"It's of no great literary merit," he said, almost apologetically.

“它不具有重要的文学价值，”他几乎抱歉地说道。

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It is scarcely possessed of any particular literary merit.

它几乎不具有什么特别的文学价。

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Many critics question the literary merit and outdated racial stances of Gone with the wind.

《飘》的文学价值和已过时的种族态度为许多批评家所质疑。

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On pure literary merit, there may indeed be Chinese writers as or more deserving of the prize.

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Mr Rembar was able to argue against the banning of the book by claiming that it not only had literary merit but moral value as well.

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Bethan Marshall, a senior lecturer in English education at King's College London told the magazine the literary merit of picture books was often underestimated, comparing The Very Hungry Caterpillar favourably with another literary hit, Yann Martel's Life of Pi.

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