She was no longer herself alone : she was herself and Jane. Gradually, in a monstrous fusion of identity, she became herself, himself and Jane; and instead of trying to adapt her to a spare crevice of his character, he found himself carelessly squeezed... Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 68edited by - 1903Full view - About this book
| Edith Wharton - New York (N.Y.) - 1904 - 330 pages
...encroached. Lethbury struggled against the sense of submergence. He let down barrier after barrier, yielding privacy after privacy; but his wife's personality...the smallest compartment of the domestic economy. IV TTE continued to tell himself that he was satis•*• -*• fied if his wife was happy; and it was... | |
| Edith Wharton - New York (N.Y.) - 1904 - 374 pages
...sense of submergence. He let down barrier after barrier, yielding privacy after privacy; but his wife,s personality continued to dilate. She was no longer...domestic economy. IV HE continued to tell himself that he wa3 satisfied if his wife was happy ; and it was not till the child,s tenth year that he felt... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman - American literature - 1902 - 1042 pages
...She still re-, mained to him a hypothetical presence, a query rather than a fact; but her near-, ness was not unpleasant, and there were moments when her...domestic economy. IV He continued to tell himself that he was satisfied if his wife was happy; and it was not till the child's tenth year that he felt... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman - American literature - 1902 - 1042 pages
...nearer to his wife. He now perceived that he had made a certain place in his life for Mrs. Lethbury, and that she no longer fitted into it. It was too late...domestic economy. IV He continued to tell himself that he was satisfied if his wife was happy.; and it was not till the child's tenth year that he felt... | |
| William Dean Howells - Literary Collections - 1920 - 456 pages
...encroached. Lethbury struggled against the sense of submergence. He let down barrier after barrier, yielding privacy after privacy; but his wife's personality...domestic economy. IV He continued to tell himself that he was satisfied if his wife was happy; and it was not till the child's tenth year that he felt... | |
| William Dean Howells - Short stories, American - 1920 - 458 pages
...encroached. Lethbury struggled against the sense of submergence. He let down barrier after barrier, yielding privacy after privacy; but his wife's personality...the smallest compartment of the domestic economy. rv He continued to tell himself that he was satisfied if his wife was happy; and it was not till the... | |
| Josephine Donovan - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 214 pages
...herself and Jane. Gradually, a monstrous fusion of identity, she became herself, himself and Jane ... he found himself carelessly squeezed into the smallest compartment of the domestic economy." 2i Jung once explained: "Demeter-Kore exists on the plane of mother-daughter experience, which is alien... | |
| Josephine Donovan - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 213 pages
...adoption of a girl, Jane. Lethbury's wife's (it is told from his point of view) personality changes. "She was no longer herself alone: she was herself and Jane. Gradually, a monstrous fusion of identity, she became herself, himself and jane ... he found himself carelessly... | |
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