The book is set in the American South in the nineteen thirties.

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I have a certain set of desires about wanting to finish my book in philosophy and so forth.

有一系列想要完成哲学著作的欲望,以及其他种种。

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Your desire to come to class to study, to go out with friends, to read a book, to raise a family, to be--to do anything are priorities set by your emotions.

你想要到教室学习，跟朋友一起出去，读书，抚养家庭，你所做任何事情的优先级由情感设定。

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But first she explained why she set the book in a foundling hospital in Victorian times.

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They agreed to terminate their agreements with Apple and refrain from limiting any retailer's ability to set e-book prices for two years.

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Kate Winslet and Kenneth Branagh are no longer involved with a film adaptation of a book set during Guernsey's German occupation, its producer has said.

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