百般无赖 一个无赖的一生(A Rogue＂s Life)

一个无赖的一生(A Rogue＂s Life)  

A delightful tale of thwarted ambition and forbidden love, A Rogue’s Life follows the fortunes of an endearing young man. Proffering his own take on picaresque storytelling—and with many a grain of truth for twenty-somethings today—this is Wilkie Collins at his entertaining best.

《一个无赖的一生》主要讲述了这样一个故事：弗兰克·索夫特里出身高贵威尔基·柯林斯简介，但却向往自由生活，厌恶世俗中的繁缛礼节。在与家庭决裂之后，他开始了忠于自己内心的生活。意外地，他爱上了货币伪造者杜希弗的女儿——美丽的阿莉西娅，并且为此他糊里糊涂地卷入了她父亲的造假活动之中。在杜希佛将女儿送到威尔士后不久，这个造假币点就因内部人员的出卖而土崩瓦解。弗兰克侥幸逃出，开始了向威尔士的寻找爱情之旅……

A Rogue’s Life is one of William Wilkie Collins’s most popular novels. It mainly tells a story about ambition and unavaible love. Frank Softly, the protagonist in this novel, falls into love with a girl named Alicia Dulcifer. However, having failed in almost all fields of work, Dulcifer’s father doesn’t support this young man. But love will endure, and where there’s life, there’s hope. Frank Softly goes to Waled for the seek of love.

威廉·威尔基·柯林斯（1824——1895年）生于伦敦,是继爱伦·坡之后，英国文学史上又一位侦探小说家。他的第一部书是记述其父生平的《威廉·柯林斯的一生》。柯林斯一生创作颇多威尔基·柯林斯简介，不少作品在维多利亚时代最风行的杂志《家常话》上发表。代表作为《白衣女人》、《月亮宝石》、《新济良所》。其他如《可怜的芬区小姐》、《一个无赖的一生》、《黑袍》等均有影响。

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1895) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name.

I AM going to try if I can't write something about myself. My life has been rather a strange one. It may not seem particularly useful or respectable; but it has been, in some respects, adventurous; and that may give it claims to be read, even in the most prejudiced circles. I am an example of some of the workings of the social system of this illustrious country on the individual native, during the early part of the present century; and, if I may say so without unbecoming vanity, I should like to quote myself for the edification of my countrymen.