The English Novel: A Short Critical HistoryA brilliant, critical history of the novel from Bunyan to Lawrence and Joyce. |
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... look back , it seems that the main concern of my life since I was a schoolboy has been reading novels , discussing ... looks like to someone who follows the craft of fic- tion himself . Even so , it is not the book I originally planned ...
... look back , it seems that the main concern of my life since I was a schoolboy has been reading novels , discussing ... looks like to someone who follows the craft of fic- tion himself . Even so , it is not the book I originally planned ...
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... look upon as my fellow creatures . Faugh ! how it stinks ! It doth not smell like a Christian . If I make so bold to give my advice , I would have it put in a basket , and sent out and laid at the churchwarden's door . " But Mr ...
... look upon as my fellow creatures . Faugh ! how it stinks ! It doth not smell like a Christian . If I make so bold to give my advice , I would have it put in a basket , and sent out and laid at the churchwarden's door . " But Mr ...
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... look on him as a poet first and a novelist sec- ond , or vice versa , his fiction exists in the larger context of ... looks at his fiction as a whole , however , it seems much more likely than not that Meredith's present eclipse will ...
... look on him as a poet first and a novelist sec- ond , or vice versa , his fiction exists in the larger context of ... looks at his fiction as a whole , however , it seems much more likely than not that Meredith's present eclipse will ...
Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
Copyright | |
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