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Page 154
Their relation to the reading public was nearer to that of the twentieth - century
novelist than to the early Victorians . The difference may be indicated easily
enough . " It was part of the felicity of the fifties to possess a literature which was
at once ...
Their relation to the reading public was nearer to that of the twentieth - century
novelist than to the early Victorians . The difference may be indicated easily
enough . " It was part of the felicity of the fifties to possess a literature which was
at once ...
Page 211
... survives largely as an historical document illustrating early Victorian attitudes
to a social problem and the early Victorian fear , which amounted almost to
hysteria , of the poor . North and South , for one thing , THE EARLY VICTORIANS
211.
... survives largely as an historical document illustrating early Victorian attitudes
to a social problem and the early Victorian fear , which amounted almost to
hysteria , of the poor . North and South , for one thing , THE EARLY VICTORIANS
211.
Page 233
The note of these early books , of Barchester Towers , for instance , is an easy
humor , and there is always the suspicion that the humor is a little too easy . Mrs .
Proudie and Mr . Slope , praised though they have always been , are somewhat ...
The note of these early books , of Barchester Towers , for instance , is an easy
humor , and there is always the suspicion that the humor is a little too easy . Mrs .
Proudie and Mr . Slope , praised though they have always been , are somewhat ...
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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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