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Page 168
... cannot forget that the epoch described is still pre - Victorian ; Lytton is out to shock , and at times , when the underworld is being exposed , the point of view and the tone , when allowance is made 168 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
... cannot forget that the epoch described is still pre - Victorian ; Lytton is out to shock , and at times , when the underworld is being exposed , the point of view and the tone , when allowance is made 168 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
Page 209
... described , detached enough to know that it is comic and to rejoice in the comedy , but her affection for it such that no comedy was ever less satirical ; the hu- mor is an expression of love , the love that would not have its object ...
... described , detached enough to know that it is comic and to rejoice in the comedy , but her affection for it such that no comedy was ever less satirical ; the hu- mor is an expression of love , the love that would not have its object ...
Page 257
... described . Yet , like Scott , she gained from the fact that the world she described was a finished one . Since it was finished , it was static . It could therefore be described com- pletely , and in the solidity and comprehensiveness ...
... described . Yet , like Scott , she gained from the fact that the world she described was a finished one . Since it was finished , it was static . It could therefore be described com- pletely , and in the solidity and comprehensiveness ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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