What does the fabled fairyland symbolize in this paragraph from the passage?

We had such glimpses of the Rhone gliding along between its grassy banks; of cosy cottages buried in flowers and shrubbery; of quaint old red-tiled villages with mossy medieval cathedrals looming out of their midst; of wooded hills with ivy-grown towers and turrets of feudal castles projecting above the foliage; such glimpses of Paradise, it seemed to us, such visions of fabled fairyland!

heaven

medieval times

future civilizations

the Rhone river

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Carolyn

6 December, 01:07

What does the fabled fairyland symbolize in this paragraph from the passage?

We had such glimpses of the Rhone gliding along between its grassy banks; of cosy cottages buried in flowers and shrubbery; of quaint old red-tiled villages with mossy medieval cathedrals looming out of their midst; of wooded hills with ivy-grown towers and turrets of feudal castles projecting above the foliage; such glimpses of Paradise, it seemed to us, such visions of fabled fairyland!

heaven

medieval times

future civilizations

the Rhone river

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Kathleen Avery · Answer 1

I’d say that the correct answer is the first option. In this passage from "The Innocence Abroad" by Mark Twain, the "fabled fairyland" symbolizes Heaven. As it is stated in passage above, they have seen the glimpses of Paradise that, as it seemed to them, is compared to fable fairyland: " ... such glimpses of Paradise, it seemed to us, such visions of fabled fairyland!"