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Brother Jacob
George Eliot
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Brother Jacob is a short story by George Eliot, in which she explores the relationship between the selfish, self-centered and ambitious David Faux and his idiot brother, Jacob.
Brother Jacob is a short story by George Eliot, in which she explores the relationship between the selfish, self-centered and ambitious David Faux and his idiot brother, Jacob.
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And here I must pause, to point out to you the short-sightedness of human contrivance. This ingenious young man, Mr. David Faux, thought he had achieved a triumph of cunning when he had associated himself in his brother’s rudimentary mind with the flavour of yellow lozenges. But he had yet to learn that it is a dreadful thing to make an idiot fond of you, when you yourself are not of an affectionate disposition: especially an idiot with a pitchfork—obviously a difficult friend to shake off by rough usage.
It may seem to you rather a blundering contrivance for a clever young man to bury the guineas. But, if everything had turned out as David had calculated, you would have seen that his plan was worthy of his talents. The guineas would have lain safely in the earth while the theft was discovered. . . Read More
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After years of rereading George Eliot's major books--Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, etc.--I wanted to experience some of her "minor" works. The two novellas in this volume are engrossing and and enjoyable examples of Eliot working in a somewhat different vein than I have previously seen. In "The Lifte
Liked the first story, the second also was fun to read, but a bit predictable. However, a very solid fun read.
Fyrri sagan, The Lifted Veil, olli miklum vonbrigðum. Náði mér ekki og vakti litla spennu.
Seinni sagan, Brother Jacob, var hins vegar mjög fyndin. Minnti mann á gott vandræðalegt breskt sjónvarp. Heildaryfirbragð bókarinnar er samt sem áður lala, skil ekki alveg af hverju þessar tvær eru flokkaðar
3.5/5
I really enjoyed these two novellas. "The Lifted Veil" is a kind of supernatural story which attracts you from the first lines. I particularly loved its philosophical deep dimension concerning the self, knowledge and living. "Brother Jacob", on the other hand, is a fable-like humorous and satirical
These two stories were a hoot, and though I actually read them in a paper Everyman's edition along with Silas Marner, I highly recommend this Oxford edition for the far superior explanatory material and "Introduction", which should be read as an afterword, and not only to avoid spoilers, but because