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Page 161
... poetry of the comic ; only a great poet could have invented her ; she belongs to the same order of creation as Falstaff . It has often been noted that there is no communication between the characters in a Dickens novel : they are ...
... poetry of the comic ; only a great poet could have invented her ; she belongs to the same order of creation as Falstaff . It has often been noted that there is no communication between the characters in a Dickens novel : they are ...
Page 232
... poetry we have no word adequately to describe them . The passage is complex , but the complexity is that of poetry . A perception , ' He must be good ... ' with all its implications , has crystallized . We have , in fact , something ...
... poetry we have no word adequately to describe them . The passage is complex , but the complexity is that of poetry . A perception , ' He must be good ... ' with all its implications , has crystallized . We have , in fact , something ...
Page 242
... poetic quality of the whole that makes the superstition credible . The poetry heightens and deepens our sense of Henchard's tragic fate . Two instances of this poetry may be quoted : the moment when his wedding present to Elizabeth Jane ...
... poetic quality of the whole that makes the superstition credible . The poetry heightens and deepens our sense of Henchard's tragic fate . Two instances of this poetry may be quoted : the moment when his wedding present to Elizabeth Jane ...
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