Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“the higher the individualism the more sterile the life of the community.”
- Source
- The Country House
- Date
- 1907
- Local voice
- Fictional narrator · Narrator
Meaning of “the higher the individualism the more sterile the…”
The narrator presents an abstract tension between extreme individualism and communal vitality within a broader satirical treatment of class and social systems.
Where does it come from?
The Country House, represented by Project Gutenberg #2772. The wording belongs to the novel’s narrator and appears amid ironic treatment of Mr. Pendyce’s theory and landed-class assumptions; it is literary social commentary, not a universal sociological law.
Why the local voice matters
The Country House. The novel’s narrator gives this social reflection amid an ironic treatment of Mr. Pendyce and landed-class individualism.