Outlines of Victorian Literature Hugh Walker And Mrs Hugh Walker
Outlines of Victorian Literature Hugh Walker And Mrs Hugh Walker
Walker, Hugh, 1855-1939
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It stands gloomy and grand, an unhewn rock with infinite possibilities. The brutality of the old judge, his powerful intellect and the cruelty of his justice combine to make the most wonder- ful character Stevenson has given us. We link this work with that of Emily Bronte, another genius who died young. Stevenson had an astonishing power of touching the heartstrings either to fear or sadness. On one occasion his sympathetic account of the hard lot of the legs of a chair, for ever supporting an ...idle seat, reduced a listening boy to the verge of tears. He made himself a great master of prose style. His touch was like that of Midas, only his pen turned everything into beauty, not into gold. He loved to linger over words and phrases, pick- ing and choosing from all the wealth at his command, as a beautiful girl dallies with her trinket case. This con- tinuous careful search for the best word was the outcome of his theory of the art of writing: "There is, " he says, " but one art to omit !
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