Word: reader
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...last up to two and a half years. At one store in Philadelphia women could purchase black fabrics of every design in July 1863—which was, Faust devilishly adds, “just in time for Gettysburg.” It takes great talent to make a reader laugh while writing about the Civil War. No one, even the fashionable lady mourner, is exempt from Faust’s wit. Everyone’s story—whether they’re a private or a general, a slave or a Harvard scholar—is fair game...
...websites that have published news of the abuse display a notable lack of concern. "The insults to Mr. Hamilton aren't racist because they aren't insulting him for being black, they insult him for being a Formula One driver [who is] giving it to Alonso," writes one Marca reader...
...scenes of privation, corruption, rights abuse and social stratification, Chettri's depiction is one that holds enduring relevance for many Nepalis. They are, of course, his intended readership, but that means that the local color Chettri paints with can sometimes be disorienting, if not frustratingly inaccessible, for a foreign reader. Certain domestic images are familiarly rustic - there are granaries and millstones, and whitewashed homes with butter churns, milk pails, earthen hearths and chaff-filled pillows. But other features, particularly indigenous flora, are harder to visualize, even with translator Michael J. Hutt's detailed endnotes. Bhorla, angeri leaves, chilaune trees - without...
...should it shock that, in the patriarchal world Chettri describes, Jhuma blames herself. "Her heart was heavy, and it burned with remorse," writes Chettri. Soon after she discovers that she's pregnant and that the soldier has fled, Jhuma prepares to kill herself. What might jolt a contemporary reader, though, is her feudal salvation: just as she's about to jump off a cliff, Jhuma is saved by a fat old goatherd who has secretly loved her and promises to care for her forever. She relents, with many "tears...
...with some of the duped investors, Zhou was picked up by police on his way to do another interview; he spent two days and a long, long night in jail (that's when he was punched after arguing with one of his interrogators). Upon hearing of Zhou's retirement, reader Fang Qiangqiang (a screen name) tried to dissuade Zhou from returning to his hometown in Meitanba, Hunan province: "It's not a good idea to go back home because what you can give people by selling vegetables is not comparable to what you are giving people by what...