British author Diane Setterfield's debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale, is a gothic suspense novel published in 2006.

英国作家戴安娜-赛特菲尔德的首部小说《第十三个故事》是一部哥特式悬念小说，于2006年出版。

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The author approvingly quotes a British philosopher, Herbert Spencer, who said that “the ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.”

他很赞同一个英国哲学家——赫伯特•斯宾塞——曾说过的话：人们竭力远避愚蠢行径的影响，最终反而使得世上尽是愚蠢之人。

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"Oliver Twist" is a realistic novel of the British author Charles Dickens.

《雾都孤儿》是英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯的一部现实主义小说。

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David Crystal is a British linguist and author of over 100 books, including 2001's Language and the Internet.

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Yeah, I think because it's home grown and because the author is British

我认为因为这是故事的起源地，也因为作者是一位英国人，

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He raises the matter of England's religious relationship with America, but fails to discuss the reaction in England to Salem and Sewall's recanting, which is a shame given that the author himself is British.

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The Beach is based upon the novel by British author Alex Garland.

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The British author Doris Lessing is even more emphatic.

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