This is quite presumptuous, and if writers are not allowed to be so — and quite often, in many places, they are not — I see no point in the writing of fiction.

这是很专横的，擅作主张。不过，假如作家们不允许这样做的话——在许多时候，许多地方，他们不允许这样做——我看不出写小说还有什么意义。

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According to Nina Baym, who has termed this genre "woman's fiction", the massive popularity of these novels claimed a place for women in the writing profession.

尼娜·贝姆将这种类型称为“女性小说”，她认为，这些小说的广泛流行为女性在写作行业中占据了一席之地。

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According to Nina Bay, who has termed this genre "woman's fiction", the massive popularity of these novels claimed a place for women in the writing profession.

Nina Bay 称这种类型为“女性小说”，根据她的说法，这些小说的爆红为女性在写作职业中赢得了一席之地。

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But Mr Fraser was a devoted son of the borders, born in Carlisle and writing both fact and fiction about the ruffian-reivers and cattle-stealers of the region: men who, in their shameless venturing and whoring and disrespect for law, were quite a lot like old Flashy, except that they were brave.

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