作为19世纪末20世纪初英国伟大的批判现实主义作家的杰出代表,托马斯·哈代的作品深刻地反映了英国维多利亚时代的社会现实,代表了19世纪后期英国现实主义小说的最高成就。哈代以其长篇小说闻名于世,但他的短篇小说也同样具有卓越的文学地位,《儿子的否决权》就是哈代的“乡村故事”中具有代表性的一篇,该作品短小精悍,文笔洗练,力透纸背,内涵深刻。故事讲述了女主人索菲从少女时代便成为当地牧师家的女佣,牧师的妻子去世后,出于对牧师愚钝的仰慕之情,索菲毅 As an outstanding representative of the great British critical realist writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Thomas Hardy’s work profoundly reflected the social reality of Britain’s Victorian era and represented the highest achievement of British realist novels in the late 19th century. Hardy is famous for his novels, but his short stories also have excellent literary status. “Son’s veto” is one of Hardy’s “Country Stories”, which is short and hardworking. Xi Lian, thoroughly through the paper, profound meaning. The story tells the story of the mistress Sophie since the girlhood became local pastor’s maid, pastor’s wife died, out of priest dull admiration, Sophie Yi