这里向读者介绍的是斯特德的一篇短篇小说《那个男孩》(That Boy)。作品描写了一个开寄宿旅馆的女人与一个比她小20岁的男人之间的爱情。从中我们可以看到斯特德所崇尚的自然主义创作方法,看到她师法狄更斯,注意观察生活,精心刻画人物性格的匠心与生动自然不事雕琢的文风。本篇译自牛冿大学出版社1986年版《澳大利亚文学文集》。 The reader is introduced here to Stardh’s short story “That Boy.” The work portrays the love between a woman at a boarding hotel and a man 20 years younger than her. From which we can see the method of naturalism advocated by Stead, and see her teaching Dickens, pay attention to observe life, carefully portraying the character’s ingenuity and vivid and natural style carved writing style. This article is translated from Oxford University Press 1986 edition of “Australian Literature Collection.”