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... figure of Ameera as a sort of Madame Butterfly . We don't need to hear a full realistic account of her . As soon as she appears , we say to ourselves ' there she is again , ' and that literary commonplaceness is first cousin to the ...
... figure of Ameera as a sort of Madame Butterfly . We don't need to hear a full realistic account of her . As soon as she appears , we say to ourselves ' there she is again , ' and that literary commonplaceness is first cousin to the ...
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... figure who represents her or her values – which is a unique case . The central figure , like Gerald Crich , is offered a saving relationship by a Lawrence- representative , but refuses it . The suggestion is strong that he could be ...
... figure who represents her or her values – which is a unique case . The central figure , like Gerald Crich , is offered a saving relationship by a Lawrence- representative , but refuses it . The suggestion is strong that he could be ...
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... figure which derives in some sense from Kipling's Cockney clerks . But in Wells's hands he is much more fully human ... figures . ) And Joyce developed the motif to the status of major art . There is a remarkable letter by Henry James to ...
... figure which derives in some sense from Kipling's Cockney clerks . But in Wells's hands he is much more fully human ... figures . ) And Joyce developed the motif to the status of major art . There is a remarkable letter by Henry James to ...
Contents
1 THE EMPIRE AND THE ADVENTURE | 1 |
THE EMPIRE | 16 |
THE SISTERS | 46 |
Copyright | |
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