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We learn, in this passage, of Adeline, that "she was always reading Mrs. Humphry Ward and that the narrator's cousin, Melville, "regarded this as the most heinous offence" because "she makes them good and serious in the wrong way, he says." It's clear from the entire passage that the narrator thinks Melville is a bit of a dolt, in this regard, at least.
— Oct 27, 2012 02:00AM
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The narrator continues, "But I don't believe for a moment in this idea of girls building themselves on heroines in fiction. These are matters of elective affinity, and unless some bullying critic or preacher sends us astray, we take each to our own novelist as the souls in the Swedenborgian system take to their hells.
— Oct 27, 2012 02:03AM
Pamela Lloyd
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I've been reading this on my Kindle and I'm about 1/3 of the way through. I just read a passage that I found absolutely fascinating, not for the fantastic, but for the glimpse into late Victorian life and, in particular, reading during that time.
— Oct 27, 2012 01:56AM
