第一次世界大战于1914年爆发。
She writes about British spinsters, in particular about the ones that would have married the 'u201clost generation'u201d of the First World War.作品描写的是一群终身未嫁的英国女性,特别是那些原本可能嫁给一战“迷茫一代”的女性。
And 'Channel Firing,' on the bottom of 51, is also set in the west of England, Hardy's home country, and is set right on the verge of the First World War.海峡炮声在51页的下半部分,也是发生在英格兰西部,哈迪的祖国,并且也是发生在一战临近时期的。