for an evil or a savage enemy.

恶魔或者野蛮敌人的角色
They were a backdrop for main characters in a drama that unfolded every day,

他们是每天上演的戏剧中的配角
a story that more and more Frenchmen loved to follow.

这样的故事越来越多法国人欣然取阅
Other readers read novels that evoked the exotically different--

其他的读者则阅读揭示异乎寻常之处的小说
the strange customs of natives,

说着原著民的奇风异俗
the bright colors and the pungent odors of overseas,

光鲜亮丽却又体味过重的外国人
and the lure of the desert or of the jungle.

或是沙漠及丛林的诱惑之处
Pierre Loti, who was one of the most famous of these writers,

皮埃尔·绿蒂其中最著名的作家之一
wrote panoramas of colonial life

描写了殖民生活的全貌
that were packed with adventure, with danger,

充斥着惊险危机
with sex and with local color,

性以及浓浓的地域色彩
quote/unquote, "in which hardy Frenchmen lived the rough life,

他说 "在那勇敢的法国人过着艰苦的生活