Lionel Trilling Quote

After all, no one is ever taken in by the happy ending, but we are often divinely fuddled by the tragic curtain.


Ch. 12: Resolution - Matthew Arnold (1939)


After all, no one is ever taken in by the happy ending, but we are often divinely fuddled by the tragic curtain.

After all, no one is ever taken in by the happy ending, but we are often divinely fuddled by the tragic curtain.

After all, no one is ever taken in by the happy ending, but we are often divinely fuddled by the tragic curtain.

After all, no one is ever taken in by the happy ending, but we are often divinely fuddled by the tragic curtain.