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... interest in her hero in spite of his incredibility . She does so partly because of the impassioned speech she puts into his mouth , speeches traditional enough in heroic drama but here , against a more or less realistic background ...
... interest in her hero in spite of his incredibility . She does so partly because of the impassioned speech she puts into his mouth , speeches traditional enough in heroic drama but here , against a more or less realistic background ...
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... interest in his novels today is their + › documentary interest . Rather obscurely the black sheep 200 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
... interest in his novels today is their + › documentary interest . Rather obscurely the black sheep 200 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
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... interest . In fact , no reader's interest has ever been engaged by the plot of Felix Holt . Holt himself is a bore , and this against the reader's will , for intrinsically he is an interesting character . He is never , however , quite ...
... interest . In fact , no reader's interest has ever been engaged by the plot of Felix Holt . Holt himself is a bore , and this against the reader's will , for intrinsically he is an interesting character . He is never , however , quite ...
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