On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Chipper28 wrote: > Hey... I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas or cites that deal with relating > Holden and Eustacia. Their positions in society, their characters and > whatnot. I have many ideas of my own, but I'm wondering if others see the > same things at all. By the way, in case someone doesn't know, that's Eustacia > Vye from Thomas Hardy's Return of the Native. Thanks all :) > Well, I believe the most important connection between the two characters is the fact that Holden makes a direct reference to Eustacia Vye in CITR, I believe. I'm not sure of the page number of this reference, but perhaps someone else on the list who knows what reference I'm talking about may know of it and can post it. --AK