The novel, if it be anything, is contemporary history, an exact and complete reproduction of social surroundings of the age we live in.

  • -- George Moore 乔治·摩尔

这部小说可以说是一部现代史,是对我们所处时代社会环境的准确而完整的再现。

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The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

对于那些真正喜欢研究人的人来说,小说比其他任何一种文学形式都更有趣的原因在于,在小说中,作者可以真实地说出真相,而不会让自己蒙羞。

A fiction about soft or easy deaths is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning.

关于软死亡或容易死亡的小说是大多数不被认为是可耻或有失身份的疾病神话的一部分。