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Page 113
... Austen and Sir Walter Scott were born within four years of each other , in 1775 and 1771 respectively , but though Jane Austen was admired in her lifetime , by no one more generously than by Scott himself , her fame , and her prestige ...
... Austen and Sir Walter Scott were born within four years of each other , in 1775 and 1771 respectively , but though Jane Austen was admired in her lifetime , by no one more generously than by Scott himself , her fame , and her prestige ...
Page 117
... Austen's heroines I think we can recognize figures comparable and akin to Sophia Western and Amelia , for all they are drawn from a woman's point of view . In her own way , Miss Austen adapted and carried fur- ther Fielding's dramatic ...
... Austen's heroines I think we can recognize figures comparable and akin to Sophia Western and Amelia , for all they are drawn from a woman's point of view . In her own way , Miss Austen adapted and carried fur- ther Fielding's dramatic ...
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... Austen's use of the minor character . Miss Bates rambles on , innocent and silly , al- most in stream - of - consciousness fashion ; but she rambles on to good purpose , rambles on dramatically , in that what she says is not merely ...
... Austen's use of the minor character . Miss Bates rambles on , innocent and silly , al- most in stream - of - consciousness fashion ; but she rambles on to good purpose , rambles on dramatically , in that what she says is not merely ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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