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———— [单元主题语境]———人与社会之 小说、戏剧、诗歌、传记、 文学简史、经典演 讲、文学名著等 (2018· 高考浙江卷) 话题：英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯 词数： 324 难度：★★★ In 1812 ，the year Charles Dickens was born ， there were 66 novels published in Britain.People ha been writing novels for a century—most experts date the first novel to RobinsonCrusoe in 1719—but nobody wante to do it professionally.The steam-powere printing press was still in its early stages；the literacy (识字) rate in England was under 50%.Many works of fiction appeare without the names of the authors，often with something like “By a lady.” Novels，for the most part，were looked upon as silly，immoral or just plain bad. In 1870 ，when Dickens die ，the worl mourne him as its first professional writer an publisher ，famous an belove ，who ha le an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose characters—from Oliver Twist to Tiny Tim—were hel up as moral touchstones.Today Dickens greatness is unchallenged.Removing him from the pantheon ( 名 人堂) of English literature woul make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the MonaLisa. How di Dickens get to the top ？For all the feelings readers attach to stories ，literature is a numbers game，an the test of time is extremely difficult to pass.Some 60,000 novels were publishe during the Victorian age，from 1837 to 1901 ；today a casual reader might be able to name a half- dozen of them.Its partly true that Dickens style of writing attracte audiences from all walks of life.Its partly that his writings rode a wave of