E.M.福斯特的第一部長篇小說,盡管篇幅不長,卻奠定了他長篇小說的基本調(diào)子。在他的筆下,對(duì)人對(duì)事,客觀的冗長的描寫和交待,不再是長篇小說的特點(diǎn)。They were all at Charing Cross to see Lilia off--Philip, Harriet, Irma, Mrs. Herriton herself. Even Mrs. Theobald, squired by Mr. Kingcroft, had braved the journey from Yorkshire to bid her only daughter good-bye...