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As a novelist Disraeli's limitations were many and obvious . His strength lay in his
specialized knowledge ; it would be almost true to say that he had to become a
politician before he could become a novelist . But within his limitations he ...
As a novelist Disraeli's limitations were many and obvious . His strength lay in his
specialized knowledge ; it would be almost true to say that he had to become a
politician before he could become a novelist . But within his limitations he ...
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Fairyland has become nightmare ; the ' bad fairies are merely absurd no longer ;
they have become ogres . “ Make ' em laugh , make ' em cry ... ” In Oliver Twist the
emphasis is wholly on the second precept of the formula . There is laughter ...
Fairyland has become nightmare ; the ' bad fairies are merely absurd no longer ;
they have become ogres . “ Make ' em laugh , make ' em cry ... ” In Oliver Twist the
emphasis is wholly on the second precept of the formula . There is laughter ...
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It becomes a splendid smoke screen , a dazzling tapestry of magnificently
sonorous language . Certain ... The confidence trick occurs when , the tragic
vision having failed or become momentarily blurred , the grand style falls into
rhetoric .
It becomes a splendid smoke screen , a dazzling tapestry of magnificently
sonorous language . Certain ... The confidence trick occurs when , the tragic
vision having failed or become momentarily blurred , the grand style falls into
rhetoric .
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Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History A Dutton paperback Part 9 of Dutton everyman paperback |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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