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Medora Manson
Mr. Jackson is one of the prominent members of New York society and he prides himself on knowing everything about everyone else in New York society, particularly scandals of the past and present. Mrs. Archer sometimes invites him to dinner to learn the latest gossip. He lives with his sister, Sophy.
Mr. Sillerton Jackson Quotes in The Age of Innocence
The The Age of Innocence quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Sillerton Jackson or refer to Mr. Sillerton Jackson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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“Living together? Well, why not? Who had the right to make her life over if she hadn’t? I’m sick of the hypocrisy that would bury alive a woman of her age if her husband prefers to live with harlots.”
He stopped and turned away angrily to light his cigar. “Women ought to be free—as free as we are,” he declared, making a discovery of which he was too irritated to measure the terrific consequences.
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Mr. Sillerton Jackson Quotes in The Age of Innocence
The The Age of Innocence quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Sillerton Jackson or refer to Mr. Sillerton Jackson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 5
Quotes
“Living together? Well, why not? Who had the right to make her life over if she hadn’t? I’m sick of the hypocrisy that would bury alive a woman of her age if her husband prefers to live with harlots.”
He stopped and turned away angrily to light his cigar. “Women ought to be free—as free as we are,” he declared, making a discovery of which he was too irritated to measure the terrific consequences.
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