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Chapter 1

           

           Forinstance,whenthewholeessenceofanordinaryperson’snatureliesinhisperpetualandunchangeablecommonplaceness;andwheninspiteofallhisendeavourstodosomethingoutofthecommon,thispersonends,eventually,byremaininginhisunbrokenlineofroutine.Ithinksuchanindividualreallydoesbecomeatypeofhisownatypeofcommonplacenesswhichwillnotfortheworld,ifitcanhelpit,becontented,butstrainsandyearnstobesomethingoriginalandindependent,withouttheslightestpossibilityofbeingso.Tothisclassofcommonplacepeoplebelongseveralcharactersinthisnovel;characterswhichIadmitIhavenotdrawnveryvividlyuptonowformyreader’sbenefit.

           Suchwere,forinstance,VarvaraArdalionovnaPtitsin,herhusband,andherbrother,Gania.

           Thereisnothingsoannoyingastobefairlyrich,ofafairlygoodfamily,pleasingpresence,averageeducation,tobe“notstupid,”kind-hearted,andyettohavenotalentatall,nooriginality,notasingleideaofone’sowntobe,infact,“justlikeeveryoneelse.”

           Ofsuchpeopletherearecountlessnumbersinthisworldfarmoreeventhanappear.Theycanbedividedintotwoclassesasallmencanthatis,thoseoflimitedintellect,andthosewhoaremuchcleverer.Theformeroftheseclassesisthehappier.

           Toacommonplacemanoflimitedintellect,forinstance,nothingissimplerthantoimaginehimselfanoriginalcharacter,andtorevelinthatbeliefwithouttheslightestmisgiving.

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