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... story of Oroonoko is that of heroic drama , the story of ill - fated lovers ever - faithful main- taining themselves even in death on a plane of almost impossible nobility . Mrs Behn , however , showed her originality in two ways ...
... story of Oroonoko is that of heroic drama , the story of ill - fated lovers ever - faithful main- taining themselves even in death on a plane of almost impossible nobility . Mrs Behn , however , showed her originality in two ways ...
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... story Wringhim's servant tells him , by way of warning , of the strange events that ↑ occurred in the village of Auchtermuchty , whose inhabitants were deceived by the devil in the guise of an extraordinarily powerful preacher . It is ...
... story Wringhim's servant tells him , by way of warning , of the strange events that ↑ occurred in the village of Auchtermuchty , whose inhabitants were deceived by the devil in the guise of an extraordinarily powerful preacher . It is ...
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... story , and the horror and the comic extravaganza do not fuse at all . Le Fanu was expert in touching the nerve that twitches to the fearful , as expert as anyone who has written . His effects of horror are the more powerful because of ...
... story , and the horror and the comic extravaganza do not fuse at all . Le Fanu was expert in touching the nerve that twitches to the fearful , as expert as anyone who has written . His effects of horror are the more powerful because of ...
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