Both Uses of
chimera
in
The Idiot
- It would have been inconsistent with her character if in these visits she had been pursuing a chimera; her project was not chimerical at all; she was building on a firm basis—on her knowledge of the character of the Epanchin family, especially Aglaya, whom she studied closely.†
Chpt 4.1
- It would have been inconsistent with her character if in these visits she had been pursuing a chimera; her project was not chimerical at all; she was building on a firm basis—on her knowledge of the character of the Epanchin family, especially Aglaya, whom she studied closely.†
Chpt 4.1 *
Definition:
something imagined, but not possible -- often an idea requiring an impossible combination