诺贝尔文学奖得主奈保尔曾经这样说过:“亨利·詹姆斯……从来就没有走进过这个世界。是的,他去了欧洲,也像其他作家那样体验过了,‘写’过了。但是他没有经历过风险。他从未直面过任何事物。……他从未想过融入过人群,去了解他们的追求,去了解他们的言谈举止。”的确,詹姆斯始终生活在上流社会的狭小圈子里,写作 Nobel laureate Naipaul once said: “Henry James ... never walked into this world. Yes, he went to Europe and experienced it as other writers did. But he had not experienced the risk that he had never faced anything ... He had never thought of being in the crowd, understanding their quest, knowing what they were saying. ”Indeed, James has always lived in a high society Narrow circle, writing