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It is weakened, for us, because the nature of the choice as George Eliot sees it is
rather different from what it would be for a young woman placed in similar
circumstances today. But that is relatively unimportant. What is important is the ...
It is weakened, for us, because the nature of the choice as George Eliot sees it is
rather different from what it would be for a young woman placed in similar
circumstances today. But that is relatively unimportant. What is important is the ...
Page 217
One scarcely knows which to admire the more: the sureness of George Eliot's
feelings or the fineness of her literary tact. They are not of course to be separated:
the sureness of her feelings is expressed through her literary tact, and one sign of
...
One scarcely knows which to admire the more: the sureness of George Eliot's
feelings or the fineness of her literary tact. They are not of course to be separated:
the sureness of her feelings is expressed through her literary tact, and one sign of
...
Page 218
But it is no longer exactly new, and it wasn't when George Eliot was writing; and
Felix Holt remains as it were a frozen attitude, almost a propagandist's dummy, as
may be seen if he is compared with his silly old mother, who is alive from the ...
But it is no longer exactly new, and it wasn't when George Eliot was writing; and
Felix Holt remains as it were a frozen attitude, almost a propagandist's dummy, as
may be seen if he is compared with his silly old mother, who is alive from the ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 40 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History Volume 9 of Dutton Paperback: D Pelican books |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Publisher | Phoenix House, 1954 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 16 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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