Iris. From "The Professor at the Breakfast-Table

IRIS: A literary analysis of the character Iris from "The Professor at the Breakfast-Table" by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

By Dinah Mulock · First published 1859 · Genre: Drama, Romance, Fiction · 15 chapters · 25,222 words

First lines

I told you that I was perfectly sure, beforehand, we should find some pleasing girlish or womanly shape to fill the blank at our table and match the dark-haired youth at the upper corner.

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: Dinah Mulock
• Date: 1859 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance, Fiction
• Length: 25,222 words
• Structure: 15 chapters, 277 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)

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Genres

• Drama — The book is a reflection of personal experiences and emotions, which is a central aspect of Drama genre.
• Romance — The plot and subplots contain love stories and interpersonal relationships that qualify the book as a Romance.
• Fiction — While the book is set in realistic settings and social circumstances, the story and characters are conceived from the author's imagination, making it Fiction.

Tags

literature · 19th century · American literature · philosophy · essays · social commentary · education · family · morality · friendship · introspection · wisdom

Contents

• CHAPTER I
• CHAPTER II
• CHAPTER III
• CHAPTER IV
• CHAPTER V
• CHAPTER VI
• CHAPTER VII
• CHAPTER VIII
• CHAPTER IX
• CHAPTER X
• CHAPTER XI
• CHAPTER XII
• CHAPTER XIII
• CHAPTER XIV
• CHAPTER XV

More by Dinah Mulock

• The Last House in C---Street (1887)
• John Halifax, Gentleman (1857)
• Mistress and Maid (1866)
• A Noble Life (1859)
• Christian's Mistake (1864)
• The Laurel Bush (1854)
• Agatha's Husband (1863)
• Olive (1859)
• All works by Dinah Mulock