George Eliot is considered to be the pioneer of the psychological novel.

乔治·艾略特被誉为心理小说的先驱者。

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There is the psychological novel; but the example of George Meredith has shown that it has no chance of ever becoming popular.

有的心理小说值得注意，但乔治·梅雷迪斯的实例说明它没有为大众所欢迎的可能。

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The event does not explicitly surface in the novel, but it adds a grave sadness to Mr Grossman’s searching account of the psychological and physical costs of a seemingly endless state of war.

这件事在他的小说中没有写得显山露水，但是的确给格鲁斯曼探求看上去永无止境的战争给人们承受的身心上的代价蒙上一层沉重的悲伤气氛。

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How else could he have become such a chronicler whose greatest work is still studied as the precursor of the modern psychological novel?

ECONOMIST: New fiction

The novel seems to treat extreme touchiness as a default psychological setting.

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The event does not explicitly surface in the novel, but it adds a grave sadness to Mr Grossman's searching account of the psychological and physical costs of a seemingly endless state of war.

ECONOMIST: New fiction