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Page 177
It affects us as Gibbon ' s does , or Macaulay ' s ; it admits of no hesitations , no
half lights ; it is completely sure , completely dogmatic . Above all , it is witty . The
very structure of his sentences is witty , and his epigrams invite the reader into his
...
It affects us as Gibbon ' s does , or Macaulay ' s ; it admits of no hesitations , no
half lights ; it is completely sure , completely dogmatic . Above all , it is witty . The
very structure of his sentences is witty , and his epigrams invite the reader into his
...
Page 202
As a novelist , Thackeray was completely inhibited where the portrayal of women
and of sex was concerned . For a novelist purporting to give a realistic
representation of men and women in society , this was fatal . His was truly a
crippled talent ...
As a novelist , Thackeray was completely inhibited where the portrayal of women
and of sex was concerned . For a novelist purporting to give a realistic
representation of men and women in society , this was fatal . His was truly a
crippled talent ...
Page 388
... and relationships to which , though they may be ordinary enough in
themselves , part of common experience , Edwin responds with such open -
mindedness as to make them completely fresh ; he has the capacity to be
continually surprised ...
... and relationships to which , though they may be ordinary enough in
themselves , part of common experience , Edwin responds with such open -
mindedness as to make them completely fresh ; he has the capacity to be
continually surprised ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 67 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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