Both Uses
monologue
in
Of Human Bondage
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- It was hardly a conversation; it was a monologue.†
Chpt 15-16 *monologue = a long uninterrupted speech
- He liked new faces, and he took a fancy to Philip, who seemed to achieve the difficult feat of talking just enough to suggest conversation and not too much to prevent monologue.†
Chpt 45-46
Definitions:
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(1)
(monologue) a long speech by one person, whether it's a dramatic speech in a play, a run-on talk that keeps others from getting a word in, or a comedian's continuous stream of jokes and stories delivered aloneAlthough less frequently used, "monolog" is also a correct spelling in the United States.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)