Vidal Gore — Eighteen Seventy [1881]

Make history? But there is no history,” I said, trying out in my own voice Baron Jacobi’s theory, “only fictions of varying degrees of plausibility. — Vidal Gore, Eighteen Seventy, 1881

Note

This line encapsulates the protagonist’s existential contemplation about history and narrative, echoing the thematic undercurrents of the story revolving around truth and interpretation within historical contexts.