In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.
在19世紀(jì),小說(shuō)家常在小說(shuō)結(jié)尾處給讀者準(zhǔn)備一系列的巧合——大部分是牽強(qiáng)附會(huì),極不可能的。