严肃小说

为一部大片写影评时，没必要像为一部严肃小说写书评那样认真谨慎。

There is no point reviewing a blockbuster as you might review a serious novel .

我读的第一本严肃小说是辛克莱？刘易斯的《大街》。

My first serious novel was Sinclair Lewis 's Main Street .

我喜欢读严肃小说胜于通俗小说。

I have a preference for serious novels to popular fictions .

今后几年里，越来越多的严肃小说会被立即辨认出来。

More and more serious fiction will be immediately identifiable in the coming years .

比起严肃小说来，他更为喜欢轻松的小说。

He prefers light fictions to serious novels .

似乎，严肃小说的流行率在降低而快速小说却受着追捧。

There seems to be a decline in the popularity of serious fiction in favor of fast fiction .

译者根据自己的学术兴趣、文学偏好选择译本，促进了中国当代严肃小说的译介。

Howard Goldblatt selected novels according to his own academic interest and literary preference , which accelerated the translation of Chinese contemporary serious novels .

随着后现代文艺思潮的盛行，严肃小说和通俗小说界限的消失，对麦尔维尔的研究也不再囿于传统的束缚。

With prevailing of Post-modernism , the borderline of serious and popular fictions is obscured . Accordingly , the literary research on Melville is not restricted by conventions .

我更喜欢读轻松小说，而不是那些严肃的小说。

I prefer light fiction to all those serious novels .

这是一本严肃的小说，不是供消遣的。

This is a serious novel , not an entertainment .

并非只是一个经典的侦探故事，《月亮石》是严肃批评小说，传达它的意义通过非传统的人物和历史暗示。

Far from being merely a classic detective tale , The Moonstone is a novel of serious criticism , conveying its meaning through unconventional characters and historical allusion .

其中，《理查德·卡维尔》被誉为是“一部严肃历史题材小说，讲述了一个浪漫的求爱故事以及许多发生在海洋及陆地的事件，”这本书售出了二百万册，销量惊人，作者也由此成为了一个富有的人。

These included Richard Carvel , described as " a serious historical novel , embracing a romantic courtship and many events on land and sea , " which sold an astonishing two million copies and made the author a rich man .

作者的思想严肃而保守，小说绝少男女爱情的描写。

The ideas of the author serious and conservative , And almost have no love story .

我觉得以中国为严肃主题的间谍小说还有很大写作空间。

I think there is lots of room for spy fiction that takes China seriously as a subject .

明显与一个爱情故事和盗窃案无差别的《月亮石》，实际上是严肃的社会批评小说。

The Moonstone , apparently concerned with little more than a love story and a theft , is actually a novel of serious social criticism .