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... person narrator in a novel like David Copperfield , or the assump- tion that we must make when reading Virginia Woolf's The Waves that we are overhearing half a dozen people talking to themselves in interior monologue at key - moments ...
... person narrator in a novel like David Copperfield , or the assump- tion that we must make when reading Virginia Woolf's The Waves that we are overhearing half a dozen people talking to themselves in interior monologue at key - moments ...
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... person in my station , Master Copper- field ! Father and me was both brought up at a foundation school for boys ; and mother , she was likewise brought up at a public , sort of charitable establishment . They taught us a deal of umble ...
... person in my station , Master Copper- field ! Father and me was both brought up at a foundation school for boys ; and mother , she was likewise brought up at a public , sort of charitable establishment . They taught us a deal of umble ...
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... person , it has monolithic power , and the nightmare vividness with which controlled hate can illuminate its subject . 4 Mark Rutherford , whose real name was William Hale White ( 1831-1913 ) , and George Gissing ( 1857-1903 ) are ...
... person , it has monolithic power , and the nightmare vividness with which controlled hate can illuminate its subject . 4 Mark Rutherford , whose real name was William Hale White ( 1831-1913 ) , and George Gissing ( 1857-1903 ) are ...
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