《远大前程》读后感

读了19世纪英国作家狄更斯的长篇小说《远大前程》, 颇有感慨。

《远大前程》讲述的是出身穷苦的皮普从小父母双亡，和脾气暴躁的姐姐生活在一起，他的姐夫乔是一个忠厚老实的铁匠，处处关爱着皮普。小时的皮普被镇上一位富有的老小姐郝维辛雇为她的养女艾斯苔拉的玩伴，皮普爱上了漂亮而又冷漠高贵的艾斯苔拉，从此努力学习，以做一个配得上艾斯苔拉的“上等人”。正在这时，郝维辛小姐的律师找到了皮普，说有一个神秘的人给了皮普一大笔财产，让他成为一个绅士。皮普接受了这笔财产，来到了伦敦，开始了跻身上流社会的生活。但艾斯苔拉的若即若离和她最后对皮普的抛弃以及神秘人的现身改变了这一切。神秘人是皮普小时救助过的一个逃犯，刚开始皮普对逃犯充满了厌恶，但皮普逐渐被逃犯的纯真善良所打动，决定帮助被通缉的他逃出国外。然而，逃脱计划被逃犯旧时的仇人所获，逃犯被警察抓获，皮普的财产也被充公。前程和理想就此破灭的皮普后来到了国外打工，十几年后又回到了乔的身边，并偶遇同样饱经沧桑的艾斯苔拉。

贯穿《远大前程》的哲学思想是不同的环境会造就人的不同性格。皮普之所以想当一个“上等人”是由于周围环境的变化，而后来他对

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乔的冷漠甚至厌恶也都是由周边环境所引起的。小说从这一点告诉人们，人心很容易受世俗的影响而沦丧，因此拥有一颗高尚纯洁的心灵比拥有财富和地位更加难能可贵。小说中的英国社会处于19世纪，而此时的社会财富受工业革命的影响迅速膨胀。工业资本的出现增大了财富对人的诱惑，也拉大了社会，尤其是城市和乡村之间的贫富差距。毫无疑问，狄更斯笔下的这种社会处处透漏着悲观的气息：粗俗残忍、不学无术的恶棍可以通过继承和剥削得到财富成为“上等人”，而善良朴实的乔，劳碌一生也只能在简陋的乡村做铁匠；相信纯真爱情的郝维辛小姐掉入结婚陷阱，钱财被一卷而空；四处诈骗、恶贯满盈的骗子可以利用法律的漏洞屡次逍遥法外，而心地善良的逃犯却因没受过教育屡次为人所迫，遭到陷害，最后病死狱中。作者用这样的种种事例，批判了社会的不公和黑暗。而作为当时工业社会财富和资本象征的伦敦，在狄更斯笔下更是灰暗、拥挤、肮脏的。狭窄的街道，落满煤渣的旅馆，灰暗的天空，肮脏的监狱，无不代表着工业社会的黑暗与罪恶。相反，乔和幼时皮普所住的乡下，在作者笔下虽然简陋，却向来是阳光明媚、鸟语花香。小说中的乡村和憨厚的乔，代表着人心灵的纯真善良，而在结尾处皮普的回归，也寄托着作者对于人心的美好愿望。

《远大前程》并不是一篇教育性很强的小说，作者也没有试图通过这篇小说呈现给读者什么大道理，但这篇小说依然值得我们去认真思考。经济迅猛发展中的中国，其社会和作者笔下的英国社会相比，虽然不同，却有许多相似之处，比如收入差距和城乡差距巨大；社会

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财富迅速积累从而引发拜金浪潮等等。而在现实生活中，幻想“远大前程”的“皮普”们无处不在，甚至有时就是我们自己。在金钱的诱惑下，许多人都梦想着能一夜暴富或一夜成名，从而跻身社会的“上层”。然而在争取着看似锦绣的“远大前程”之时，有多少人丢掉了心中原有的那份纯真和善良？又有多少人会为了自己的“前程”而去同流合污，说违心的话，做违心的事？当见过了“世面”、获得了成功、成为一个“上等人”之后，我们是否会嫌弃“土里土气”的“乡巴佬”，哪怕对方曾经有恩于自己？我们又是否会因为怕有损自己颜面而不愿再回到自己破旧简陋的故乡？在目前的中国，有些人或许会认为有了财富，自然也就会有了一切，因为钱是万能的。但读过《远大前程》后我们可以发现，富有时的皮普过的却并不幸福：他无法获得艾斯苔拉对他的真爱；他整日为了尽早成为一个真正的“绅士”而参加各种无聊的活动，心灵却因缺少了乔对他的关爱而渐渐空虚。《远大前程》告诉我们，金钱买不来爱情，也买不来幸福。丧失财产之后一无所有的皮普明白了这个道理，于是重拾了他那颗纯真善良的心，回到了简陋的乡下，过上了简单幸福的生活。比金钱和“远大前程”更为宝贵的，是一颗单纯善良的心，而且拜金潮愈是凶猛，这颗心愈是能体现出人性的美好。它或许不能给人们带来灯红酒绿的生活或崇高的社会地位，但它能使生活充满人性的光辉。而人性的光辉，恰恰是生活中最为珍贵的财富。

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第二篇：英文远大前程英文版读后感

远大前程英文版读后感

Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens, a famous writer from England. It is the story of the orphan Pip’s life.

The character in this novelgave

me the deep impression was Pip.He fell in love with Estella. Educating himself for the girl,Pip studied as hard as he could.

Why did he love Estella so much? Not for her beautiful face,her treasure . Pip paid out so much for the love.

AlthoughEstella didn't treat him well and even that she didn't respect him at all! She put the food for him as a dog,but he didn't hate her. On the contrary, he left from his home with Pip/s friends. Pip just wanted to be a gentleman.

He abandoned a lot than he got. I can't understand why he do it in this way. I think it's not worth at all. If one person don't like you or not respect you,

you needn't do everything for her. So it made me quite sad.

I feel sorry for Pip. He had a very difficult life... Miss Havisham is also

a character who left me a deep impression .She was a poor lady. Her mother died young. Her farther was very rich and very proud

with only one child, Miss Havisham, is his first wife.

In fact, Miss Havisham should have a nice life,

but her wedding was destroyed by her fiance.

He broke her heart and she was angry.

She wanted to retaliate all men. She was really a kind woman. But she chose a wrong way to continue her life. Miss Havisham wanted to hurt other persons.

And she had done. This was not good for her. Only made her feel a little comfortable but there were also more victims in the world.

The above is what I get from the novel in the textbook and to conclude my opinion in one sentence, I should say that people should not depend on others.