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The will to believe:

novelists of the nineteen-thirties
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Oxford University Press, 1984 - Biography & Autobiography - 144 pages

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Contents

Fiction and Belief
18
The Catholic Novelist
62
Evelyn Waugh
79
Copyright

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The will to believe: novelists of the nineteen-thirties
The will to believe: novelists of the nineteen-thirties
Richard Johnstone
Snippet view - 1982
The will to believe: novelists of the nineteen-thirties
The will to believe: novelists of the nineteen-thirties
Richard Johnstone
Snippet view - 1982

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TitleThe will to believe: novelists of the nineteen-thirties
Oxford paperbacks
AuthorRichard Johnstone
Editionreprint, illustrated
PublisherOxford University Press, 1984
ISBN019281480X, 9780192814807
Length144 pages
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Authors
Belief and doubt in literature
Biography & Autobiography / Literary
English fiction
English fiction 20th century History and criticism
  
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