In what sense does a novel dealing skillfully and realistically with a society and its standards, which are dead and gone forever, have value in our very different world today

• 以娴熟的技巧和现实主义的手法描写一个永远逝去的社会及其准则的小说,在何种意义上对我们今天已发生沧桑巨变的世界仍然具有价值