Both Uses of
sequel
in
Pygmalion
- As will be seen later on, Pygmalion needs, not a preface, but a sequel, which I have supplied in its due place.†
Act 5 *
- This is unbearable, not only because her little drama, if acted on such a thoughtless assumption, must be spoiled, but because the true sequel is patent to anyone with a sense of human nature in general, and of feminine instinct in particular.†
Act 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(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 -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, sequel can reference anything that follows something else. For example, "She had such a good year, I'm wondering what she will do as a sequel."