第三章狄更斯和小说的艺术在文学上,如同在服装上一样,也存在着时髦的东西。某些书被认为是美好的或是丑恶的,某些作者是卓越的或是拙劣的,并非因为读者在阅读时真正感到愉悦或难堪,而是因为他认为应该有这样的感觉。在某个时期、某些人物中间,摈弃一切新文学是时髦;在另一个时期,不尊重传统的文学又成为时髦的事情了。大多数人羞羞答答、犹犹豫豫,接受外人的指导,即便这种指导与自己内心的 The third chapter Dickens and the art of the novel in literature, as in the same clothing, there are also fashionable things. Some books are considered good or ugly, and some authors are excellent or clumsy, not because readers are truly happy or embarrassed when reading, but because they think they should feel that way. It is fashionable to abandon all new literature among certain characters at some period and at another. It is fashionable to disregard the traditional literature in another period. Most people shy, hesitated, to accept the guidance of outsiders, even if this guidance and their own heart