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My mother never did . In short , she went out of the world at last without knowing whether it turned round or stood still — my father had officiously told her above a thousand times which way it was , but she always forgot .
My mother never did . In short , she went out of the world at last without knowing whether it turned round or stood still — my father had officiously told her above a thousand times which way it was , but she always forgot .
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But listen to her as she thinks aloud : " It will do very well , never mind , ” repeated Petito , muttering to herself as she looked after the ladies whilst they ran downstairs . " I can't abide to dress any young lady who says never ...
But listen to her as she thinks aloud : " It will do very well , never mind , ” repeated Petito , muttering to herself as she looked after the ladies whilst they ran downstairs . " I can't abide to dress any young lady who says never ...
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He was so affected by the experience that he never even spoke of it to his children ; they discovered it for the first time from Forster's life of him . And the feeling of abandonment was not due simply to the fact that he ...
He was so affected by the experience that he never even spoke of it to his children ; they discovered it for the first time from Forster's life of him . And the feeling of abandonment was not due simply to the fact that he ...
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Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
Copyright | |
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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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