347 -- Chapter 25 -- North & South
Released: Jun 6, 2014
We are reading Elizabeth Gaskell's
North and South, chapter 25, with many thanks to our reader,
Barbara Edleman.
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Literary Links of Interest for this chapter
Jellies Various Victorian Medicine Sites History of Victorian Pharmacies Pills, Custard, and Plaster Early Victorian Era Make-up Knobhead = "scab" - crosses picket line to work Purring = "kicking" as in a fight "Clem" = "starve" Re: Pebbles—
de·no·ta·tion (dēnōˈtāSHən) noun — the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
"beyond their immediate denotation, the words have a connotative power" con·no·ta·tion (känəˈtāSHən) noun — an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
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