Meyrick, Amy
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Meyrick, Amy
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Mrs. Meyrick's daughter; a teacher. "The daughters were to match the mother . . . Everything about them was compact, from the firm coils of their hair, fastened back a la Chinoise, to their grey skirts in puritan non-conformity with the fashion . . . All four, if they had been wax work, might have been packed easily in a fashionable lady's
travelling trunk. Their faces seemed full of speech, as if their minds had been shelled, after the manner of horse-chestnuts, and become brightly visible." It has been suggested that George Eliot's Coventry friends, the Hennell sisters (Miss Sara Hennell and Mrs. Bray) may have been to a slight extent the originals of the Meyrick sisters. (See Blind, George Eliot, p. 36 ; Olcott, George Eliot, p. 184.)
travelling trunk. Their faces seemed full of speech, as if their minds had been shelled, after the manner of horse-chestnuts, and become brightly visible." It has been suggested that George Eliot's Coventry friends, the Hennell sisters (Miss Sara Hennell and Mrs. Bray) may have been to a slight extent the originals of the Meyrick sisters. (See Blind, George Eliot, p. 36 ; Olcott, George Eliot, p. 184.)
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<em>Daniel Deronda</em>
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