身為作家的班傑明富蘭克林 Benjamin Franklin, the Writer

賽倫斯杜古德是班傑明寫作時用的名字，在十八世紀時許多人都用筆名（用於作品發表的假名）發表著作，富蘭克林杜撰出賽倫斯杜古德這個角色、並完全以這個女性的虛構角色來寫作。

在富蘭克林筆下杜古德是個中年寡婦，生性幽默且聰明，人們猜測到作者應該不是文章中描述的那個女性，但許多人都相當驚訝這竟然是年輕的富蘭克林所寫出的內容。

富蘭克林最著名的筆名是理查桑德士（Richard Saunders），也就是《窮漢理查的曆書》（Poor Richard's Almanac）中的理查，您曾經使用過曆書嗎？

Silence Dogood was the name Franklin used to write the letters. In the 18th century many people wrote using pseudonyms (fake names used in writing). Franklin made up a whole character who went by the name Silence Dogood and wrote the letters as though he were she.

Dogood claimed to be a middle-aged widow with some funny and intelligent things to say. People suspected that Dogood was not who she said she was, but many were surprised to find out that young Franklin had written the letters.

Franklin's most famous pseudonym (pronounced SOO-Doe-Nim) was Richard Saunders, also known as Poor Richard of Poor Richard's Almanac. Have you ever used an almanac?

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