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With so many books and so little time, re-reading seems an indulgence. So why is it so popular? Hephzibah Anderson reveals why we do it – and why it’s such a joy. 在这个快节奏的时代，大量图书被印刷出来，我们忙得没时间去看新书，而重读旧书似乎更是在浪费时间。但是为什么有越来越多的人翻开了旧书？英国广播公司（BBC）网站的海瑟堡·安德森向我们揭示了原因，并深入探讨了重读旧书的乐趣。 How many times have you read your favourite book? 你一定有最喜欢的书吧，你一共读过几遍？ As parents learn with frustration, as small children we love immersing ourselves in the same story over and over. But in adulthood that joy tends to become a forgotten pleasure. We have so little time to read and there are so many great books that we’ve yet to get around to (War and Peace looms large on my literary guilt list− never mind the ceaseless tide of new releases). You could read a book a day for the rest of your life and still not make it through even a quarter of the titles published in 2013 in the UK alone. With the shelves thus groaning, pulling down a well-thumbed favourite feels an unconscionable indulgence. 好比父母重复犯错后会吸取教训，小孩子则会沉浸在同一个故事的情节里。但成年后，我们逐渐忘却了读旧书的乐趣。我们忙得没时间去看书，但仍有许多经典书籍我们尚未翻阅（我为未读的文学作品专门列了一张清单，其中包括《战争与和平》这样的经典，其他那些不断出版的新书就更别提了。）。英国2013年一年就出版了许多新书，假设你每天看一本书，直到去世，你可能都看不完其中四分之一。如今书店里到处都是新书，你若选择翻阅旧书那几乎可以说是在浪费时间。 | 
