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In it we can see , without the slightest shadow of doubt , the great change that had taken place in the novel , in its conception and scope alike , and of that change Mrs. Radcliffe's Gothic horrors are not the most important part .
In it we can see , without the slightest shadow of doubt , the great change that had taken place in the novel , in its conception and scope alike , and of that change Mrs. Radcliffe's Gothic horrors are not the most important part .
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which the characters move is as important as the characters themselves . Mrs. Radcliffe , though not to the same extent or in so sophisticated a manner , uses her landscape and castles in this way . There are times in The Mysteries of ...
which the characters move is as important as the characters themselves . Mrs. Radcliffe , though not to the same extent or in so sophisticated a manner , uses her landscape and castles in this way . There are times in The Mysteries of ...
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The year 1800 , however , is a date of the first importance in the history of English fiction , indeed of world fiction ... hold good : " Whereas Jane Austen was so much the better novelist Maria Edgeworth may be the more important .
The year 1800 , however , is a date of the first importance in the history of English fiction , indeed of world fiction ... hold good : " Whereas Jane Austen was so much the better novelist Maria Edgeworth may be the more important .
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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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