【英语翻译Ihaveneverbegunanovelwithmoremisgiving.IfIcallitanovelitisonlybecauseIdon’tknowwhatelsetocallit.IhavelittlestorytotellandIendneitherwithadeathnoramarriage.Deathendsallthingsandsoisthecompr】
英语翻译
Ihaveneverbegunanovelwithmoremisgiving.IfIcallitanovelitisonlybecauseIdon’tknowwhatelsetocallit.IhavelittlestorytotellandIendneitherwithadeathnoramarriage.Deathendsallthingsandsoisthecomprehensiveconclusionofastory,butmarriagefinishesitveryproperlytooandthesophisticatedareill-advisedtosneeratwhatisbyconventiontermedahappyending.Itisasoundinstinctofthecommonpeoplewhichpersuadesthemthatwiththisallthatneedstobesaidissaid.Whenmaleandfemale,afterwhatevervicissitudesyoulike,areatlastbroughttogethertheyhavefulfilledtheirbiologicalfunctionandinterestpassestothegenerationthatistocome.ButIleavemyreaderintheair.ThisbookconsistsofmyrecollectionofamanwithwhomIwasthrownintoclosecontactonlyatlongintervals,andIhavelittleknowledgeofwhathappenedtohiminbetween.IsupposedthatbytheexerciseofinventionIcouldfillthegapsplausiblyenoughandsomakemynarrativemorecoherent;butIhavenowishtodothat.IonlywanttosetdownwhatIknowofmyownknowledge.(W.SomersetMaugham)