单词 | problem novel |
释义 | > as lemmasproblem novel problem novel n. ΚΠ 1894 Morning Post (London) 11 Aug. 4/4 The problem-novel, we need hardly say, is not put before us as particularly ‘suitable for holiday reading’. 1898 N.Y. Times 23 Apr. 278/4 The problem novel proposes to put before our minds a question of some kind, say, right or wrong? 1902 Daily Chron. 22 Jan. 7/2 No sensible person in search of pastime-reading will waste time and attention upon the ponderous problem-novels. 1961 John o' London's 6 July 18/1 ‘Silence,’ he [sc. Melville] wrote in his problem-novel Pierre, ‘is the only voice of our God’. 2007 R. J. Welch Guy-friendly YA Libr. v. 82 Problem novels might focus on drug and alcohol use and abuse, physical abuse, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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