I found this sentence is so beautiful that the image of Mangan's sister who is surrounded by light looks like a goddess, in his mind. The appealing of the opposite sex takes place on "me".

Dubliners gives me a feeling that stories are surrounded by slight sorrow. I think it will be interesting when analyzing the emotional color of words, where negative emotion tendency might hold a great portion.

The description of the old man shows that he prepared his rhetoric in advance and repeated this script-like statement many times, to impress them(or maybe other young people if he wasn't encountered them). But the young narrator seems not get his real intension.

The great weather and vivid scenery which are positive show that "I" was in good mood.

The previous content is covered under the slight sadness. It's like a "grey" or "black" picture. I don't know whether these "colorful" memories have some implications.

There are many dashes in this sentence. Maybe Flynn said a lot and Eliza simplified what he told to her, making it easy to understand by listing sense groups rather than whole sentences.

Mr. Neave is tired and lonely. He tried his best to continue work in order to take his responsibility to offer the whole family, but he is not understood and admire family members, even ignored. I think the "ancient man" is Sisyphus, it's a metaphor for Neave: he will have to continue to work, to maintain his family’s comfortable lifestyle.

It's interesting that the narrator show her own feeling here. This type of narrative is like a Voiceover and more vivid compared to the usual third-person perspective.

What really quivering might be Leila herself. She was filled with anticipation and nervousness because of the her first ball. Her shaking fingers in previous hints this feeling as well.

This description is like a scene from a movie. Especially the "burst" here is dynamic and vivid. It indicates the pomp of the ball.

It's worth taking a closer look at this particular sentence. It seems that Isabel was a little disappointed. She pursues the freedom of her own life and places her husband in a supporting role.

It means “marriage of the day or marriage in the current fashion" and is the name of series of six satirical paintings by William Hogarth that warn against the upper-class practice of contractual marriage. This title might indicate the inharmonious marriage in this story.

Different from previous stories, there are a series of questions from the beginning of the passage. I think it will be interesting if analyzing distinctive sentence patterns of passages and finding their relationship with the plot or theme.

Buddha's vague smile indicates their contradictions and struggles from deep inside. They were in sorrow about father's death, but, the death gives them a "free" life as well. Living with father might be like the "pleasant pain", but now there is no more restraint, it might "be more than smiling" in their mind to some extent.

The narrative style of Mansfield is interesting and lively. Although the story is developed in third-person perspective, a short stutter here looks like the character herself recording her surprise.

Considering social background at that time, industrialization was in full swing and working class is rising. This sentence seems reasonable here and indicates the author's tendency.

As Shakespeare compared his lover to a summer rose, I wonder if roses here foreshadow Laura's immature fancy of love and sex to the workman.

It's dramatic that the situation on both sides of the road is diametrically opposite. It's super ironic.

Compared to The Moonstone, this novel talks about the parts of woman body directly, rather than using some euphemistic expressions.

The "Do" and "white" here are interesting. Maybe Kitty asked if she could join lunch first, then Laura gave her shorten reply "do". "white" here is the shorten form of "white wine". I wonder how we disambiguating them in computational analysis.

Plenty of flowers and the gardener here in the first paragraph are echoes to the title. Such elegant garden reflects its owner's wealth and status.

The structure of the whole novel is fun. The first part and the last part all focus on the moonstone itself, talking about its origin and belonging. The middle part is arranged by key characters. The main focus is the stories between them. The moonstone here is just a clue which weaves their relationship together.

In etymology, “Guy” is From Old French guie, linked to verb guier (“guide”). In the obsolete usage, it means a leader or conductor. I think it might indicate Guy followed the right person, playing an important role in helping bring the mystery of the Moonstone to a close.

In British, be a gooseberry means to be with two people who love each other and would prefer to be alone together. Here the nickname "gooseberry" might indicates that Octavius tracked the sailor secretly without anyone knew.

I noticed a difference that Mr. Jennings would call his own narrative "journal ", compared to Miss Clark's "diary". Compared to diary, journal records more thoughts and observation. This might contribute their different style.

No matter he saw Betteredge moistened the worn nib with tongue mentioned in the previous passage , or here he captured the blunt pencil again, iI found Mr.Jennings was a sharp-eyed person. The shabby pencil shows Betteredge used it a lot as well and it's a sign of his fulfillment of duty.

Mr.Bruff has direct contact with other people who have connection with event. Compared to previous narrators, this type of evidence, out of his professionalism, increases his credibility.

The irony is that she spoke in one way but but actually acted in another. However, I think she is not repulsive. It's the aristocratic education she received in her childhood that made her conservative. It reminds me of Lady Gratham in Downtown Abby.

Although she mentioned she had a habit in writing diary and showed her credibility next paragraph.Given that what happened in the past was a miserable memory to Miss Clark, how reliable her words were is worth considering. People who have encountered terrible things might forgot something about it unconsciously. What if she missed or misremembered something which could happen to be key clues?

The first time Betteredge saw the Indians, he call them "Indian jugglers". Though he guessed their nationality, he called them "jugglers" without any contact, and he kept using this appellation. Maybe he was deeply affected by colonialism at that time. On the contrary, when it comes to them, Mr.Franklin always used "Indians" which seemed "fairer". I don't know whether education background of two people matters in this difference of appellation.

There is a description of nature between the conversation. It's relevant to the two characters. The choppy water expressed their complex and subtle feelings. Franklin was shock and drew the inference that the accidents may not occasional coincidence. To Betteredge, this was the first time he heard the story just like us. The time when he looked at the tide is the time when he sorted out thoughts.

There is the bold contrast between two cultures: one is sacred and has high respect to tradition.The other is ignorant to the culture of colonies. It is fortune, material and political need that matters rather than the wisdom in culture.

• It refers to the Siege of Seringapatam during 5 April – 4 May, 1799. It was the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore, and came to an end with the defeat and death of Tipu Sultan in the battle. This novel begins with the looting of the jewels removed from Seringapatam in 1799 from Tipu's treasury.(see the last paragraph in Chapter I) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Seringapatam_(1799)
• Every story happens in a particular period of time. This first sentence indicates the background of the whole story. It's better to get to know the history event before entering the story.