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The longest novel in English, its very bulk probably prevents its being much read
now; yet it remains by any standard a very great novel indeed. Its theme is much
the same as that of Pamela: conscious virtue (female) pursued by unrelenting ...
The longest novel in English, its very bulk probably prevents its being much read
now; yet it remains by any standard a very great novel indeed. Its theme is much
the same as that of Pamela: conscious virtue (female) pursued by unrelenting ...
Page 239
... novelists born in the fertile second decade of the century one very great writer
remains for consideration: George Eliot. ... and first a handful of minor writers
must be discussed, writers who remain interesting at any THE EARLY
VICTORIANS ...
... novelists born in the fertile second decade of the century one very great writer
remains for consideration: George Eliot. ... and first a handful of minor writers
must be discussed, writers who remain interesting at any THE EARLY
VICTORIANS ...
Page 279
Ignore these, and what remains is quintessential. There is the object of the satire,
Sir Austin Feverel, the man with an ideal system of education, who is to be
chastened into an awareness of the truth about life; there is his son, Richard, the
hero, ...
Ignore these, and what remains is quintessential. There is the object of the satire,
Sir Austin Feverel, the man with an ideal system of education, who is to be
chastened into an awareness of the truth about life; there is his son, Richard, the
hero, ...
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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, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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