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The longest novel in English , its very bulk probably prevents its being much read now ; yet it remains by any standard a very great novel indeed . Its theme is much the same as that of Pamela : conscious virtue ( female ) pursued by ...
The longest novel in English , its very bulk probably prevents its being much read now ; yet it remains by any standard a very great novel indeed . Its theme is much the same as that of Pamela : conscious virtue ( female ) pursued by ...
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6 Of the novelists born in the fertile second decade of the century one very great writer remains for consideration ... and first a handful of minor writers must be discussed , writers who remain interesting at THE EARLY VICTORIANS 239.
6 Of the novelists born in the fertile second decade of the century one very great writer remains for consideration ... and first a handful of minor writers must be discussed , writers who remain interesting at THE EARLY VICTORIANS 239.
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Ignore these , and what remains is quintessential . There is the object of the satire , Sir Austin Feverel , the man with an ideal system of education , who is to be chastened into an awareness of the truth about life ; there is his son ...
Ignore these , and what remains is quintessential . There is the object of the satire , Sir Austin Feverel , the man with an ideal system of education , who is to be chastened into an awareness of the truth about life ; there is his son ...
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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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