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babunello [35]
3 years ago
5

In this excerpt from The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell, what does the author mean by the sentence “The West Ridi

ng men are sleuth-hounds in pursuit of money”?
The West Riding men are sleuth-hounds in pursuit of money. Miss Brontë related to my husband a curious instance illustrative of this eager desire for riches. A man that she knew, who was a small manufacturer, had engaged in many local speculations, which had always turned out well, and thereby rendered him a person of some wealth.
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kipiarov [429]3 years ago
8 0
The author mean by the sentence “The West Riding men are sleuth-hounds in pursuit of money” is <span>A man that she knew, who was a small manufacturer, had engaged in many local speculations, which had always turned out well, and thereby rendered him a person of some wealth.</span>
aleksley [76]3 years ago
6 0

The author uses a metaphor to compare the West Riding men in their quest for money with hounds that pursue prey.

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