1879年,肖伯纳写成了第一部长篇小说《未成年时期》,但自己感觉不满意,马上又在这篇小说的稿纸背面动手写第二篇。对这两篇作品书商都不屑一顾,但肖伯纳毫不自馁,又连续写了三篇。关于这段经历,肖伯纳后来自述道:“我记得少年时期这五篇文学作品是五个重重的褐色纸包,它们常常从书商那里寄回给我,引起我经济上的困难,因为我又得把这些纸包寄给别的书商,每寄一次要 In 1879, Bernard Shaw wrote the first novel, ”Juvenile,“ but felt dissatisfied that she immediately wrote the second one on the back of the manuscript. Both booksellers dismissed, but Xiao Bernard did not discourage himself, but also wrote three consecutive. On this experience, Bernard Shaw later read: ”I remember that in my teenage years these five literary works were five heavy brown paper bags. They were often sent back to me from booksellers and caused my financial difficulties. Because I have to send these papers to other booksellers, and send them once