‘It has happened very well,’ said Mrs. Walker. “If she is so perfectly determined to compromise herself, the sooner one knows it the better; one can act accordingly.’ ‘I suspect she meant no harm,’ Winterbourne rejoined. ‘So I thought a month ago. But she has been going too far.’ ‘What has she been doing?’ ‘EverythingContinue reading “RKS Literature: Daisy Miller Positively Scandalous in Rome (Henry James)”
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RKS Literature: Third Rate Italians and Fortune Hunters: Winterbourne’s Aunt Writes Him About Daisy Miller (Henry James)
“The young lady, however, is very intimate with some third-rate Italians, with whom she rackets about in a way that makes much talk. The girl goes about alone with her foreigners. As to what happens farther, you must apply elsewhere for information. She has picked up half-a-dozen of the regular Roman fortune hunters, and sheContinue reading “RKS Literature: Third Rate Italians and Fortune Hunters: Winterbourne’s Aunt Writes Him About Daisy Miller (Henry James)”
RKS Literature: Miss Daisy Miller a Pretty American Flirt (Henry James)
“Some people had told him that, after all, American girls were exceedingly innocent; and others had told him, that after all, they were not. He was inclined to think Miss Daisy Miller was a flirt-a pretty American flirt. He had never, as yet, had any relations with young ladies of this category. He had knownContinue reading “RKS Literature: Miss Daisy Miller a Pretty American Flirt (Henry James)”
RKS Literature: The Americanization of a Swiss Resort Town in June (Henry James)
“In this region, in the month of June, American travellers are extremely numerous; it may be said, indeed, that Vevey assumes at this period some of the characteristics of an American watering place. There are sights and sounds which evoke a vision, an echo, of Newport and Saratoga. There is a flitting hither and thitherContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Americanization of a Swiss Resort Town in June (Henry James)”
RKS Literature: Whites as the Devil in Maabar (Marco Polo)
“The fact is that when a child is born here they anoint him once a week with sesame oil, and this turns him a great deal darker than when he was born. For let me tell you that the blackest men here are held in highest regard and considered superior to those who are notContinue reading “RKS Literature: Whites as the Devil in Maabar (Marco Polo)”
RKS Literature: A Final Warning to Ahab Against His Frenzied Chase of Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
“Great God! But for one single instant show thyself,” cried Starbuck; never, never wilt thou capture him, old man-In Jesus’ name no more of this, that’s worse than the devil’s madness. Two days chased; twice stove to splinters; thy very leg once more snatched from under thee; thy evil shadow gone-all good angels mobbing theeContinue reading “RKS Literature: A Final Warning to Ahab Against His Frenzied Chase of Moby Dick (Herman Melville)”
RKS Literature: The Frenzied Chase of Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
“The frenzies of the chase had by this time worked them bubblingly up, like old wine worked anew. Whatever pale fears and forebodings some of them may have felt before; these were now not only now kept out of sight through the growing awe of Ahab, but they were broken up, and on all sidesContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Frenzied Chase of Moby Dick (Herman Melville)”
RKS Literature: The Saintly Earth of Maabar (Marco Polo)
“You should also know that a marvel such as I will describe happens here. Now let me tell you that the Christians who come here on pilgrimage gather some of the earth from the place where the saint was killed and take it back to their own country. If anyone falls ill with a quartanContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Saintly Earth of Maabar (Marco Polo)”
RKS Literature: The Big Sneeze in Maabar (Marco Polo)
“They pay more attention to omens than any other people in the world, and they are better than others in telling good omens from bad. For let me tell you that when a man sets out for some destination and happens along the way to hear someone sneeze, he immediately sits down on the roadContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Big Sneeze in Maabar (Marco Polo)”
RKS Literature: Suicidal Execution in Maabar (Marco Polo)
“When a man has committed a crime that warrants the death sentence and the king has decreed his execution. The condemned man declares he wishes to kill himself in honour and adoration of such-and-such idol. The king replies that he approves of this. Then all the relatives and friends of the man who must killContinue reading “RKS Literature: Suicidal Execution in Maabar (Marco Polo)”
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