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“Written in Imitation of the Manner of Cervantes, Author of Don Quixote', says the
title-page of the novel, an important piece of information often omitted from
modern editions. The Quixote figure is Adams, but the structure of the book also ...
“Written in Imitation of the Manner of Cervantes, Author of Don Quixote', says the
title-page of the novel, an important piece of information often omitted from
modern editions. The Quixote figure is Adams, but the structure of the book also ...
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The year 1890, however, is a date of the first importance in the history of English
fiction, indeed of world fiction, for in that ... still hold , good: 'Whereas Jane Austen
was so much the better novelist Maria Edgeworth may be the more important.
The year 1890, however, is a date of the first importance in the history of English
fiction, indeed of world fiction, for in that ... still hold , good: 'Whereas Jane Austen
was so much the better novelist Maria Edgeworth may be the more important.
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And, like an ardently held religious belief, it made every action of her characters
important. ... In consequence, the characters themselves achieve a new
importance in her novels, almost as though their - eternal well-being is constantly
...
And, like an ardently held religious belief, it made every action of her characters
important. ... In consequence, the characters themselves achieve a new
importance in her novels, almost as though their - eternal well-being is constantly
...
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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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