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《普通读者》内容简介：
万能的上帝看到腋下夹着书的读者走近时，只能转过身来，不无欣羡地对彼得说：“瞧，这些人不需要奖赏，我们这里没有什么东西可以给他们，他们一生爱读书。”
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TheCommonReader,byVirginiaWoolf
Preface
SomeofthesepapersappearedoriginallyintheTimesLiterarySupplement,theAthenaeum,theNationandAthanaeum,theNewStatesman,theLondonMercury,theDial(NewYork);theNewRepublic(NewYork),andIhavetothanktheeditorsforallowingmetoreprintthemhere.Somearebaseduponarticleswrittenforvariousnewspapers,whileothersappearnowforthefirsttime.
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TheCommonReader,byVirginiaWoolf
TheCommonReader
ThereisasentenceinDr.Johnson’sLifeofGraywhichmightwellbewrittenupinallthoserooms,toohumbletobecalledlibraries,yetfullofbooks,wherethepursuitofreadingiscarriedonbyprivatepeople.“...Irejoicetoconcurwiththecommonreader;forbythecommonsenseofreaders,uncorruptedbyliteraryprejudices,afteralltherefinementsofsubtiltyandthedogmatismoflearning,mustbefinallydecidedallclaimtopoeticalhonours.”Itdefinestheirqualities;itdignifiestheiraims;itbestowsuponapursuitwhichdevoursagreatdealoftime,andisyetapttoleavebehinditnothingverysubstantial,thesanctionofthegreatman’sapproval. |
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