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A simple, but satisfying, story about retributive justice. Davy Faux (I found the name extremely well suited) is a duplicitous character who thinks he has escaped answering for his crimes, but is brought to justice in an ironic and fitting way.
Very quick read, with the obvious style that George Eliot brings to all her works. A moral tale, without an ounce of preaching. ( )
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'Trompeurs, c'est pour vous que j'écris, Attendez vous à la pareille.' LA FONTAINE
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Among the many fatalities attending the bloom of young desire, that of blindly taking to the confectionary line has not, perhaps, been sufficiently considered.
Among George Eliot's works of fiction, only one has been more neglected then The Lifted Veil, and that is her only other short story, Brother Jacob. (Afterword)
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And we see in it, I think, an admirable instance of the unexpected forms in which great Nemesis hides herself.
But it is only in fiction that humanity can rid itself so neatly and deftly as he, which is why Brother Jacob does not pretend to be 'life'. (Afterword)
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Very quick read, with the obvious style that George Eliot brings to all her works. A moral tale, without an ounce of preaching.
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