"And your mind is a sort of world to me - You can tell me all I want to know."

— Eliot, George (1819-1880)


Place of Publication
Edinburgh and London
Publisher
William Blackwood and Sons
Date
1860
Metaphor
"And your mind is a sort of world to me - You can tell me all I want to know."
Metaphor in Context
'Indeed I do, Philip. What happiness have I ever had so great as being with you? - since I was a little girl - the days Tom was good to me. And your mind is a sort of world to me - You can tell me all I want to know. I think I should never be tired of being with you.' (p. 349)
Provenance
Reading A.S. Byatt's edition for Penguin Classics and searching at <http://www.princeton.edu/~batke/eliot/mill/>
Citation
See The Mill on the Floss (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860). <Vol. I in Google Books><Vol. II><Vol. III>
Date of Entry
06/25/2007

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.