The story of Adam Bede is no less than a mirror to the industrialized society symbolized by the steam-engine. Through this mirror the people living in "the present" can see what mankind has lost.

《亚当。比德》中的故事是要为以蒸汽机为标志的工业化社会提供一面可供参照的镜子，让生活于“现在” 的人们看看人类丢失了什么。

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Despite the rejected book proposals, the discouraging auditions and the lost elections, many a man or woman still looks in the mirror and sees a star.

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