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PAGE 0 PAGE 6 Analysis of the Nancy’s good and evil in Oliver Twist By 09-3， Zhang Zening (张泽宁No.13) A paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for literature class to Qinggong Hebei United University November 2011 ABSTRACT Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsea, England. He is a British Victorian famous novelist. His parents were middle-class, but they suffered financially as a result of living beyond their means. When Dickens was twelve years old, his family’s dire straits forced him to quit school, a place where shoe polish is made. The horrific conditions in the factory haunted him for the rest of his life, as did the experience of temporary orphanhood. As a young adult, he worked as a law clerk and later as a journalist. His experience as a journalist kept him in close contact with the darker social conditions of the Industrial Revolution. Oliver Twist, animated in part by Dickens’s own childhood experiences and in part by his outrage at the living conditions of the poor that he had witnessed as a journalist. This novel is greatly successful. This thesis focused on Oliver twist, Nancy is immersed in the vices, but she also commits perhaps the KEY WORDS: Good Evil Charles Dickens Nancy Oliver Twist 摘 要 查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens，1812年2月7日~1870年6月9日） 英国维多利亚时期的著名小说家。出生于英格兰一个海港小镇波特西。他的父母亲属中产阶级，但由于过着如不敷出的生活，经济上已陷入困境。狄更斯12岁时，家庭可怕的困境迫使他辍学。鞋油厂里恶劣的环境在他以后的记忆中一直挥之不去，他短暂的孤儿经历也令他难以忘却。长大以后，他在一家律师事务所当职员。后来又当了记者，使他近距离接触到工业革命时期社会的阴暗面。《雾都孤儿》一部分是来自于狄更斯自己的童年经历，另一部分是来自于他作为一名记者，为所目睹的穷人的生活环境而产生的愤懑。这部小说非常成功。本论文主要研究《雾都孤儿》中,南希陷入的罪恶和她为了保护奥利弗的生命而牺牲了自己所做的行动又是最高尚的行为。 关键词：善良 罪恶 查尔斯·狄更斯 南希 《雾都孤儿》 1. Introduction Oliver Twist is one of the most famous novels HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/dickens_charles.shtml Charles Dickens ever wrote, which is impressive, given that he wrote fifteen very popular novels during his life. It’s a classic rags-to-riches story about an orphan who has to find his way through a city full