Between Scott on the earlier side and Dickens and Thackeray on the other, there was an immense production of novels, illustrated by not a few names which should rank high in the second class, while some would promote more than one of them to the first.

  • -- George Saintsbury 圣茨伯里

在早期的史考特和狄更斯、萨克雷之间,有大量的小说作品,其中不少小说的名字应该排在第二类小说的前列,而有些则会把其中不止一个提升到第一类。

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I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.

我想说,在我的小说中,爱是否仍然存在的问题,与陀思妥耶夫斯基的上帝是否存在的问题,扮演着同样的角色。

She put her hands around the neck of our production manager, and you know, started to choke him.

她把手放在我们生产经理的脖子上,你知道,开始掐他。

Going to the Arctic was immense for me.

去北极对我来说意义重大。

I think of my novels as entertainments.

我认为我的小说是娱乐。

The guilt of newborns is immense.

新生儿的负罪感是巨大的。