All 4 Uses of
sequel
in
Jane Eyre
- I did not ask what she meant by "all being over," but I suppose she referred to the expected decease of her mother and the gloomy sequel of funeral rites.†
Chpt 21 *
- Besides, since yesterday I have experienced the excitement of a person to whom a tale has been half— told, and who is impatient to hear the sequel.†
Chpt 33
- "Half-an-hour ago," he pursued, "I spoke of my impatience to hear the sequel of a tale: on reflection, I find the matter will be better managed by my assuming the narrator's part, and converting you into a listener.†
Chpt 33
- I had thought he would hardly speak to me, and I was certain he had given up the pursuit of his matrimonial scheme: the sequel showed I was mistaken on both points.†
Chpt 35
Definition:
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(sequel) something that follows and continues something else -- especially a film or book
or more rarely: something that follows as a result of something else