Re: Silas Marner

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1 total messages Started by Jarrod E. Jasper Fri, 30 Aug 1996 00:00

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Author: Jarrod E. Jasper
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 00:00

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George Max Saiger wrote:
>
> Dear Anne Wyatt Brown:
> Thanks for the sugggestions.  I'll follow up.
> It is not clear to me, though, that 40 was considered pretty old in the 19th
> century.  In Silas Marner, when Godfrey Cass is trying to get Marner to
> give Eppie up, he argues: (not a direct quote):  You are only 55--many
> years ahead of you yet--to compensate for the loss.
> And later a truly fine picture of an old man (old by 20th century
> standards) who is so proud that he has all his faculties, makes a speech
> indicating that indeed he has fallen prey to the concreteness and
> repetitiveness of senility.
> I hope this thread gets developed.  I am always interested in how we
> attribute our own attitudes to times past.  Not just about aging, either.
>
> George

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