Hi,
Here are some words from the novel Lady Chatterley's Lover(page 375, chapter 17) by Lawrence (planetebook,here):
(background: Connie was staying in London with her father and sister.But she was not happy in London. ……)
In Paris at any rate she felt a bit of sensuality still, but what a weary, tired, worn-out sensuality. Worn-out for lack of tenderness. Oh, Paris was sad! One of the saddest towns: weary of its now-mechanical sensuality, weary of the tension of money, money, money, weary even of resentment and conceit, just weary to death, and still not sufficiently Americanized or Londonized to hide the weariness under a mechanical jig-jig-jig!
French men like to be romantic, so I infer that they must have been open in sex, and that's why Lawrence said she still felt a little sensuality in Paris.
But I'm not quite sure of the meanings of weary, tired, worn-out(weary=tired=worn-out=exhausted?).
So could you tell me how should I comprehend this sentence please?
Thank you in advance
Here are some words from the novel Lady Chatterley's Lover(page 375, chapter 17) by Lawrence (planetebook,here):
(background: Connie was staying in London with her father and sister.But she was not happy in London. ……)
In Paris at any rate she felt a bit of sensuality still, but what a weary, tired, worn-out sensuality. Worn-out for lack of tenderness. Oh, Paris was sad! One of the saddest towns: weary of its now-mechanical sensuality, weary of the tension of money, money, money, weary even of resentment and conceit, just weary to death, and still not sufficiently Americanized or Londonized to hide the weariness under a mechanical jig-jig-jig!
French men like to be romantic, so I infer that they must have been open in sex, and that's why Lawrence said she still felt a little sensuality in Paris.
But I'm not quite sure of the meanings of weary, tired, worn-out(weary=tired=worn-out=exhausted?).
So could you tell me how should I comprehend this sentence please?
Thank you in advance
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