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In other words, it was not yet an accepted form, much less an inevitable one even
for writers whose interest in ... author should take the form of writing novels, and
Sir Roger and the others exist on the threshold of a novel that was never written.
In other words, it was not yet an accepted form, much less an inevitable one even
for writers whose interest in ... author should take the form of writing novels, and
Sir Roger and the others exist on the threshold of a novel that was never written.
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psychological states in man, as well as to the great host of crude t thriller-writers
of the present day. ... Godwin , was a political philosopher, and the boldness of
conception that went to the writing of Political Justice did Godwin no harm when
he ...
psychological states in man, as well as to the great host of crude t thriller-writers
of the present day. ... Godwin , was a political philosopher, and the boldness of
conception that went to the writing of Political Justice did Godwin no harm when
he ...
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standpoint of one who had taken part in them but was writing in the days of
George II, helped greatly to overcome some of Thackeray's weaknesses in
dealing with his own time. At least we are free of the obsession with snobs and
snobbery.
standpoint of one who had taken part in them but was writing in the days of
George II, helped greatly to overcome some of Thackeray's weaknesses in
dealing with his own time. At least we are free of the obsession with snobs and
snobbery.
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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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