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When at this time reality did enter English fiction it came from the least expected of quarters and in the least expected of forms . Bunyan was fifty when he published The Pilgrim's Progress in 1678. He had of course no thought of ...
When at this time reality did enter English fiction it came from the least expected of quarters and in the least expected of forms . Bunyan was fifty when he published The Pilgrim's Progress in 1678. He had of course no thought of ...
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Some of the characters at least are suggested by life : Scythrop is based on Shelley , and not only in his inability to choose between two equally loved young ladies ; Mr. Flosky is Coleridge ; Mr. Cypress , Byron .
Some of the characters at least are suggested by life : Scythrop is based on Shelley , and not only in his inability to choose between two equally loved young ladies ; Mr. Flosky is Coleridge ; Mr. Cypress , Byron .
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But if Lawrence's characters are not always easy to explain, at least they always triumphantly are. Formally, his novels are probably as defective as any written, which is why he is at his best artistically in his short stories.
But if Lawrence's characters are not always easy to explain, at least they always triumphantly are. Formally, his novels are probably as defective as any written, which is why he is at his best artistically in his short stories.
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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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