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Page 181
... social facts and social abuses which had already been recognized if not explored before him . He shared a great deal of common experience with his public , so that it could gratefully and proudly say , " How true ! " ; he so ex- ploited ...
... social facts and social abuses which had already been recognized if not explored before him . He shared a great deal of common experience with his public , so that it could gratefully and proudly say , " How true ! " ; he so ex- ploited ...
Page 199
... social climbing , and of putting one over the neighbor is in full swing . And everything has the appearance of be- ing completely natural ; this is social life as it is . The only analogue to the novel is War and Peace , and that said ...
... social climbing , and of putting one over the neighbor is in full swing . And everything has the appearance of be- ing completely natural ; this is social life as it is . The only analogue to the novel is War and Peace , and that said ...
Page 201
... social posi- tion and the pretense to a status rather higher than the person's true one he saw as the main driving force of man in society . This view of man has satisfied none of his critics ; the amassing of " petty details , " as ...
... social posi- tion and the pretense to a status rather higher than the person's true one he saw as the main driving force of man in society . This view of man has satisfied none of his critics ; the amassing of " petty details , " as ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
Copyright | |
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