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Page 84
... respects , quite equal to Elinor's . She was sensible and clever , but eager in every- thing : her sorrows , her ... respect- able than the self - indulgence of schoolgirls . It was another way of coping with the problem of arbitrary ...
... respects , quite equal to Elinor's . She was sensible and clever , but eager in every- thing : her sorrows , her ... respect- able than the self - indulgence of schoolgirls . It was another way of coping with the problem of arbitrary ...
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... respect it is one of many - still has power to move . Mary Barton was Mrs. Gaskell's first novel . North and South was her fourth and a much better one ; it has an interest today beyond that of Mary Barton , which sur- vives largely as ...
... respect it is one of many - still has power to move . Mary Barton was Mrs. Gaskell's first novel . North and South was her fourth and a much better one ; it has an interest today beyond that of Mary Barton , which sur- vives largely as ...
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... respect conforms to the law of fanatical scrupulosity no less than James or George Moore . Stevenson is a relevant figure here , for it was with him that James debated in 1885 the nature of the novel and the function of the novelist ...
... respect conforms to the law of fanatical scrupulosity no less than James or George Moore . Stevenson is a relevant figure here , for it was with him that James debated in 1885 the nature of the novel and the function of the novelist ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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