what he imagined.

他曾经设想过的事情
What converts him to anarchism was the appalling

使他转变成一个无政府主义者的原因是
gap between the wealthy and the poor in Paris, and other places.

巴黎以及法国各地都存在的巨大贫富差距
The heritage of the father,

很显然父亲留下的遗产
of course, had something to do with it.

与此是有一定关系的
Never had people lived it up in such flamboyant,

从来没有人以如此炫耀的
one could even say egregious ways,

甚至可以说是有些过分的方式
as in Paris in the Belle époque,

快乐地生活在"美好年代"的巴黎
the so-called Gay Nineties.

即十九世纪九十年代[美国俚语]
Now, the nostalgia for that is a creation, really, of how horrible things would be

现在人们对那时的怀旧情节是因为那个时代的伟大创造力
later with World War I, but still

之后的一战出现的可怕的东西吧但其实
and the Belle époque was not belle for very many people.

"美好时代"对大多数人来说没那么美好