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...ty by Charles Dickens A Penn State Classics Series Publication Going into Society by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Going into Society by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic C... ...iversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Charles Dickens Going into Society by Charles Dickens A T ONE PERIOD of its reverses, the House fell i... ...n repeated, deliberately and emphatically, Along of a Dwarf. 4 Going into Society Might it be compatible with Mr. Magsman’s inclination and convenien... ...used to creep into, with a diamond ring (or quite as good to 6 Going into Society look at) on his forefinger, and ring a little bell out of what the ... ... riled him most in the nater of his occupation was, that it kep him out of Society. He was continiwally saying, “Toby, my ambi- tion is, to go into So... .... The curse of my position towards the Public is, that it keeps me hout of Society. This don’t signify to a low beast of a Indian; he an’t formed for ... ...rmed for Society. This don’t signify to a Spotted Baby; he an’t formed for Society.—I am.” Nobody never could make out what Chops done with his money.... ...being in want of backers to that amount, it went no further. 8 Going into Society Arter he had been mad for a week—in a state of mind, in short, in w...

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...of the life of Axel Heyst, one-time manager of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company in a fictitious island in the Pacific. After retreating from society in response to his professional failures, the misanthrope is drawn back by a romantic affair. (Introduction by S. Kovalchik)...

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...rtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates they meet in Switzerland and Italy. Her lack of understanding of the social mores of the society she so desperately wishes to enter ultimately leads to tragedy. (Summary from Wikipedia)...

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... Miriam, a young Jewish girl living in Eastern Europe toward the end of the 19th century. She tries to find her way between the old, frozen religious society and the new confusing winds of enlightenment. But in fact, the author draws a wide sketch of Jewish life in that period, by shortly focusing on a large array of characters and events populating the world of Miriam, an...

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... the last novel completed by Charles Dickens, has many plots, twists and turns, from the murky river Thames to the gold and crystal on the tables of ‘Society’. A tale of murder, treachery, jealousy and love, takes us first to a rowing boat on the Thames, where the Hexhams have found a body in the water and are bringing it to shore. We attend the Boffins, a poor naïve coupl...

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...ory of the fortunes and misfortunes of the egotistical dandy Peregrine Pickle, and it provides a comic and caustic portrayal of 18th century European society....

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...young man who adores her and with whom she shares a country background. Henry Knight is the respectable, established, older man who represents London society.(Summary by Wikipedia)...

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...Edith Wharton was a novelist of manners of late 19th Century New York Society, who spent much of her life in France. In this novel she tells the story of Undine Sprague, the thrice- (or more) married, upwardly mobile beauty from Apex City, transplanted to New York, and finally to France, leavin...

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...hal presents the reader with a satirical plot that will involve you in passions, intrigues, last-minute reversals and, mostly, the hypocrisy by which society operates. (Summary by sailormoon)...

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...s head, so when you read a novell you have an extremely real experience of YOU being THERE, of you experiencing all that awe of facing loneliness and society exile. All that Dostoevsky literator’s power teleports you right into that underground, right into that dirty yellow (when you read Dostoevsky’s book you realize that yellow is a color neither of sun nor of life nor w...

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... in a general manner proposed to do it, for he was on his way to explore a society abounding in comic aspects. This consciousness of a missing measure... ...ywhere but just here on the dock; inasmuch as Pandora was decidedly not in society, where Vogelstein would be of course, and as, if Utica—he had her s... ... II H e went wherever he was asked, on principle, partly to study American society and partly because in Washington pastimes seemed to him not so nu- ... ...rs he had naturally had a good many of various kinds—his study of American society had yielded considerable fruit. When, however, in April, during the... ...o Count Otto’s apprehension, was paved with mistakes; he felt himself in a society founded on fundamental fallacies and trium- phant blunders. Little ... ..., and both the merits and the defects of a good many members of Washington society, as this society was interpreted to him by Mrs. Bonnycastle, he was... ...f the people they didn’t wish to, and of finding plenty of occupation in a society supposed to be meagrely pro- vided with resources for that body whi... ...ss of some of his wife’s reserves; it struck him that for Washington their society was really a little too good. Vogelstein still re- membered the puz... ...endly Washington way, the young German was promptly intro- duced. It was a society in which familiarity reigned and in which people were liable to mee...

