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of ladies to which Tom Jones is not admitted or , if admitted , so much on his best behavior as to be unrecognizable ; though in certain of Miss Austen's heroines I think we can recognize figures comparable and akin to Sophia Western ...
of ladies to which Tom Jones is not admitted or , if admitted , so much on his best behavior as to be unrecognizable ; though in certain of Miss Austen's heroines I think we can recognize figures comparable and akin to Sophia Western ...
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Yet those most attached to Miss Austen's novels have usually preferred the later ones , Mansfield Park , Emma , and Persuasion , which were written after an interval of more than ten years . During that long silence , the reason for ...
Yet those most attached to Miss Austen's novels have usually preferred the later ones , Mansfield Park , Emma , and Persuasion , which were written after an interval of more than ten years . During that long silence , the reason for ...
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Miss Bates , the garrulous , woolly - minded spinster , is an excellent example of Miss Austen's use of the minor character . Miss Bates rambles on , innocent and silly , almost in stream - of - consciousness fashion ; but she rambles ...
Miss Bates , the garrulous , woolly - minded spinster , is an excellent example of Miss Austen's use of the minor character . Miss Bates rambles on , innocent and silly , almost in stream - of - consciousness fashion ; but she rambles ...
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Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 May 2007 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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