Work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.

George MacDonald

Wilfrid Cumbermede

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Topic

Work Idleness Leisure

Author

George MacDonald

Source

Wilfrid Cumbermede

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1872 1870s 19th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

MacDonald, George. Wilfred Cumbermede. New York: Charles Scribner & Co., 1872.

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I don't like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself. Your own reality—for yourself, not for others—what no other man can ever know.

Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

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Topic
Value of work Work

Author

Joseph Conrad
Source
Heart of Darkness
Language
English
Time
1899 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Blackwood's Magazine. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, Feb. 1899 - Apr. 1899.

Current Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Heart of Darkness and Other Tales, edited by Cedric Watts. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 1.