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She is , for instance , probably the first novelist to use descriptions of natural scenery as a matter of course , but she does not use them merely for decoration or as backcloths ; they have an emotional relationship to the characters ...
She is , for instance , probably the first novelist to use descriptions of natural scenery as a matter of course , but she does not use them merely for decoration or as backcloths ; they have an emotional relationship to the characters ...
Page 117
They differ , of course , in their notions of morals . It is not quite true that for Miss Austen morals and manners are interchangeable , but the main emphasis in her work is on manners , which she sees as morals in microcosm .
They differ , of course , in their notions of morals . It is not quite true that for Miss Austen morals and manners are interchangeable , but the main emphasis in her work is on manners , which she sees as morals in microcosm .
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... neither his sexual nor his drinking exploits are any . thing out of the ordinary , and they could have had little effect on the course of his life if he had been in fact l'homme moyen sensuel . His tragedy lies in that he is not .
... neither his sexual nor his drinking exploits are any . thing out of the ordinary , and they could have had little effect on the course of his life if he had been in fact l'homme moyen sensuel . His tragedy lies in that he is not .
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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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