All 3 Uses of
affluent
in
Jane Eyre
- In her animal spirits there was an affluence of life and certainty of flow, such as excited my wonder, while it baffled my comprehension.†
Chpt 30 *
- They were under a yoke, — I could free them: they were scattered, — I could reunite them: the independence, the affluence which was mine, might be theirs too.†
Chpt 33
- "Jane, I excuse you for the present: two months' grace I allow you for the full enjoyment of your new position, and for pleasing yourself with this late-found charm of relationship; but THEN, I hope you will begin to look beyond Moor House and Morton, and sisterly society, and the selfish calm and sensual comfort of civilised affluence.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(affluent) a person who is financially well off