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L1
讲座
1. What is the lecture mainly about?
Why Charles Dickens was regarded as one of the most popular nineteenth-century English authors
Why the subject matter of novels in nineteenth-century England was often similar
The role of serial publications in the success of nineteenth-century lending libraries
Ways in which most people were able to access literature in nineteenth-century England
2. What does the professor imply about the publication of novels in a three-volume format?（多选题）
The format was popular because individual volumes were easy to carry
The volumes were available to customers only through lending libraries.
Most people could not afford to purchase novels in this format.
The lending libraries benefited from this practice.
3. What does the professor say about C. E. Mudie?
Mudie made the process of borrowing books from lending libraries too costly for the
average reader
Mudie did not always understand what types of books the public wanted to read.
Mudie had a considerable impact on the content that publishers allowed in books.
Mudie worked closely with Dickens and his publishers to launch Dickens’ writing career
4. According to the professor, what contribution did Dickens and his publishers make to the success of serial publications?
They created a new format for readers who did not want to purchase an entire newspaper or magazine.
They developed new magazines that included chapters from more than one book at a time.
They made serial publications cheaper by increasing the amount of advertising.
They persuaded more authors to publish their novels in serial form.
5. Why does the professor mention novels with chapters that end suspensefully?
To give an example of a technique that was later used in cinema
To point out an effect that serial publications had on the approach some authors took toward writing
To provide an example of the types of novels that Mudie disapproved of
To support his explanation of why few people read novels in the nineteenth century
6. What can be inferred about the professor when he mentions critics of serial novels?
He thinks that critics do not appreciate the constraints that writers of that period were under
He believes that the criticisms do not apply to Dickens’work.
He agrees that Dickens’ style was not well suited to the serial-publication format.
He is pleased that critics’ arguments have been gaining the attention that they deserve.
