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Page 183
... centre , for the behaviour of the principal character remains unmotivated and un- explained . ich parvenu to ountry club . clear , and not have tions of st his of a that Appointment in Samarra relates the downfall and suicide of Julian ...
... centre , for the behaviour of the principal character remains unmotivated and un- explained . ich parvenu to ountry club . clear , and not have tions of st his of a that Appointment in Samarra relates the downfall and suicide of Julian ...
Page 230
... centre of the trilogy , but not quite at the centre of events . She becomes more passive as the work proceeds , and in terms of it as a whole she is often only one of the centres of its consciousness . In Grey Granite Ewan increasingly ...
... centre of the trilogy , but not quite at the centre of events . She becomes more passive as the work proceeds , and in terms of it as a whole she is often only one of the centres of its consciousness . In Grey Granite Ewan increasingly ...
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... centre of wisdom in the novel . is There is in Seize the Day , compared with Dangling Man and The Victim , a suspicion of the soft centre , as though acceptance , formerly difficult and the fruit of moral struggle , has become almost ...
... centre of wisdom in the novel . is There is in Seize the Day , compared with Dangling Man and The Victim , a suspicion of the soft centre , as though acceptance , formerly difficult and the fruit of moral struggle , has become almost ...
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