which, incidentally, are the most beautiful feet in the world; he lavishes whole pages on Trilby's feet
Oh, dear. Perhaps we could get Quentin Tarantino to bring Trilby to the big screen...
"...just a tinge of that strong, sturdy, irrepressible, indomitable, indelible blood which is of such priceless value in diluted homeopathic doses, like the dry white Spanish wine called montijo, which is not meant to be taken pure..."
While I am aware that a common antisemitic stereotype of the past invoked savagery and sexual insatiability (as is still true of racist stereotypes overall), it's somewhat amusing to me as an American of Jewish descent to compare that with the "nerdier" stereotypes of today. Of course, back then, Jews weren't considered white, even Ashkenazim...
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Date: 2013-07-31 10:45 pm (UTC)Oh, dear. Perhaps we could get Quentin Tarantino to bring Trilby to the big screen...
"...just a tinge of that strong, sturdy, irrepressible, indomitable, indelible blood which is of such priceless value in diluted homeopathic doses, like the dry white Spanish wine called montijo, which is not meant to be taken pure..."
While I am aware that a common antisemitic stereotype of the past invoked savagery and sexual insatiability (as is still true of racist stereotypes overall), it's somewhat amusing to me as an American of Jewish descent to compare that with the "nerdier" stereotypes of today. Of course, back then, Jews weren't considered white, even Ashkenazim...