Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.”
- Source
- Daniel Deronda
- Date
- 1876
- Local voice
- Narrator voice · Narrator
Meaning of “ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.”
The narrator uses irony to show how not knowing enough can make almost anything seem plausible, widening speculation rather than understanding.
Where does it come from?
Daniel Deronda; narrator’s ironic observation while Gwendolen speculates about Grandcourt, represented from Project Gutenberg #7469.
Why the local voice matters
Daniel Deronda narrator voice makes the ironic observation while Gwendolen speculates about Grandcourt.
