕。故事发生在19世纪，一个年轻聪慧的小杜丽全家人生活在监狱（在英国19世纪，假如你欠债，政府有个特别的监狱，进入自如，但你必须工作还清你的债）小杜丽要一边工作一边还清家人的债，最后家人又遗留很多家产，从下级社会突然转变到上流社会。通过描写小杜丽一家人以及其他社会等级的人物的刻画，展现了19世纪中叶英国从上层阶级到下层阶级整个现实画卷。故事刻画十分神秘，含有复杂悬念，情节感人，是一部值得看的电视剧或值得一读的小说。

我还没有看到故事的结尾，但我已经忍不住周末要去参观狄更斯的博物馆。这就是我喜欢伦敦深厚的历史文化底蕴 – 到处都是历史博物馆。约翰告诉我，他走过一条街起名为“小杜丽“和他们之前住过的监狱呢，就在靠近在近伦敦桥。阿 – 真有英国味道！

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If we are talking about ages, then my favourite age is the Victorian one, spanning the years 1819 to 1901. This period of time was characterised by rapid changes and developments in nearly every sphere. Queen Victoria was the first English monarch to see her name given to a period whilst still living. I love a lot of literature, fashion, and works of art from the Victoria era. Today we associate this time with Protestant work ethics, family values, religious observation, and institutional faith.

There is so much artwork and fashion from the Victorian age that I love. My favourites include Georges Seurat (Sunday afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte), a French painter who was a leader in the neo-impressionist movement of the late 19th century. Georges Seurat is the ultimate example of the artist as scientist.

Another is James Tissot. Victorian Life/Modern Love features many of Tissot’s finest works (The Ball 1878 di James Tissot oil on canvas). Tissot’s entire career, with particular emphasis on the paintings he did in London, reflect his penetrating insight into Victorian life.

There are a lot of books that represent the Victoria era like ” A Woman’s Place” an Oral History of Working Class Women, 1890-1940 from Elizabeth Roberts. This tells the story of a conformist generation, obedient to tradition, their emotional and material wants narrowed by poverty and fatalism, their manners and morals disciplined by Christian values (not doctrine).

维多利亚时代的时尚

维多利亚时期也正是艺术界最活跃的时期之一，经过了新古典主义绘画，记录真人为模特的肖像画取代了原本的宗教画，由此我们也可以从当时的绘画中，最直接的看到十九世纪的维多利亚时代的各种时代背景，像时装，文学和风格。维多利亚时代的女性在追求成为谨慎的“ 女士”同时，职业妇女，去异国旅行的有闲太太等以新的行动模式出现的女性层出不穷。上世纪六十年起风行的维多利亚风潮中最有趣的是，从政治宗教的观点来看，它跟身穿黑裙的维多利亚女王所统治的十九世纪封建维多利亚王朝的理念是完全对立的。这也是当时的维多利亚时尚的魅力所在。内衣外穿，蕾丝和丝袜和缎子，长衬裙，再加上多数的Chelsea (伦敦高级时尚区）的女孩都在蝴蝶结或鞋上缀上以浮雕宝石，六十年代所流行的维多利亚风就这样被定义下来，那是一个新时代，同时也象征着一个纯洁无暇的时代的到来。