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... critic of a hundred years ago more than the com- paratively sudden rise in her reputation and the equally sudden fall in ... criticism of life . Pure art of any kind has its dangers ; it may degenerate into an over - preoccupation with ...
... critic of a hundred years ago more than the com- paratively sudden rise in her reputation and the equally sudden fall in ... criticism of life . Pure art of any kind has its dangers ; it may degenerate into an over - preoccupation with ...
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... criticisms are much less radical than those of , say , Balzac , Stendhal , Turgenev , Flaubert , and Dostoevsky , and of a ... criticism — of society , of morals , of the Russian attitude to the West , of man's relation to God and to his ...
... criticisms are much less radical than those of , say , Balzac , Stendhal , Turgenev , Flaubert , and Dostoevsky , and of a ... criticism — of society , of morals , of the Russian attitude to the West , of man's relation to God and to his ...
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... criticism of life through comedy , 107 ; Pride and Prejudice , 107 , 108 ; Mansfield Park , 108-10 ; Emma , 110-11 ; Charlotte's Brontė's criticism , 111– 112 ; influence , 112 Autobiography of Mark Rutherford , The , 273-4 ...
... criticism of life through comedy , 107 ; Pride and Prejudice , 107 , 108 ; Mansfield Park , 108-10 ; Emma , 110-11 ; Charlotte's Brontė's criticism , 111– 112 ; influence , 112 Autobiography of Mark Rutherford , The , 273-4 ...
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