All 3 Uses of
succession
in
The Idiot
- I may point out that this idea was only accredited generally during the last years of Pavlicheff's life, when his next-of-kin were trembling about the succession, when the earlier story was quite forgotten, and when all opportunity for discovering the truth had seemingly passed away.†
Chpt 2.9
- You remember, perhaps, that you were in full possession of your reason during this succession of fantastic images; even that you acted with extraordinary logic and cunning while surrounded by murderers who hid their intentions and made great demonstrations of friendship, while waiting for an opportunity to cut your throat.†
Chpt 3.10
- It was strange, but he had suffered from fever for several nights in succession.†
Chpt 4.6 *
Definition:
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(succession as in: a succession of events) series or sequence (one after another)