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... occasionally kissing, the hand of her sister, Madame Felix de Vandenesse. Society added the baptismal name to the sur- name, in order to distinguish ... ... am covered with diamonds when I go to court; I wear the richest jewels in society, but I have not one farthing I can use. Madame du Tillet, who, they... ... where all things were redo- lent of aristocracy, but where the varnish of society did not impede the ease and “laisser-aller” which young and loving ... ...hings of life; he initiated her slowly into the mysteries of the high- est society; he taught her the genealogies of noble families; he showed her the... ...omething so infantine about 25 Balzac it that it ought to be excused; but society is not more indul- gent than the God of Genesis. Madame de Vandenes... ... themselves sufficiently avenged. The disasters of July, 1830, supervened; society was dissolved for two years; the rich evaded the turmoil and left P... ...ound,—among others that of the Austrian ambassa- dor, where the legitimist society and the new social world met together in the persons of their best ... ... never been compromised, and he determined to take his wife into gen- eral society without fear of its becoming so. His former mis- tresses could scar... ...o childish in the elegant, witty, and gentle countess, who now appeared in society with the exquisite manners of the highest female aristocracy. Mesda...

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...icult passages were translated dif- ferently by each person in fashionable society; a poem that grew more obscure and more sublime from strophe to str... ...blood or mud, betray nothing, and represent everything. Provided that good society knows the amount of your for- tune, you are classed among those fig... ...he cause of my feeling cold.” Ere long the exaggeration to which people in society are naturally inclined, produced a large and growing crop of the mo... ...rior cleverness, with the air of raillery, which in our day characterize a society devoid of faith, kept alive vague suspi- cions concerning the Lanty... ...f circumstances, the members of that family justi- fied the conjectures of society by adopting a decidedly mys- terious course of conduct with this ol... ...ness, the life, or the fortune of all depended. W as it fear or affection? Society could discover no indication which enabled them to solve this prob-... ...ly rendered fruitless, no one sought to discover a secret so well guarded. Society spies, triflers, and politicians, weary of the strife, ended by cea... ...3 Balzac nine from the waist up. “And yet such marriages are often made in society!” I said to myself. “He smells of the cemetery!” cried the terrifie... ...miserly attorney supplied his son with the means to appear to advantage in society. The long and laborious study de- manded by the sculptor’s professi...

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...ent genius of their disciples, it has come about that now, to many a Royal Society, the Creation of a World is little more mysterious than the cooking... ...lean-brushed, pacific individu- als, perhaps sufficiently distinguished in society by this fact, that, in dry weather or in wet, “they never appear wi... ... inevitable in a German, but fatal to his success with our public. Of good society Teufelsdrockh appears to have seen little, or has mostly forgotten ... ...culated millions, but a huge scarlet-colored, iron-fastened Apron, wherein Society works (uneasily enough); guarding itself from some soil and stithy-... ... but- toned together, and held up, by Clothes.” He says in so many words, “Society is founded upon Cloth;” and again, “Society sails through the Infin... ... of Com- merce and Polity, and all the living and lifeless integuments (of Society and a Body), wherewith your Existence sits sur- rounded,—the sight ... ...rrel-skins, and a plush-gown; whereby all mortals know that he is a JUDGE?—Society, which the more I think of it astonishes me the more, is founded up... ...whole fabric of Government, Legisla- tion, Property, Police, and Civilized Society, are dissolved, in wails and howls.” Lives the man that can figure ... ... which to any one that has once fairly pictured out the grand mother-idea, Society in a state of Nakedness, will spontaneously suggest itself. Should ...

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...ral mysteries. Legion is the name of the haunted German students, in whose society we draw yet nearer to the fire, while the schoolboy in the corner o... ... courageous fellows were invited to come forward and enrol themselves in a Society for mak- ing a set against him. The President of the Society was Fi... ... his candle, and his hands before his face, crying. But no mem- ber of the Society could pity him, even if he felt in- clined, because the President s... ..., and he suffered from them con- stantly. He never told about it, that the Society could find out; but he got no credit for that, because the Presiden... ...d showed the letter to Jane. Jane was Old Cheeseman’s friend. The more the Society went against him, the more Jane stood by him. She used to give him ... ...y knew with indignation who had sent it up. Under these circumstances, the Society resolved, after a quantity of meeting and debating, that Jane shoul... ...e President, was appointed to wait on Jane, and inform her of the vote the Society had been under the painful ne- cessity of passing. She was very muc... ...e whole respected body out of the room. Consequently it was entered in the Society’s book (kept in astronomical cypher for fear of detection), that al... ...t, and the evident fact that old Cheeseman was not expected, confirmed the Society in this opinion. Some began to discuss whether the President was li...

