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A Roman emperor best known for writing the Meditations, a journal of practical exercises derived from Stoic philosophy and especially Epictetus, whom Mr Biswas reads throughout his life.
Marcus Aurelius Quotes in A House for Mr Biswas
The A House for Mr Biswas quotes below are all either spoken by Marcus Aurelius or refer to Marcus Aurelius. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1, Chapter 1 Quotes
Mr Biswas never went to work on the estates. Events which were to occur presently led him away from that. They did not lead him to riches, but made it possible for him to console himself in later life with the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, while he rested on the Slumberking bed in the one room which contained most of his possessions.
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From the day of his unlucky, ill-timed birth into a family of poor, illiterate sugarcane estate workers, it seemed unlikely that the young, weak, and malnourished Mr Biswas would accomplish much of anything in his life. Astonishingly, as the reader has already learned in the prologue, Mr Biswas managed to become a journalist in Trinidad’s capital, marry into the wealthy Tulsi family, and read the Roman philosopher Marcus Aurelius in a house of his own. In this passage, the narrator establishes that the novel’s events, including his father’s drowning, diverted Mr Biswas from the from the estate work and rural Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveni
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Marcus Aurelius Term Timeline in A House for Mr Biswas
The timeline below shows where the term Marcus Aurelius appears in A House for Mr Biswas. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1, Chapter 3: The Tulsis
...coming to Aryan Association meetings and invited a handful of Aryans to tea, giving them Marcus Aurelius ’ Meditations, Epictetus’s Discourses, and various “other booklets” before she left. These booklets soon littered...
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Part 2, Chapter 1: “Amazing Scenes”
...listing some of the authors he read. The editor smiled when he mentioned Samuel Smiles, Marcus Aurelius , and Epictetus, asking if he read them for pleasure, and Mr Biswas replied that...
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