I don't read the following first sentence of Middlemarch, please interpret?
"Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seem to be thrown into relief by poor dress."
I especially don't understand what kind of allure it is meant; by being " thrown into relief" by poor dress.
Is it that, she was extraordinarily pretty, it was overwhelming?
Answers:
To throw something into relief means to provide a contrast that make it stand out. So the sentence means that the woman's plain clothing seems to make her exquisiteness all the more noticeable.
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I especially don't understand what kind of allure it is meant; by being " thrown into relief" by poor dress.
Is it that, she was extraordinarily pretty, it was overwhelming?
Answers:
To throw something into relief means to provide a contrast that make it stand out. So the sentence means that the woman's plain clothing seems to make her exquisiteness all the more noticeable.
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