Finely-moulded cheek
The story hangs on the breathtaking physical beauty of Hetty, whereas Dinah is generally highlighted more in terms of her...
Unpitying consequences
This moving and powerful novel is all about the dire consequences of flighty and initially apparently inconsequential decisions, snow-balling into...
Love in hyperbolical peas
How to show your love for the prettiest girl in the dairy?  As a gardener, you obviously present your avowals...
Soul-benumbing morality
Part of a half-page tirade by one character concerning the local preacher, Mr. Irwine.  This novel, set in 1799, sees...
Communication before comprehension
Over the years I’ve encountered a road block that stumps many people in the appreciation of poetry. Including people who...
A picture of the sun
How to convey the impossibility of a person's love being requited!
'He could no more stir in her the emotions...
Well-chiselled politeness
I'm all for politeness and things being well-chiselled, but this is a chilling form - impeccable yet indifferent as to...
Crowding the canvas of life
George Eliot can pack a punch - rarely have human beings been so summarily dismissed as pointless wash outs. Â May...
Sweet-blooded natures
A description of the Reverend Irwine, whose sisters are elsewhere described as being entirely superfluous. He is the only person...
A pretty primrose
Such an original way to convey heart-stopping loveliness, physical that is. One of the twists of the story is that...
Art to amplify experience
Always interested in how people view the point or at least the benefit of literature and other arts. Â Here is...
Brook-bathed pebbles
What a simple idea, your thoughts like pebbles being washed by a brook. As an inveterate pebble pusher, this humble...
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