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Page 64
Monsters are what men become in the novels of Tobias Smollett (1721–71).
Lismahago, in Humphry Clinker, the most humane of his works, is described thus:
He would have measured about six feet in height, had he stood upright; but he ...
Monsters are what men become in the novels of Tobias Smollett (1721–71).
Lismahago, in Humphry Clinker, the most humane of his works, is described thus:
He would have measured about six feet in height, had he stood upright; but he ...
Page 152
His strength lay in his specialized knowledge; it would be almost true to say that
he had to become a politician before he could become a novelist. But within his
limitations he grasped and expressed the essential situation of his times with a ...
His strength lay in his specialized knowledge; it would be almost true to say that
he had to become a politician before he could become a novelist. But within his
limitations he grasped and expressed the essential situation of his times with a ...
Page 155
As soon as Pickwick and Sam Weller were set in juxtaposition the kind of book he
was writing must have become apparent to him: the benevolent, idealistic,
unworldly master, the hard-bitten, humorous, realistic servant: it was an
archetypal ...
As soon as Pickwick and Sam Weller were set in juxtaposition the kind of book he
was writing must have become apparent to him: the benevolent, idealistic,
unworldly master, the hard-bitten, humorous, realistic servant: it was an
archetypal ...
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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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