The hero was a washout—loveless, nearly friendless and all but jobless (“It's time you knew the cold soft facts of me. I did not pan out.

作品中的主人公是一位彻头彻尾的失败者，没有爱情、几无朋友、几无工作（“该是你知道我那凄冷无助、胸无大志的人生真相的时候了。

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She seems caught in a loveless marriage with a rather cold and distant plutocratic husband.

她似乎陷入了爱情与婚姻，而寒冷和遥远的富豪丈夫。

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