Casaubon
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The irony here checks out: Casaubon, not unlike so many of Franzen’s male characters, is self-righteous, pompous, largely ineffectual.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2021
Q. Solemn play: My boyfriend has been reading me the novel Middlemarch out loud, and the character we both find the most compelling is Dr. Casaubon.
From Slate • Jul. 14, 2020
“Eliot would have some wry observations to make about social distancing. I mean, Dorothea marrying Casaubon is a kind of self-inflicted social distancing.”
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2020
Seeking to restrain him, Mr. Casaubon, who is muscular but shorter than Mr. Clergeau, managed to pin him against the wall.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2011
Even in his best moments, Mr. Casaubon was never ecstatic.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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