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The hero represents Richardson's ideal of manly virtue as Pamela his ideal of
female virtue. It was a deliberate attempt to redress the balance, since both Mr B.,
of Pamela, and Lovelace had been villains. Perhaps Sir Charles is the author's ...
The hero represents Richardson's ideal of manly virtue as Pamela his ideal of
female virtue. It was a deliberate attempt to redress the balance, since both Mr B.,
of Pamela, and Lovelace had been villains. Perhaps Sir Charles is the author's ...
Page 164
The money-power he represents drags classes higher, as well as lower, than his
own into his orbit: he can buy an aristocratic young woman as his second wife.
But Dombey, though he does not know it, himself represents a form of power in its
...
The money-power he represents drags classes higher, as well as lower, than his
own into his orbit: he can buy an aristocratic young woman as his second wife.
But Dombey, though he does not know it, himself represents a form of power in its
...
Page 287
The subject is self-determination, the hero the young man in revolt against his
family background and the values it represents. One can't say such novels would
not have been written except for Butler's example: they include Bennett's ...
The subject is self-determination, the hero the young man in revolt against his
family background and the values it represents. One can't say such novels would
not have been written except for Butler's example: they include Bennett's ...
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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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