Middlemarch: resumen de Chapter 60

Qué sucede

1. Edwin Larcher’s auction attracts a large crowd, while Will attends to buy a painting for Mrs. Bulstrode.
2. Trumbull praises assorted household goods, entertaining the bidders and encouraging competition.
3. Will buys the painting for ten guineas and leaves the crowded room for water.
4. Raffles approaches Will, identifies his mother as Sarah Dunkirk, and claims acquaintance with both his parents.
5. That evening, Raffles says Sarah leaves her family after learning that their business involves receiving stolen goods.
6. Will escapes Raffles and walks into the darkness, defending his mother’s choice and his own honor.

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En qué fijarte

Will answers the shame of Raffles’s account by recognizing his mother’s moral courage. Her separation from her relatives supports his refusal to accept inherited disgrace.

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