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The Passionate Friends Chapter 12 - The Arraignment of Jealousy
In which the narrator reflects from a quiet chamber on the sketchy and insufficient nature of telling a life in story, dwelling upon the profound but constrained existence of Mary and the wider human longing for freedom from possessiveness and outdated jealousies. He recounts an uneasy meeting with Justin, recognising how their passions and society wrought tragedy, and resolves to dedicate himself to the dismantling of jealousy’s harsh dominion over love and life.
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