Familiar life, tending to sordidness, had been succeeded by remote life, generally idealized; historical detail had been brought in to teach readers who were being entertained.

  • -- Carl Clinton Van Doren 卡尔·克林顿·范多伦

熟悉的、趋向肮脏的生活,已经被遥远的、普遍理想化的生活所取代;书中引入了一些历史细节,以教育那些受到娱乐的读者。

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Due to the fact that I experienced personally the situation of a political prisoner, I have an historical commitment to all those that were or are prisoners just because they expressed their views, their public opinion, their own opinions.

由于我亲身经历过政治犯的处境,我对所有曾经或现在的政治犯有一种历史的责任感,因为他们表达了他们的观点,他们的公众意见,他们自己的意见。

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published.

事实上,我的前八本书都是历史小说,但从未出版过。

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

成功的人是那些选择了一条路线并坚持到底的人。

In the past, few women have tried and even fewer have succeeded.

在过去,很少有女性尝试过,成功的更少。