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Page 168
... remains very readable . It is an attempt to combine the novel of fashion with that of Godwin . An index of its modish success is the fact that it is a result of its hero's taste in clothes that black is still the conventional color of ...
... remains very readable . It is an attempt to combine the novel of fashion with that of Godwin . An index of its modish success is the fact that it is a result of its hero's taste in clothes that black is still the conventional color of ...
Page 263
... remains intellectual ; as a character she is not seen critically by her creator at all . This comes out clearly when Maggie , tacitly engaged to Philip , falls in love with and is swept off her feet by Ste- phen Guest , who is tacitly ...
... remains intellectual ; as a character she is not seen critically by her creator at all . This comes out clearly when Maggie , tacitly engaged to Philip , falls in love with and is swept off her feet by Ste- phen Guest , who is tacitly ...
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... remains marginal to us until he finally finds his place in human fellowship again . Silas Marner is a novel of redemption , but the redemption is not Marner's alone , for the novel has a double action , Marner's and the young squire God ...
... remains marginal to us until he finally finds his place in human fellowship again . Silas Marner is a novel of redemption , but the redemption is not Marner's alone , for the novel has a double action , Marner's and the young squire God ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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