The Mayor of Casterbridge Love Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #1 The sailor was now lost to them; and Susan's staunch, religious adherence to him as her husband, till her views had been disturbed by enlightenment, was demanded no more. (4.9) |
Susan's loyalty to the sailor, Captain Newson, is not based on love but on a sense of religious duty.
| Quote #2 She looked at him quite coolly, and saw how his forehead shone where the light caught it, and how nicely his hair was cut, and the sort of velvet-pile or down that was on the skin at the back of his neck, and how his cheek was so truly curved as to be part of a globe, and how clearly drawn were the lids and lashes which hid his bent eyes. (7.13) |
This is Elizabeth-Jane's first good look at Farfrae. He's reading a newspaper and hardly notices that she's there, so she's able to check him out without his realizing it. Her eyes rove over his entire face and neck – it's a surprisingly intimate description, especially from the point of view of an innocent young girl.
| Quote #3 He seemed to feel exactly as she felt about life and its surroundings – that they were a tragical, rather than a comical, thing; that though one could be gay on occasion, moments of gaiety were interludes, and no part of the actual drama. It was extraordinary how similar their views were. (8.33) |
Elizabeth-Jane has never personally spoken with Farfrae – she's only heard him chatting with the townspeople. She has developed a crush on him from a distance and assumes they were made for each other. They think the same way about everything!
