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爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导

One evening some literary men were dining together previous to going to a private house where a number of authors were to give readings from their books. At the table the talk turned on the carelessness with which the public reads books. Richard Harding Davis, one of the party, contended that the public read more carefully than the others believed. It was just at the time when Du Maurier's Trilby was in every one's hands.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位:Additional excerpt 206 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

几个文人聚餐,饭后要去私人宅邸听作家朗读作品。席间聊到公众读书粗心,理查德·哈丁·戴维斯不同意,认为公众比大家以为的更仔细。当时杜穆里埃的小说《特里尔比》正人手一册,成了现成的试验品。戴维斯想证明:读者对流行作品其实读得很细,连细节都记得。这提醒我们,别轻易下结论说大众不认真,可以用大家熟悉的作品去测试,看他们是否真的留意字句。

上下文

出自博克自传,记录一群文人聚餐时的争论,背景是《特里尔比》畅销,戴维斯想借此验证读者是否细心。

今日一问

你最近读一本书时,是否留意到容易被忽略的细节?

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