They wonder at the beauty of the area and imagine what it felt like to live there hundreds of years ago.

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And he says of his own writing, "I had tried to convey something of what it felt like to be a Negro, and no one had been able to listen.

作者自己也这小说里写道：“我曾试着去和身边人,传达那种我想成为黑人的强烈感觉，但没人能听进去。

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And it's possible that the very idea of a Puritan poet presented Milton with what may have felt like an insoluble conflict.

成为清教徒诗人的想法可能,让弥尔顿感到一些不可调和的冲突。

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