In other words, after an author's "copy right" expired, the work matriculated to a "public domain" — a novel and compelling notion that didn't exist prior to 1774.

换句话说，在作者的“版权”过期之后，作品就进入了“公共领域”——这是1774年之前所没有的一个新的引人注意的概念。

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It was a strange end, and the story itself was (to me) so compelling that I wrote a novel about it, the Last Station, in 1990.

这个结局是如此独特，如此震撼人心，我在1990年曾为此写了一部名为最后一站的小说。

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Hence, there is a compelling need to find novel therapies to enhance fracture healing.

因此，有迫切需要找到新疗法，提高骨折愈合。

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As an introduction to the controversies surrounding Richard III, the book is second-to-none - and as a novel, it is absorbing, engaging, and utterly compelling, sweeping up each new reader in its argument.

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