Middlemarch, Chapter 22 — краткое содержание

Что происходит

1. Will pleases both Casaubons at dinner and arranges visits to artists’ studios before they leave Rome.
2. Naumann sketches Mr. Casaubon as Thomas Aquinas and Dorothea as Santa Clara, while Will struggles with jealousy.
3. Will visits Dorothea alone, debates the value of art with her, and protests against her life at Lowick.
4. Dorothea questions Will about German scholarship, then rebukes his dismissive account of her husband’s research.
5. Will announces plans for financial independence, and Dorothea obtains his promise not to criticize Mr. Casaubon’s writings to others.
6. Mr. Casaubon declines another farewell and responds coldly when Dorothea praises Will’s decision.

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Dorothea defends sustained effort even while confronting possible failure in her husband’s work. Her response also prompts Will to announce his resolve to support himself.

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