Middlemarch: resumen de Chapter 23

Qué sucede

1. Fred owes Bambridge a sum of money and obtains Caleb Garth’s signature on a renewed bill by confidently promising to pay it himself.
2. The narrator explains Fred’s attachment to the Garths, Caleb’s generosity, and the Vincy family’s costly habits and social pride.
3. After his father’s anger and Featherstone’s insufficient gift, Fred deposits eighty pounds with his mother but loses his remaining speculative funds.
4. Fred retrieves the eighty pounds and rides to Houndsley with Bambridge and Horrock, hoping his horse can help cover the debt.
5. Despite Bambridge’s criticism and Horrock’s silence, Fred persuades himself that he can profit by exchanging horses with a young farmer.
6. Fred trades his horse and thirty pounds for Diamond, then begins the fourteen-mile ride home alone, feeling anxious and tired.

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En qué fijarte

Caleb mistakes Fred’s sincere optimism for a reliable promise. This explains why his kindness makes him vulnerable to Fred’s debt.

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