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... Adam Bede , was published in 1859. She has been described as the first modern English novelist . Put thus baldly , the statement begs too many questions to have much meaning . Yet it is true that her work marks a change in the nature of ...
... Adam Bede , was published in 1859. She has been described as the first modern English novelist . Put thus baldly , the statement begs too many questions to have much meaning . Yet it is true that her work marks a change in the nature of ...
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... Adam Bede's failure comes from a false appli- cation of the same convention . Adam too is made habitually to express himself in the terms of his craft ; but it is not Adam's place to be a representative carpenter , and in his mouth his ...
... Adam Bede's failure comes from a false appli- cation of the same convention . Adam too is made habitually to express himself in the terms of his craft ; but it is not Adam's place to be a representative carpenter , and in his mouth his ...
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... Adam Bede lacks . It is from the identification that The Mill on the Floss gets its power and its charm . As a detailed rendering of the growth of a girl to young womanhood , a girl marked by intellectual distinction , a generously ...
... Adam Bede lacks . It is from the identification that The Mill on the Floss gets its power and its charm . As a detailed rendering of the growth of a girl to young womanhood , a girl marked by intellectual distinction , a generously ...
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