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Scholars have tracked down works that may have influenced Bunyan and he may
conceivably have read . They do not matter in ... it has been said , had no
influence on any fiction that came after it , but of that I am not so sure . It is
possible to ...
Scholars have tracked down works that may have influenced Bunyan and he may
conceivably have read . They do not matter in ... it has been said , had no
influence on any fiction that came after it , but of that I am not so sure . It is
possible to ...
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... 59 - 62 England in the Eighteenth Cen . and caricature , 64 - 65 tury , 46
influence on Jane Austen , 116 English Rogue , The , 17 Fifth Queen trilogy , The
, 394 Entail , The , 140 - 141 Finnegans Wake , 424 Esther Waters , 353 - 355
Firbank ...
... 59 - 62 England in the Eighteenth Cen . and caricature , 64 - 65 tury , 46
influence on Jane Austen , 116 English Rogue , The , 17 Fifth Queen trilogy , The
, 394 Entail , The , 140 - 141 Finnegans Wake , 424 Esther Waters , 353 - 355
Firbank ...
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358 Newby , P . H . , 413 spectability on the novel , 156on Maria Edgeworth , 107
161 Newcomes , The , 205 European influence , and growth Newman , Cardinal ,
127 , 156 of seriousness in later VictoNicholas Nickleby , 187 , 191 - 192 rian ...
358 Newby , P . H . , 413 spectability on the novel , 156on Maria Edgeworth , 107
161 Newcomes , The , 205 European influence , and growth Newman , Cardinal ,
127 , 156 of seriousness in later VictoNicholas Nickleby , 187 , 191 - 192 rian ...
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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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