Enoch Soames: a Memory of the Eighteen-Nineties
Enoch Soames: a Memory of the Eighteen-Nineties
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I need not have flushed at all. "It's the only important thing I ever heard you say, " he continued. "And I've never forgotten it. It's a true thing. It's a horribletruth. But--d'you remember what I answered? I said, 'I don't care asou for recognition. ' And you believed me. You've gone on believingI'm above that sort of thing. You're shallow. What should YOU know ofthe feelings of a man like me? You imagine that a great artist's faithin himself and in the verdict of posterity is enough to keep... him happy. You've never guessed at the bitterness and loneliness, the"--his voicebroke; but presently he resumed, speaking with a force that I had neverknown in him. "Posterity! What use is it to ME? A dead man doesn'tknow that people are visiting his grave, visiting his birthplace, putting up tablets to him, unveiling statues of him. A dead man can'tread the books that are written about him. A hundred years hence!Think of it! If I could come back to life THEN--just for a fewhours--and go to the reading-room and READ!
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I need not have flushed at all. "It's the only important thing I ever heard you say, " he continued. "And I've never forgotten it. It's a true thing. It's a horribletruth. But--d'you remember what I answered? I said, 'I don't care asou for recognition. ' And you believed me. You've gone on believingI'm above that sort of thing. You're shallow. What should YOU know ofthe feelings of a man like me? You imagine that a great artist's faithin himself and in the verdict of posterity is enough to keep... him happy. You've never guessed at the bitterness and loneliness, the"--his voicebroke; but presently he resumed, speaking with a force that I had neverknown in him. "Posterity! What use is it to ME? A dead man doesn'tknow that people are visiting his grave, visiting his birthplace, putting up tablets to him, unveiling statues of him. A dead man can'tread the books that are written about him. A hundred years hence!Think of it! If I could come back to life THEN--just for a fewhours--and go to the reading-room and READ!
What to read after Enoch Soames: a Memory of the Eighteen-Nineties?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956 to read onlineMoreLess
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