NANCY, PLEASE tells the story of Paul Brawley, a gifted PhD candidate at Yale University. Paul has just moved into an apartment with his pragmatic girlfriend, Jen, and is struggling to complete his dissertation before embarking on a career in academia. There's just one snag: as Paul is unpacking his belongings, he discovers that something has been left behind. A seemingly inconsequential object, but one Paul feels is of great importance to his dissertation and, therefore, to his future: a battered, personally annotated hardcover copy of 'Little Dorrit' by Charles Dickens. He will have to retrieve it from his former roommate - the obstinate Nancy. As he becomes increasingly consumed with the retrieval of 'Little Dorrit', Paul's relationship and career unravel. 　　译文(2): 南希，请讲述保罗布劳利的故事，一个有天赋的博士候选人在耶鲁大学。保罗刚刚和他务实的女朋友珍搬进一间公寓，在开始学术生涯之前，他正在努力完成他的学位论文。只有一个障碍: 当保罗正在打开他的行李时，他发现有东西被落下了。这是一个看似无关紧要的物品，但保罗认为它对他的论文以及他的未来至关重要: 一本查尔斯 · 狄更斯的《小杜丽》的精装本，破旧不堪，附有个人注释。他将不得不从他以前的室友——顽固的南希那里拿回它。随着他越来越多地投入到《小杜丽》的回收中，保罗的人际关系和职业生涯开始瓦解。