“ Some women's love of being loved is insatiable; and so, often, is their love of loving; and in the last case they may find that they can't give it continuously to the chamber-officer appointed by the bishop's licence to receive it. ”
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure (1895). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Hardy |
|---|---|
| Source | Jude the Obscure |
| Topic | love marriage monogamy |
| Date | 1895 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/153/153-h/153-h.htm |
Context
“Yet I can't tell you the truth—I should shock you by letting you know how I give way to my impulses, and how much I feel that I shouldn't have been provided with attractiveness unless it were meant to be exercised! Some women's love of being loved is insatiable; and so, often, is their love of loving; and in the last case they may find that they can't give it continuously to the chamber-officer appointed by the bishop's licence to receive it. But you are so straightforward, Jude, that you can't understand me! … Now you must go. I am sorry my husband is not at home."
"Are you?"
"I perceive I have said that in mere convention! Honestly I don't think I am sorry.” source
"Are you?"
"I perceive I have said that in mere convention! Honestly I don't think I am sorry.” source
Meaning and analysis
