理查森以其抒情的笔触摹状了痴迷于爱情的心灵所感受到的每一次隐秘的震颤，《莫里斯·格斯特》也由此而得以跻身于《包法利夫人》、《安娜·卡列尼娜》之列。

Maurice Guest joins Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina, as the lyrical sweep of Richardson's prose reveals every intimate tremor felt by a human heart obsessed with the love of another. Carmen Callil

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