狄更斯出身底层社会,其童年是在为谋生而挣扎和努力避免破产的贫穷中度过的。多年后,在长篇小说《大卫·科波菲尔》里描绘的主人公大卫正是幼时饱受苦难的狄更斯的艺术化身。可以说,狄更斯的个人经验让他能够深入地了解人民的生活,使他的作品具有极强的现实主义精神。当狄更斯讲到大卫这个孩子在昏暗的地下 Dickens came from the underworld, whose childhood was spent in poverty struggling to earn a living and work hard to avoid bankruptcy. Years later, David, the protagonist portrayed in the novel David Copperfield, was the artistic embodiment of Dickens, who was suffering as a child. It can be said that Dickens's personal experience enables him to understand deeply the people's life and make his works have strong realistic spirit. When Dickens talked about David this child in the dark underground