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?

• 这本书，这本用来学习如何熟练的、实际的去应付一个已经早已逝去的社会及其准则的书，在我们现今已经完全不同的世界里究竟有哪个程度的价值呢？