There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have…

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.

George Eliot

Daniel Deronda · 1876

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Topic

Understanding oneself Self-discovery Inner life

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Metaphor, analogy and simile

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Novel

Time

1876

Person

George Eliot

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Eliot, George. Daniel Deronda. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 3, ch. 24.

Original citation

Eliot, George. Daniel Deronda. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1876, bk. 3, ch. 24.

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