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through character can the novelist's apprehensions of man's fate be uttered at all.
When Mrs. Leavis, in Fiction ... The more highly a novelist has organized his
characters the less they can be reduced to “bold outlines.” And the organization
of a ...
through character can the novelist's apprehensions of man's fate be uttered at all.
When Mrs. Leavis, in Fiction ... The more highly a novelist has organized his
characters the less they can be reduced to “bold outlines.” And the organization
of a ...
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These characters are most evident when he is attacking social injustice or flaws
in the social code. Bumble, Heep, and Gradgrind are typical figures of savage
comedy; ridicule and contempt are poured upon them, but they remain monstrous
...
These characters are most evident when he is attacking social injustice or flaws
in the social code. Bumble, Heep, and Gradgrind are typical figures of savage
comedy; ridicule and contempt are poured upon them, but they remain monstrous
...
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obsessional element in his characters. This is so regardless of whether he is
describing characters that are formally comic. In Dombey, for instance, or Carker
in the same novel, or Headstone in Our Mutual Friend, Dickens is concentrating
so ...
obsessional element in his characters. This is so regardless of whether he is
describing characters that are formally comic. In Dombey, for instance, or Carker
in the same novel, or Headstone in Our Mutual Friend, Dickens is concentrating
so ...
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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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