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A Short Critical History Walter Ernest Allen. 2 Jane Austen and Sir Walter Scott were born within four years of each other , in 1775 and 1771 respectively , but though Jane Austen was admired in her lifetime , by no one more generously ...
A Short Critical History Walter Ernest Allen. 2 Jane Austen and Sir Walter Scott were born within four years of each other , in 1775 and 1771 respectively , but though Jane Austen was admired in her lifetime , by no one more generously ...
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... Austen's comedy : the end of Mansfield Park is prosperous enough , with Fanny married to Edmund , Mrs Norris discredited , Sir Thomas convinced of his inadequacies as a father , and his elder son a reformed character . Justice has been ...
... Austen's comedy : the end of Mansfield Park is prosperous enough , with Fanny married to Edmund , Mrs Norris discredited , Sir Thomas convinced of his inadequacies as a father , and his elder son a reformed character . Justice has been ...
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... Austen . James , noting his ' complete appreciation of the usual ' , added that ' this gift is not rare in the annals of English fiction ; it would naturally be found in a walk of literature in which the feminine mind has laboured so ...
... Austen . James , noting his ' complete appreciation of the usual ' , added that ' this gift is not rare in the annals of English fiction ; it would naturally be found in a walk of literature in which the feminine mind has laboured so ...
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