【作者简介】查尔斯·金斯利(1819—1875),生于英国西南部小镇荷恩·维卡里奇,毕业于剑桥大学,离开剑桥大学后即任牧师。金斯利是一位历史学家、博物学家、社会学家、小说家和诗人。他曾参与发起基督教社会主义改革运动。他的大多数作品表达了他的宗教和政治观点,在维多利亚时代被广泛阅读,对英国社会的发展产生了很大影响。其代表作有历史小说《希帕蒂亚》《向西去》《踪 About the Author Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), born in the town of Hope Vercarich in the southwestern England, graduated from the University of Cambridge, where he was a pastor after leaving Cambridge. Kingsley is a historian, naturalist, sociologist, novelist and poet. He was involved in initiating the Christian Socialist Reform Movement. Most of his works expressed his religious and political views, which were widely read in Victorian times and greatly influenced the development of British society. His representative works have historical novels “Xi Pati Ya” “westward” "trace