Billie9274
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hello.I'm not sure whether this is the right thread to be here.
I know I don't have a proper english skill to read an original edition.but..I'm wondering about how these commas work.
I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot
where it was next to impracticable, I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits, and solitude, was finally compelled to
strike my colours, and, under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs
Dean,when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it, hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation, or lull me to sleep by her talk.
-Wuthering Heights-
The numbers and marks except the commas has nothing to do with the original writings.
"I,weak wretch,after maintaing till....." why is this line inserted for what purposes?
I mean....where can I link this line to?
And "hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip"? I don't know what this means too.Is it some sort of a literary way?
I know I don't have a proper english skill to read an original edition.but..I'm wondering about how these commas work.
I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot
where it was next to impracticable, I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits, and solitude, was finally compelled to
strike my colours, and, under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs
Dean,when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it, hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation, or lull me to sleep by her talk.
-Wuthering Heights-
The numbers and marks except the commas has nothing to do with the original writings.
"I,weak wretch,after maintaing till....." why is this line inserted for what purposes?
I mean....where can I link this line to?
And "hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip"? I don't know what this means too.Is it some sort of a literary way?
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