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He appears in one chapter only , but he is rendered with such fierce intensity that
we feel that he , and the type he represents , have been caught and pinned down
for ever and for good . We do not need to know more of him , but we are ...
He appears in one chapter only , but he is rendered with such fierce intensity that
we feel that he , and the type he represents , have been caught and pinned down
for ever and for good . We do not need to know more of him , but we are ...
Page 96
Her work represents the feminization of Fielding ' s art . It involved , of course , a
tremendous diminution of Fielding ' s range . The whole world of his time was
open to Tom Jones ; the only one open to Fanny Burney was that accessible to a
...
Her work represents the feminization of Fielding ' s art . It involved , of course , a
tremendous diminution of Fielding ' s range . The whole world of his time was
open to Tom Jones ; the only one open to Fanny Burney was that accessible to a
...
Page 195
The money power he represents drags classes higher , as well as lower , than his
own into his orbit ; he can buy an aristocratic young woman as his second wife .
But Dombey , though he does not know it , himself represents a form of power in ...
The money power he represents drags classes higher , as well as lower , than his
own into his orbit ; he can buy an aristocratic young woman as his second wife .
But Dombey , though he does not know it , himself represents a form of power in ...
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Contents
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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