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Yet those most attached to Miss Austen's novels have usually preferred the later
ones, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion, which were written after an
interval of more than ten years. During that long silence, the reason for which we
do not ...
Yet those most attached to Miss Austen's novels have usually preferred the later
ones, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion, which were written after an
interval of more than ten years. During that long silence, the reason for which we
do not ...
Page 125
Miss Bates, the garrulous, woolly-minded spinster, is an excellent example of
Miss Austen's use of the minor character. Miss Bates rambles on, innocent and
silly, almost in stream-of-consciousness fashion; but she rambles on to good
purpose ...
Miss Bates, the garrulous, woolly-minded spinster, is an excellent example of
Miss Austen's use of the minor character. Miss Bates rambles on, innocent and
silly, almost in stream-of-consciousness fashion; but she rambles on to good
purpose ...
Page 137
It is excellent fun; Miss Ferrier produces a series of good-humored grotesques of
Highland characters: the three aunts Miss Jackie, Miss Grizzie, and Miss Nicky,
the old laird, Lady McLaughlin and Sir Sampson. There is no subtlety in this ...
It is excellent fun; Miss Ferrier produces a series of good-humored grotesques of
Highland characters: the three aunts Miss Jackie, Miss Grizzie, and Miss Nicky,
the old laird, Lady McLaughlin and Sir Sampson. There is no subtlety in this ...
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Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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