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Page 17
... put out of his mind any notion of evolution in the form of the novel that can be
equated with improvement. There is nothing in the development of art analogous
* with material progress. Art does not get better and better. INTRODUCTION 17.
... put out of his mind any notion of evolution in the form of the novel that can be
equated with improvement. There is nothing in the development of art analogous
* with material progress. Art does not get better and better. INTRODUCTION 17.
Page 101
Then I shall say, with a great deal of dignity, “If your ladyship thinks so, my lady, I'
d better go.” And I'd desire no better than that she would take me at my word, for
my Lady Dashfort's is a much better place, I'm told, and she's dying to have me, ...
Then I shall say, with a great deal of dignity, “If your ladyship thinks so, my lady, I'
d better go.” And I'd desire no better than that she would take me at my word, for
my Lady Dashfort's is a much better place, I'm told, and she's dying to have me, ...
Page 198
Perhaps he is only dubiously a novelist, but he has survived better than most. His
first book, Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities (1838), was a reprinting of sketches
contributed to the New Sporting Magazine, of which he was editor. As episodic as
...
Perhaps he is only dubiously a novelist, but he has survived better than most. His
first book, Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities (1838), was a reprinting of sketches
contributed to the New Sporting Magazine, of which he was editor. As episodic as
...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 40 |
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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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