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In London he is cozened and cheated by a succession of rogues , tries to enter
the navy as a surgeon ' s mate but , despite his professional qualifications , finds
that entry into the service depends upon the bribing of Admiralty clerks .
In London he is cozened and cheated by a succession of rogues , tries to enter
the navy as a surgeon ' s mate but , despite his professional qualifications , finds
that entry into the service depends upon the bribing of Admiralty clerks .
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The Princess Casamassima was the first fruit of James ' s decision to settle in
England , and much of its richness comes from the thoroughness of his surrender
to the spell of London , from “ the assault directly made by the great city upon an ...
The Princess Casamassima was the first fruit of James ' s decision to settle in
England , and much of its richness comes from the thoroughness of his surrender
to the spell of London , from “ the assault directly made by the great city upon an ...
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as Unitarian minister before leaving the ministry to work for a Rationalist
publisher in London in loneliness and poverty . The Autobiography of Mark
Rutherford is a poignant account of loneliness both spiritual and material . Its
theme is the ...
as Unitarian minister before leaving the ministry to work for a Rationalist
publisher in London in loneliness and poverty . The Autobiography of Mark
Rutherford is a poignant account of loneliness both spiritual and material . Its
theme is the ...
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Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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| 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 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 May 2007 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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