“ The world, inner and outer, grows dimmer till it reaches almost the vagueness of a dream. ”
George Orwell, A Clergyman's Daughter (1935). copy citation
| Author | George Orwell |
|---|---|
| Source | A Clergyman's Daughter |
| Topic | vagueness dream |
| Date | 1935 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200011.txt |
Context
“To live continuously in the open air, never going under a roof for more than an hour or two, blurs your perceptions like a strong light glaring in your eyes or a noise drumming in your ears. You act and plan and suffer, and yet all the while it is as though everything were a little out of focus, a little unreal. The world, inner and outer, grows dimmer till it reaches almost the vagueness of a dream.
Meanwhile, the police were getting to know her by sight. On the Square people are perpetually coming and going, more or less unnoticed. They arrive from nowhere with their drums and their bundles, camp for a few days and nights, and then disappear as mysteriously as they come.”
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