Journal Entry 4: Great Lines from The French Lieutenant's Woman
What I love about this novel, and John Fowles in particular, is his amazing use of language. Like Hardy, Fowles gives us memorable sentences that sing out--both in terms of their style and their substance. Here are a few--with chapter numbers in parentheses:
1. "Her father was a very rich man; but her grandfather had been a draper, and Charles's had been a baronet." (2)
2. "Charles felt immediately as if he had trespassed; as if the Cobb belonged to that face, and not to the Ancient Borough of Lyme. It was not a pretty face, by any period's standard or taste. But it was an unforgettable face, and a tragic face." (2)
3. "But for Charles, and for almost all his contemporaries and social peers, the time signature over existence was firmly adagio." (3)
4. "There his tarnished virginity was soon blackened out of recognition; but so, as his father had hoped, was his intended marriage with the Church." (3)
5. "He had, in short, all the Byronic ennui with neither of the Byronic outlets: genius and adultery." (3)
6. "Most British families of the middle and upper classes lived above their own cesspool. . . ." (4)
As you read this delightful novel, keep on the lookout for great sentences that dazzle your intellectual senses. Mark them down or place them on a post-it note.
For this entry, have at least 10 key lines (with a parenthetical reaction to the line--in essence, what you like about the line). Be sure to cite the page number where you found the line.
1. "Her father was a very rich man; but her grandfather had been a draper, and Charles's had been a baronet." (2)
2. "Charles felt immediately as if he had trespassed; as if the Cobb belonged to that face, and not to the Ancient Borough of Lyme. It was not a pretty face, by any period's standard or taste. But it was an unforgettable face, and a tragic face." (2)
3. "But for Charles, and for almost all his contemporaries and social peers, the time signature over existence was firmly adagio." (3)
4. "There his tarnished virginity was soon blackened out of recognition; but so, as his father had hoped, was his intended marriage with the Church." (3)
5. "He had, in short, all the Byronic ennui with neither of the Byronic outlets: genius and adultery." (3)
6. "Most British families of the middle and upper classes lived above their own cesspool. . . ." (4)
As you read this delightful novel, keep on the lookout for great sentences that dazzle your intellectual senses. Mark them down or place them on a post-it note.
For this entry, have at least 10 key lines (with a parenthetical reaction to the line--in essence, what you like about the line). Be sure to cite the page number where you found the line.
posted by Brady Kelso | 9:51 AM
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"The long-departed Mr. Poulteney had been a total, though very rich, nonentity; and the only really significant act of his life had been his leaving it (86)."
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