I haven't read many books that I felt weren't worth "investing time in". Books are good for you. A couple of favourites anyway: - New Grub Street, George Gissing, 1891 - Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1867 - Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, 1813 - Candide, Voltaire, 1759
"new grub street" by George Gissing. It's about an author experiencing the same disregard for the value of writing in the 1890s (not about the money of Amazon or lack of whizz joints for mobile workers: I think victorians…
…rational and the seventh is "have rich parents" For most people, writing is not sufficiently lucrative to sustain a living income and supplements other income streams or is net negative. Also: read "new grub street" by George Gissing, 1891
我没读过多少让我觉得“不值得投入时间”的书。读书总是有好处的。无论如何推荐几本我最喜欢的：- 《新格鲁街》（New Grub Street），乔治·吉辛，1891 - 《罪与罚》，费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基，1867 - 《傲慢与偏见》，简·奥斯汀，1813 - 《老实人》，伏尔泰，1759
I haven't read many books that I felt weren't worth "investing time in". Books are good for you. A couple of favourites anyway: - New Grub Street, George Gissing, 1891 - Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1867 - Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, 1813 - Candide, Voltaire, 1759
乔治·吉辛的《新格鲁街》。讲的是一位作家在 19 世纪 90 年代经历写作价值同样被漠视的故事（倒不是说亚马逊的分成，或者移动办公族缺了灵光一现的歇脚处：我觉得维多利亚时代的人……
"new grub street" by George Gissing. It's about an author experiencing the same disregard for the value of writing in the 1890s (not about the money of Amazon or lack of whizz joints for mobile workers: I think victorians…
……合理，第七条则是“投个好胎有个有钱的爹妈”。对大多数人来说，写作赚的钱不足以维持生计，要么只能作为其他收入来源的补充，要么干脆就是净亏本。另外：去读读乔治·吉辛 1891 年写的《新格鲁街》吧
…rational and the seventh is "have rich parents" For most people, writing is not sufficiently lucrative to sustain a living income and supplements other income streams or is net negative. Also: read "new grub street" by George Gissing, 1891