Iingqungquthela zikaWilkie wayengumbhali weencwadi zamaNgesi odumileyo, umbhali wemidlalo yeqonga kunye nombhali webali elifutshane wexesha lakhe, impumelelo awabelana ngayo nayo umhlobo wakhe UCharles Dickens. Kwaye namhlanje sibhiyozela isikhumbuzo ngenxa yokuba 8 de enero de 1824 eLondon. Wabhala kakhulu, wabhala iinoveli ezingama-27, amabali amafutshane angaphezu kwama-60, imidlalo eli-14, kunye nemisebenzi engaphezu kwe-100 engeyonyani. Uthathwa njengomnye wabenzi bohlobo lwenoveli yomcuphi kunye nemisebenzi esayiniweyo efana ilitye lenyanga, mhlawumbi eyona idumileyo Inenekazi elimhlophe, Umyeni nomfazi, Basil o Armadale, phakathi kwabaninzi. Ukukukhumbuza, nalu ukhetho lwe amabinzana ekhethiweyo.
UWilkie Collins - Ukukhetha amabinzana
Inenekazi elimhlophe (1860)
- Zintathu izinto ekungekho namnye kulutsha lwesi sizukulwana okwaziyo ukuzenza. Abakwazi ukungcamla iwayini, abakwazi ukudlala impempe, kwaye abanakuncoma inenekazi.
- Iinyembezi bezizehlela kuye. Isandla sakhe esingcangcazelayo safuna inkxaso yetafile ukuze azixhase, ngoxa yena esolulela kum esinye. Ndayithatha phakathi kweyam, ndiyikhama ngokuqinileyo. Intloko yam yawela kweso sandla sibandayo. Inyembezi zam zammanzisa imilebe yam icinezele kuye. Yayingeyoncamisa yothando. Yaba kukuthotywa kwentlungu engathethekiyo.
- Ayikho indoda enengqondo enobuganga bokuba notshintshiselwano oluchuliweyo nomfazi ngaphandle kokuba ikulungele oko.
- Amagama ethu abonakala emakhulu xa enokusenzakalisa kunye ne-pygmy xa ezama ukusenzela inkonzo elungileyo.
- Andiyonto ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka kovalo olunxibileyo kwaye ndilungiselwe ukubonakala njengendoda.
Umyeni nomfazi (1870)
- "Awumdeleli na umfazi onjengam?" Ukuva loo mbuzo, uArnold wakhumbula ngothando ekuphela komfazi owayeya kuba ngcwele ngonaphakade kuye, ibhinqa elalifumene ubomi esifubeni sakhe. Ikhona na indoda ecinga ngonina, idelele abafazi?
- Aba bafazi babini - omnye enxibe ngokumangalisayo, omnye ngokulula; omnye ebuhleni bobuhle bakhe, enye yabuna, yayonakalisa impilo yakhe; omnye ekunye noluntu ezinyaweni zakhe, omnye engumalusi owayephila phantsi kwethunzi elibi lengcikivo, aba bafazi babini bajongana ubuso ngobuso baza batshintshiselana ngezaphetha ezibandayo nezithe cwaka ababulisa abantu basemzini ngazo.
ihlwempu miss finch (1872)
- Xa ukuthembana phakathi kwabantu ababini abathandanayo kuphela, yonke enye into iyaphela ngaxeshanye. Ukususela ngaloo mzuzu ukuya phambili, bazifumana bekwimeko efanayo ngokungathi ngabantu ababini abangabaziyo yaye kufuneka bathobele imithetho yokuziphatha.
- Ukuba ndiyafa, akukho namnye kuni oya kuze azi. Ukufa kwam akuyi kuba sisithukuthezi imiphefumlo yabo bobabini, nakwenu. Ndilibale undixolele. Musa ukulahlekelwa, njengoko ndenzayo, owokuqala welona themba libalaseleyo kuwo wonke amathemba afayo, ithemba kubomi ngokwabo nakwixesha elizayo.
Ilitye lenyanga (1868)
- Ndizakuthi ndlelantle kulomhlaba undihluthe ulonwabo olunika abanye. Ndizakuthi ndlelantle kubomi obuthi nje kancinci ububele obuvela kuwe buphinde bundenze bubemnandi kum. Musa ukundigweba, mhlekazi, ngenxa yoku.
- "Ndinike umlilo, Betteredge." Ngaba kucingelwa ukuba kukho indoda ethi, emva kokutshaya iminyaka emininzi njengam, ingakwazi ukufumanisa inkqubo epheleleyo yonyango olufanele lunikwe abafazi, emazantsi ecala lakhe lecuba? Ndilandele ngononophelo kwaye ndiza kungqina le nto kuwe ngamagama amabini. Ukhetha, umzekelo, i-cigar; uyazama kwaye awuyithandi. Wenza ntoni ke? Uyilahle kwaye uzame enye. Ngoku, jonga inkqubo yesicelo. Ukhetha umfazi, mzame, kwaye wophula intliziyo yakho. Silly! , funda kwicuba lakho. Mlahle uzame enye!
- Abantu behlabathi banokufikelela kubo bonke ubunewunewu... Phakathi kwabanye, ukunikezela ngokukhululekileyo kwiimvakalelo zabo. Amahlwempu akalifumani elo lungelo.
Basil (1852)
- Kukho amadoda ambalwa angadluliyo ngokufihlakeleyo kumaxesha eemvakalelo ezinzulu, kumaxesha apho, phakathi kwezinto ezingenamsebenzi ezingeyomfuneko kunye nohanahaniso loluntu lwale mihla, umfanekiso womfazi onyulu, omsulwa, onesisa, nonyanisekileyo uboniswa kubo ezingqondweni zabo; ibhinqa elineemvakalelo ezihlala zifudumala, zikwazi ukwenza umzobo, kwaye uthando lwakhe kunye novelwano lusenokubonakala kwizenzo zakhe kwaye ngaloo ndlela lunike umbala kwiingcamango zakhe; ibhinqa esinokuthi sibeke ukholo olupheleleyo kunye nokuthembela kuye ngokungathi sisengabantwana, esiphelelwe lithemba lokuba siya kumfumana kufuphi neempembelelo ezilukhuni zeli hlabathi, esingafane sizifunele ukumfuna ngaphandle kwezo ndawo zodwa nezikude, ezilalini. , kwizibingelelo ezincinci nezikwanti zasemaphandleni, elunxwemeni loluntu, phakathi kwamahlathi nezityalo, kwiinduli eziyintlango nezikude. Kwaba njalo ngodade wethu.