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Ramayana
A Scottish writer, journalist, and reformer famous for his tales of people finding success through hard work, defense of free-market capitalism, and belief that poverty was the result of irresponsibility. Mr Biswas reads his work extensively, initially believing his journalism to be fiction, and later mimics him when he is assigned to write the “Deserving Destitutes” column for the Sentinel.
Samuel Smiles Quotes in A House for Mr Biswas
The A House for Mr Biswas quotes below are all either spoken by Samuel Smiles or refer to Samuel Smiles. 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 2, Chapter 1
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“This education is a helluva thing,” Ramchand said. “Any little child could pick up. And yet the blasted thing does turn out to be so damn important later on.”
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Samuel Smiles Term Timeline in A House for Mr Biswas
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Part 1, Chapter 2: Before the Tulsis
...already married, but Mr Biswas preferred to read, soon finding himself “addicted” to books by Samuel Smiles and then elementary science manuals. Still, he occasionally mustered a belief in romance, like when...
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Part 2, Chapter 1: “Amazing Scenes”
...twice,” before 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...
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