The poor fellow delivered himself of these narrow notions (the rejection of which by leading periodicals was certainly not a matter for surprise) with low, soft earnestness, bending towards her so as to give out his whole idea, yet apparently forgetting... The Bostonians: A Novel - Página 139por Henry James - 1921Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
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...nature to be easily submissive, to like being overborne" [1105; emphasis mine]). And it gives Ransom's "narrow notions" - "the rejection of which by leading...periodicals was certainly not a matter for surprise" (m1) - a kind of legitimacy through their affective power over the "brilliant, successful" heroine... | |
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