Think of Oliver Twist. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt portrayed his poverty-stricken childhood vividly but never luridly.

狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》和弗兰克·麦考特的《安杰拉的灰烬》都绘声绘色地描绘了赤贫的童年，但还不让人感觉耸人听闻。

Indeed all his stories have the special poe flavour. many of them are set in strange places-a ruined abbey, a castle on the rhine-with elaborate and dimly or luridly lit decors .

故事大都发生在奇怪的地方--倾圮的僧院，莱茵河上的城堡--笼罩着微妙、朦胧或恐怖骇人的气氛。