English Dictionary

Aga saga

名詞

イギリス英語 軽蔑的 時々

(Britain, sometimes derogatory) A kind of popular novel set in a suburban or rural location and featuring domestic and emotional themes involving middle-class characters.

日本語の意味

中産階級の人々の日常生活を背景に、郊外や田舎を舞台とした、家族や感情に焦点を当てた大衆小説（しばしば卑下的に用いられる）。

Her latest novel was dismissed by critics as an Aga saga, but readers loved its quiet domestic drama.

彼女の最新小説は批評家から郊外の村を舞台にした中流階級の日常や感情を描く大衆小説だと軽んじられたが、読者はその静かな家庭ドラマを好んだ。

意味（1）

(Britain, sometimes derogatory) A kind of popular novel set in a suburban or rural location and featuring domestic and emotional themes involving middle-class characters.

2007, Saying that, if Judy does retire and write a rollicking Aga-saga about, say, a middle-aged woman with a loving, ambitious yet utterly frustrating husband, I'd certainly buy it in the three-for-two. — Grace Dent, The Guardian, 22 Jun 2007, G2, p. 3

Aga sagas （ plural ）