Not all of the novels aspire to or have as their purpose that kind of difficulty that sometimes English majors really want.

不是所有的小说都希望或者拥有,英语主修生想到的那种难度。

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Like the furious Bacchae, the furious Atropos emasculates the man who dares to aspire to poetic greatness.

正如愤怒的酒神女伴一样，愤怒的特洛波斯阉割了,这希冀成为伟大诗人的人。

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