It could barely be described as an Impressionist work, so closely does it resemble a classic portrait of the 19th century.

这幅画几乎不能称之为印象派作品，反倒很像是一副19世纪的古典主义画像。

Here and elsewhere, “Let the Great World Spin” can feel like a precursor to another novel of colliding cultures: “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” Tom Wolfe's classic portrait of New York in the 1980s.

这里和在别处，《转吧，这伟大的世界》感觉成书先于另一部碰撞文化小说——《虚荣的篝火》”，（作者汤姆沃尔夫，是描述1980年代纽约的经典之作。）

The portrait of Voldemort's past was classic.

本书对于伏地魔过去的描写非常经典。