Both Uses of
twilight
in
Crime and Punishment
- Bending over the water, he gazed mechanically at the last pink flush of the sunset, at the row of houses growing dark in the gathering twilight, at one distant attic window on the left bank, flashing as though on fire in the last rays of the setting sun, at the darkening water of the canal, and the water seemed to catch his attention.†
Chpt 2.6
- The twilight had fallen and the full moon was shining more and more brightly; but there was a peculiar breathlessness in the air.†
Chpt 3.6 *
Definition:
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(twilight as in: pink clouds in a twilight sky) the time of day between daylight and darkness (just after sunset or just before sunrise); or the light from the sky at that time