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It is the shock to the workers of the insensitiveness and brutality towards hungry
men revealed in the caricature that precipitates the murder John Barton commits .
The episodeand in this respect it is one of many — still has power to move .
It is the shock to the workers of the insensitiveness and brutality towards hungry
men revealed in the caricature that precipitates the murder John Barton commits .
The episodeand in this respect it is one of many — still has power to move .
Page 298
In some respects , his simplest and most successful tragic novel is The Mayor of
Casterbridge . ... him far away from the tragic heroes of Shakespeare , and yet , in
one respect at any rate , it is Macbeth with whom we have to compare him .
In some respects , his simplest and most successful tragic novel is The Mayor of
Casterbridge . ... him far away from the tragic heroes of Shakespeare , and yet , in
one respect at any rate , it is Macbeth with whom we have to compare him .
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A novelist like Stevenson , for example , whose material is mainly such as we
usually consider romantic , in this respect conforms to the law of fanatical
scrupulosity no less than James or George Moore . Stevenson is a relevant figure
here , for ...
A novelist like Stevenson , for example , whose material is mainly such as we
usually consider romantic , in this respect conforms to the law of fanatical
scrupulosity no less than James or George Moore . Stevenson is a relevant figure
here , for ...
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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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