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... whole - hearted manipulator , whose consciousness of what he is doing dominates the whole novel . And his powers of manipulation frequently extend to the reader , who is likely to be 82 THE SITUATION OF THE NOVEL.
... whole - hearted manipulator , whose consciousness of what he is doing dominates the whole novel . And his powers of manipulation frequently extend to the reader , who is likely to be 82 THE SITUATION OF THE NOVEL.
Page 111
... whole Marchmain saga is related through the memories , certainly drenched with nostalgia and quite possibly disordered , of Charles Ryder . And Ryder is , un- fortunately , one of Waugh's least interesting characters : weak ...
... whole Marchmain saga is related through the memories , certainly drenched with nostalgia and quite possibly disordered , of Charles Ryder . And Ryder is , un- fortunately , one of Waugh's least interesting characters : weak ...
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... whole sequence as a carefully planned whole : that it fails , in practice , to convey anything like such an impression is partly due to Snow's excessive reliance on the convention of the first - person narrator . One does not need to ...
... whole sequence as a carefully planned whole : that it fails , in practice , to convey anything like such an impression is partly due to Snow's excessive reliance on the convention of the first - person narrator . One does not need to ...
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