It is precisely this inverted snobbery that has hindered Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits from gaining the critical attention it deserves.

正是这种反势利感阻碍了伊莎贝尔·阿连德的《幽灵之家》获得应有的批评关注。

Perhaps writers, unlike actors and scientists, live in a world of inverted snobbery.

或许作家不像演员和科学 家那样，他们生活在一个相反的世界里。