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Page 266
... interest . In fact , no reader's interest has ever been engaged by the plot of Felix Holt . Holt himself is a bore , and this against the reader's will , for intrinsically he is an interesting char- acter . He is never , however , quite ...
... interest . In fact , no reader's interest has ever been engaged by the plot of Felix Holt . Holt himself is a bore , and this against the reader's will , for intrinsically he is an interesting char- acter . He is never , however , quite ...
Page 376
... interest for the most part was in the novel of ideas . The work of the last phase can be ignored ; novels like The New Machiavelli , Joan and Peter , and Mr. Britling Sees It Through had a topical value in their day , but little ...
... interest for the most part was in the novel of ideas . The work of the last phase can be ignored ; novels like The New Machiavelli , Joan and Peter , and Mr. Britling Sees It Through had a topical value in their day , but little ...
Page 414
... interest , and an air of probability embalming the whole so impeccable that if all his figures were to come to life they would find themselves dressed down to the last button of their coats in the fashion of the hour . The tyrant is ...
... interest , and an air of probability embalming the whole so impeccable that if all his figures were to come to life they would find themselves dressed down to the last button of their coats in the fashion of the hour . The tyrant is ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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