Wordie: Furbelow: Comments

Comment by Prolagus, 5 months ago

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:15:10 +0000

If you want to see a real redundant purpleness effect just visit the NYU area.

Comment by yarb, 5 months ago

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:46:29 +0000

I was wondering that myself, dontcry. I think it might have been the purpleness that made the armchair redundant, i.e. in Wharton's (or the protagonist's) opinion purpleness renders armchairs redundant, but to be honest I'm stumped.

Comment by bilby, 5 months ago

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:46:31 +0000

We should ask The Oracle.

Comment by dontcry, 5 months ago

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:48:36 +0000

Was the armchair redundant because it was purple among bric-a-brac and furbelow or because there were many purple armchairs about?

Comment by yarb, 5 months ago

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:06:40 +0000

...among the bric-a-brac and furbelows, he found Miss Painter seated in a redundant purple armchair...

- Edith Wharton, The Reef