All 4 Uses of
Napoleon Bonaparte
in
A Room of One's Own
- Napoleon thought them incapable.
Chpt 2Napoleon = French general and emperor who conquered most of continental Europe for a brief time early in the 19th century
- That is why Napoleon and Mussolini both insist so emphatically upon the inferiority of women, for if they were not inferior, they would cease to enlarge.
Chpt 2 *
- And there is the girl behind the counter too—I would as soon have her true history as the hundred and fiftieth life of Napoleon or seventieth study of Keats and his use of Miltonic inversion which old Professor Z and his like are now inditing.
Chpt 5
- I have indicated what Napoleon once thought of you and what Mussolini thinks now.
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(Napoleon Bonaparte) French general and emperor who ruled (through conquest) most of continental Europe for a brief time (1769-1821)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, napoleon can refer to a pastry, a card game, or to anyone with that name.