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... Trollope is dull . He has no sense of form ; he was content to produce a story that would , some- how , fill three volumes of a novel , a novel , moreover , that was to appear as a magazine serial before publication . As he realized ...
... Trollope is dull . He has no sense of form ; he was content to produce a story that would , some- how , fill three volumes of a novel , a novel , moreover , that was to appear as a magazine serial before publication . As he realized ...
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... Trollope's interest in and approach to his story may well be considered political in the sense that he is delineating struggles for power and position . His theme is the world and the way of the world , and this is the more strongly ...
... Trollope's interest in and approach to his story may well be considered political in the sense that he is delineating struggles for power and position . His theme is the world and the way of the world , and this is the more strongly ...
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... Trollope's affinity with Jane Austen goes beyond this . His discriminations are much less fine and subtle than hers , but when allowance is made for this , he judges his characters in a similar way , and like hers , his view of life is ...
... Trollope's affinity with Jane Austen goes beyond this . His discriminations are much less fine and subtle than hers , but when allowance is made for this , he judges his characters in a similar way , and like hers , his view of life is ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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