I used to have this feeling that a 'real reader' would finish a book if [she] started it.

我以前一直觉得，一位真正的读者读一本书必须有始有终。

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It's almost as if the entire point of a pastoral is that it is set in a world that neither the urbane poet nor the urbane reader has actually any real experience with.

似乎田园诗的全部意义就在于它的背景设在田园,而不管是都市诗人还是都市读者,都没有任何实际的田园经历。

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Are we the kind of reader who is interested in the real persons?

我们是否对真实的人物感兴趣？

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From sketchbooks, to Guides To Middle-earth, to art books, to anything designed to tempt a reader wanting a real book to touch and turn those pages, something was there.

FORBES: Guy Kawasaki to Traditional Publishers: Your Days are Numbered

Without the background of Zengid politics or Islamic schisms, and without the context of the conflicts of Christendom, it is impossible for the reader to make real sense of Saladin, or a real king of Richard.

ECONOMIST: The medieval crusades

That failure will be Stella's comeuppance, and when the real Helena is revealed, the reader enjoys the surprise (I hope).

WSJ: Word Craft: Ben Schrank, Author of Love Is a Canoe, on Bosses