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f s 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 than by Scott himself, her fame, and her
prestige ...
f s 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 than by Scott himself, her fame, and her
prestige ...
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Jane Eyre is much more than 'a mere “escape” romance' because Jane does not '
enjoy a complete, unreal triumph'; she is ... It would indeed be absurd to
condemn Jane Eyre as a novel of escape, yet that Rochester should be half blind
and ...
Jane Eyre is much more than 'a mere “escape” romance' because Jane does not '
enjoy a complete, unreal triumph'; she is ... It would indeed be absurd to
condemn Jane Eyre as a novel of escape, yet that Rochester should be half blind
and ...
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Jane finds Rochester and marries him. He partially recovers his sight, and they
have a child. Jane Eyre is as absurd in its own way as The Castle of Otranto or
anything in Mrs Radcliffe. Yet to describe it simply as a wishfulfilment dream is to
fail ...
Jane finds Rochester and marries him. He partially recovers his sight, and they
have a child. Jane Eyre is as absurd in its own way as The Castle of Otranto or
anything in Mrs Radcliffe. Yet to describe it simply as a wishfulfilment dream is to
fail ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 40 |
Copyright | |
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| 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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