The Europeans - Allusions To Other Works

Allusions To Other Works

  • The authors and works of fiction mentioned are: John Keats, The Arabian Nights, the Bible (Queen of Sheba, Solomon), Madame de Stael, Madame Recamier, Charles Dickens's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
  • Mr Wentworth reads the North American Review and the Boston Daily Advertiser.
  • The visual arts are alluded to with Raphael.

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