... ,"The front of the house overlooking that portion of the lawn was not the entrance-front; this was in quite another quarter. Privacy here reigned supreme" (p.18). As soon as she arrived in Gardencourt ,Isabel is welcomed by the dog of the Touchetts.It gives right away a pleasant feeling to the reader . Gardencourt is described in positive term compared to Osmond's house. Each house is personified. For instance, Gardencourt has "A long gabled front of redbrick, with the complexion of which time and the weather had played all sorts of pictorial tricks."(p.20) This house is painted in red ,the colour of life and dynamism. Gardencourt personality is lively, dynamic and idyllic. Gardencourt fertile, well-arranged garden welcomes Isabel in the same way that the family welcomes her. On the contrary, Hill-top's garden is a disorganised : it is a "narrow parcel where roses grow up in a disorganised manner"(p.217) so we ...

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