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... scarcely be questioned ; and as an example of his genius working at length one might choose the scene in A Glastonbury Romance in which Philip Crow seduces Persephone Spear in the caves of Wookey Hole beside the subterranean river . Yet ...
... scarcely be questioned ; and as an example of his genius working at length one might choose the scene in A Glastonbury Romance in which Philip Crow seduces Persephone Spear in the caves of Wookey Hole beside the subterranean river . Yet ...
Page 161
... scarcely exists but he is , as it were , the reflective centre of the novel , and it can scarcely be doubted that his values are Steinbeck's . It is Burton who says to Nolan : THE THIRTIES : AMERICAN 161.
... scarcely exists but he is , as it were , the reflective centre of the novel , and it can scarcely be doubted that his values are Steinbeck's . It is Burton who says to Nolan : THE THIRTIES : AMERICAN 161.
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... scarcely be judged by ordinary standards of behaviour because he is living out , one might almost say is lived by , a dream . His conduct , which is frequently disastrous to his wife and children , has scarcely reference to the external ...
... scarcely be judged by ordinary standards of behaviour because he is living out , one might almost say is lived by , a dream . His conduct , which is frequently disastrous to his wife and children , has scarcely reference to the external ...
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