chialingsheh
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"George Eliot and Charlotte Bronte between them must share the parentage of many novels at this period, for they disclosed the secret that the precious stuff of which books are made lies all about one, in drawing-rooms and kitchens where women live, and accumulates with every tick of the clock."
This is from Virginia Woolf's short story, "Memoiors of a Novelist"
I am translating this short story into Chinese. And my questions are:
1. who or what are "they" in "for they disclosed the secret that....."
2. what does "which" refer to in "the precious stuff of which books"
3. what or who is "one" in "...made lies all about one...."
This is from Virginia Woolf's short story, "Memoiors of a Novelist"
I am translating this short story into Chinese. And my questions are:
1. who or what are "they" in "for they disclosed the secret that....."
2. what does "which" refer to in "the precious stuff of which books"
3. what or who is "one" in "...made lies all about one...."
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