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...houses. Whether it was that she dis- liked being obliged to go out to seek society, and considered that at her age she had a right to expect some retu... ...because Mademoiselle Salomon de Villenoix belonged to the most aristocatic society in Tours. For though Made- moiselle Salomon came to Mademoiselle Ga... ...out ladies who were in the habit of receiving the pious and ecclesiastical society of T ours. But alas! the abbe Birotteau himself caused this cherish... ... company so distasteful that they prefer to seek the doubtful pleasures of society. The cause of this desertion is plain enough. Although the vicar wa... ...belonged 20 The Vicar of Tours to the aristocratic circles of T ourainean society, to which Ma- demoiselle Gamard was not admitted. Therefore the abb... ...h him.” Presented thus, the innocent abbe was considered by this bourgeois society, which secretly hated the aristocratic soci- ety, as a man essentia... ...iability had made the leaders of the diocese and the mem- bers of the best society in T ours seek his company , had steadily opposed, though secretly ... ...ad even adroitly man- aged to prevent his access to the salons of the best society. Nevertheless, during Chapeloud’s lifetime Troubert treated him inv... ...m the soul, and the soul forms the physical presence. Though all things in society as well as in the universe are said to have a purpose, there do exi...

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...ome years ago, to expatiate on the vicious addiction of the lower classes of society to Sun day excursions; and were thus instrumental in calling for... ...rtunities of increasing the comforts and pleasures of the humbler classes of society — not by the expenditure of the smallest portion of your princel... ...exceedingly pleasing in the general desire evinced by the humbler classes of society, to appear neat and clean on this their only holiday. There are ... ...nt to promote the observance of the Lord’s day, by protecting every class of society against being re quired to sacrifice their comfort, health, reli... ...worship of God according to his Holy Will, and for protecting every class of society against being required to sacrifice their health and comfort on t... ...character of a whole people, by the confessions of the very worst members of society. It is not fair, to cry down things which are harmless in themsel... ...Sundays, or even providing the means of amusement for the humbler classes of society on that day, would be hurtful and injurious to the character and ...

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...hree ladies.” “Well,” my interlocutor declared, “I am very fond of ladies’ society. I think when it’s superior there’s nothing comes up to it. I’ve go... ...tic attitude of Mrs. Church. “No, she doesn’t mingle, except in the native society. Though she lives in pensions, she detests them.” “Why does she liv... ...e young ladies began to stroll about the garden again, and I enjoyed their society until M. Pigeonneau’s festival came to an end. CHAPTER V M r. Ruck ... ...her mother’s. “Well, for a gentleman there is nothing so sacred as ladies’ society,” replied Miss Ruck, in the manner of a person accustomed to giving... ...me Galopin. Going to see Madame Galopin—mamma calls that being in European society. European society! I’m so sick of that expression; I have heard it ... ...n a valued friendship, a delightful social tie.” “Here comes the ‘European society, ’ the poor daughter’s bugbear,” I said to myself. “Certainly,” I r... ...d in European homes.” “Oh, I see!” “We have the entree of the old Genevese society I like its tone. I prefer it to that of Mr. Ruck,” added Mrs. Churc... ...angles. He had his usual anomalous appearance of both seeking and avoiding society, and he wandered obliquely toward Mrs. Church, whose last words he ...

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...at Mr. Clay, when he was once answering an objection to the Colo- nization Society, that it had a tendency to the ultimate emanci- pation of the slave... ...on must do more than put down the benevo- lent efforts of the Colonization Society: they must go back to the era of our liberty and independence, and ... ...of that declaration, and it is desirable in the original con- struction of society, and in organized societies, to keep it in view as a great fundamen... ...rcumstances should permit. “They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all,—constantly looked to, con- stantly... ... of that declaration; and it is desirable, in the original construction of society and in organized societies, to keep it in view as a great fundament... ...n view as a great fundamental principle. But, then, I apprehend that in no society that ever did exist, or ever shall be formed, was or can the equali... ...ed; but he says it is true as an abstract principle in the organization of society as well as in organized society and it should be kept in view as a ... ... If a state of nature existed, and we were about to lay the foundations of society, no man would be more strongly opposed than I should be to incorpor... ...ental truth which should be constantly kept in view in the organization of society and in societies al- ready organized. But if I say a word about it;...

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...epths of character. He seemed to delight in scourging the upper classes of society with the lash of his tongue, to take pleasure in convicting it of i... ...ntained, as might have been expected, the elements out of which a complete society might be con- structed. And, as in a school, as in the world itself... ...he aroused in others was not so strong that he must be banished from their society—he paid his way. Besides, Goriot had his uses, every one vented his... ...d soul into his work, but he was diverted from this purpose by the need of society and connections; then he saw how great an influence women exert in ... ...s that Rastignac thought he was only doing a piece of necessary service to society to watch the self-styled vermicelli maker’s nocturnal industries. T... ...er look to be anything but a boorish country magistrate. How can I go into society , when to manage properly you want a lot of cabs, varnished boots, ... ...the house. I sometimes hear it said that there is noth- ing dramatic about society in these days; but the Drama of the Son-in-law is appalling, to say... ...the restoration of the Bourbons, M. de Restaud felt bored by the old man’s society, and the banker was still more tired of it. His daughters were stil... ...ly sends a young man of his age into a furious rage; he shakes his fist at society, and vows vengeance when his belief in himself is shaken. Just then...