Themes -- Social Class
Social Class: linked to political power, access to education, and justice throughout the novel.
Contexts -- Politics
Letter 2.3
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("Advancement in his profession") [1831 only]
Letter 4.4
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("Their idle curiosity")
1.1.1
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("Republic")
1.1.3
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("They sought the pleasant climate of Italy") [1831 only]
1.1.3
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("
Schiavi ognor frementi
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1.2.3
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("Trader")
1.4.5
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("Merchant")
1.5.2
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("Through his interest he might become a judge")
1.5.3
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("Servant in Geneva ... France and England")
1.6.11
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("So much depravity and ingratitude")
1.6.12
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("Every one else believes in her guilt")
1.7.1
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("Mockery of justice")
1.7.4
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("At one time for five ... years")
1.7.5
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("The blackest ingratitude")
1.7.5
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("Tortures of the accused did not equal mine")
1.7.9
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("I cannot live in this world of misery")
1.7.10
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("Make others so")
2.3.3
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("Wandering beggars")
2.3.6
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("Unlike what I have since found cottagers")
2.3.8
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("Tapers")
2.4.2
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("Poverty")
2.5.5
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("Rank, descent, and noble blood")
2.5.5
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("I possessed no money ... property")
2.6.6
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("Deprived of his wealth and rank")
2.8.9
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("My papa is a Syndic")
3.2.2
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("The fishermen called to one another")
3.3.7
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"Avoided with shuddering anxiety")
3.4.4
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("As I spoke my native language")
3.4.5
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("That class")
3.4.6
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("Addressed me in French")
3.5.5
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("The peasant")
Walton 3
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("The herd of common projectors")
Walton 8
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("Honour")
Walton 10
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("Greater claims to my attention")
