As a member of the middle class, Gaskell could hardly help approaching working-class life as an outside observer and a reporter, and the reader of the novel is always conscious of this fact.

作为中产阶级的一员，Gaskell 不得不以旁观者和记者的身份接近工人阶级的生活，而小说的读者也总是意识到这一点。

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Though a middle-class person may "want to live like common people"， they can never appreciate the reality of a working-class life.

虽然一个中产阶级可能“想要像普通人一样生活”，但他们永远不会领会到工薪阶层生活的真相。

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What is most impressive about the book is the intense and painstaking effort made by the author, Elizabeth Gaskell, to convey the experience of everyday life in working class homes.

这本书最让人印象深刻的是，作者伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔为描写工人阶级家庭的日常生活，付出了艰苦的努力。

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The strongest elements are the descriptions of working-class life and the tender portrayal of maternal and filial love.

ECONOMIST: Non-fiction

Working-class life is not the book's strong point.

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Varda keenly observes the rhythms and textures of daily life in a working-class suburb of Paris while keeping an eye on the way that her male peers approach the same theme.

NEWYORKER: Le Bonheur