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James Joyce, the author of many novels, including Lady
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01 Oct 2017, 15:48
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James Joyce, the author of many novels, including Lady Chatterley’s Lover, saw deeply into the hearts of his characters, but, in a life irony as subtle yet piercing as those endured by his characters, he himself could barely _________ text well enough to proof his own galleys.
A. see
B. feel
C. walk
D. move
E. distinguish
F. interpret
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Re: James Joyce, the author of many novels, including Lady
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07 Oct 2017, 17:38
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This sentence is worded in a tricky way, as the pivot words but and barely negate each other.
Thus, the blank parallels the clue “saw deeply.” (Proof here means “proofread” or “edit,” and galleys are “drafts of a book about to be published.”) How ironic that an author who sees into the hearts of his characters is practically blind in real life! Interpret is an attractive trap, but Joyce had a vision problem, not an intellectual one.
Hence See, distinguish are correct options!
This sentence is worded in a tricky way, as the pivot words but and barely negate each other.
Thus, the blank parallels the clue “saw deeply.” (Proof here means “proofread” or “edit,” and galleys are “drafts of a book about to be published.”) How ironic that an author who sees into the hearts of his characters is practically blind in real life! Interpret is an attractive trap, but Joyce had a vision problem, not an intellectual one.
Hence See, distinguish are correct options!
Re: James Joyce, the author of many novels, including Lady
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15 May 2021, 06:45
15 May 2021, 06:45
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