...Bowl” what perhaps most stands out for me is the still marked invet eracy of a certain indirect and oblique view of my presented action; unless indee... ... of my presented action; unless indeed I make up my mind to call this mode of treatment, on the contrary, any superficial appearance notwithstanding, t... ...ly, of course, on the “picture book” quality that contemporary English and American prose appears more and more destined, by the conditions of publica... ...mple reason that no revisionist I can recall has ever been communicative. “People don’t do such things,” we remember to have heard it, in this connexi... ... to reach its maximum, no doubt, over many of the sorry businesses of “The American,” for instance, where, given the elements and the essence, the lon... ...y to bring a charge of waste against the other things that, with the other people known to the young man, had failed of such a result. “Why his ‘form’... ...ose of an actress—these things, with an added amplitude of person on which middle age had set its seal, seemed to present her insistently as a daugh ... ...ne twinkles in the dark perspective of a church; and while youth and early middle age, while the stiff American breeze of example and opportunity were... ...r her father’s daughter, fig ured nothing nearer to experience than a wild eastern caravan, looming into view with crude colours in the sun, fierce pip...

...many matters thrown into relief by a refreshed acquaintance with ?The Golden Bowl? what perhaps most stands out for me is the still marked inveteracy of a certain indirect and oblique view of my presented action; unless indeed I make up my mind to call this mode of treatment, on the contrary, any superficial appearance notwithstanding, the very straightest and closest poss...

...Table of Contents: PREFACE, iii -- Volume I 3 -- Book I 3 -- Chapter 1, 3 -- Chapter 2, 15 -- Chapter 3, 25 -- Chapter 4, 35 -- Chapter 5, 50 -- Chapter 6, 58 -- Book II 69 -- Chapter 1, 69 -- Chapter 2, 79 -- Chapter 3, 85 -- Chap...

...cs Series Publication Evan Harrington by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...ly liked, evinces a peculiar construction of mortal. Mr. Melchisedec, whom people in private called the great Mel, had been at once the sad dog of Lym... ...t a man who wishes to pass off for more than he is, Kilne, and impose upon people,” he says, “he’s contemptible, Kilne! contempt- ible!” So that, you ... ...id: ‘Here, take poor Jacko, and comfort him till I come back.’ Jacko was a middle-sized South American monkey, and had been a pet of her husband’s. He... ...r Jacko, and comfort him till I come back.’ Jacko was a middle-sized South American monkey, and had been a pet of her husband’s. He was supposed to be... ...m; I’m drunk!’ Dandy repeated, and pitched forward on the bed-post, in the middle of an oath. She understood that it was pure kindness on Dandy’s part... ...n, congratulated the river Thames at my not setting it on fire in my rapid descent, and extended to me the three fin- gers of affectionate farewell. “... ... folly will lurk and sprout to con- found us; though, like the cock in the eastern tale, we peck up zealously all but that one! The carriage rolled ov...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Above Buttons. Long after the hours when tradesmen are in the habit of commencing business, the shutters of a certain shop in the town of Lymport-on-the-Sea remained significantly closed, and it became known that death had taken Mr. Melchisedec Harrington, and struck one off the list of livin...