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1.作者简介

ThePleasureofBooks(Excerpt)阅读的喜悦（节选）

威廉·里昂·菲尔普斯（WilliamLyonPhelps,18651943），美国作家、批评

家、学者。菲尔普斯是一位就职于耶鲁大学英语系达四十年的作家与学者。

在纳粹党开始烧毁反对者的书籍的前一年，本篇演说在收音机中被发表，对书籍

与阅读进行了伟大的论述。

WilliamLyonPhelps

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THEhabitofreadingisoneoftheThereareofcoursenofriendslike

greatestresourcesofmankind;andweliving,breathing,corporealmenand

enjoyreadingbooksthatbelongtouswomen;mydevotiontoreadinghasnever

muchmorethaniftheyareborrowed.Amademearecluse.Howcouldit?Books

borrowedbookislikeaguestinthehouse;areofthepeople,bythepeople,forthe

itmustbetreatedwithpunctiliousness,people.Literatureistheimmortalpartof

withacertainconsiderateformality.Youhistory;itisthebestandmostenduring

mustseethatitsustainsnodamage;itpartofpersonality.Butbook-friendshave

mustnotsufferwhileunderyourroof.Youthisadvantageoverlivingfriends;youcan

cannotleaveitcarelessly,youcannotmarkenjoythemosttrulyaristocraticsocietyin

it,youcannotturndownthepages,youtheworldwheneveryouwantit.Thegreat

cannotuseitfamiliarly....deadarebeyondourphysicalreach,and

Butyourownbooksbelongtoyou;thegreatlivingareusuallyalmostas

youtreatthemwiththataffectionateinaccessible;asforourpersonalfriends

intimacythatannihilatesformality.Booksandacquaintances,wecannotalwayssee

areforuse,notforshow;youshouldownthem....Butinaprivatelibrary,youc