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Page 77
There are, for instance, Mr. Shandy, the theorist with theories on every subject
under the sun, and his wife: the relation between them is implicit in the following
passage: It was a consuming vexation to my father that my mother , never asked
the ...
There are, for instance, Mr. Shandy, the theorist with theories on every subject
under the sun, and his wife: the relation between them is implicit in the following
passage: It was a consuming vexation to my father that my mother , never asked
the ...
Page 111
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 mind, and it
will do very ...
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 mind, and it
will do very ...
Page 187
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, a middle- class
child who ...
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, a middle- class
child who ...
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Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 51 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History Part 9 of A Dutton Paperback Dutton everyman paperback |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 May 2007 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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