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It was during this period that the English began to acquire the habit of reading , in
the absence of which the writing of novels is scarcely conceivable . The
Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature lists one hundred and fifty prose
tales ...
It was during this period that the English began to acquire the habit of reading , in
the absence of which the writing of novels is scarcely conceivable . The
Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature lists one hundred and fifty prose
tales ...
Page 113
It is scarcely possible to praise her too highly , this brilliant society woman in
whom tragedy , in the shape of what she thinks to be cancer of the breast , gnaws
continually . “ Abroad she appeared all life , spirit , and good humor - at home ...
It is scarcely possible to praise her too highly , this brilliant society woman in
whom tragedy , in the shape of what she thinks to be cancer of the breast , gnaws
continually . “ Abroad she appeared all life , spirit , and good humor - at home ...
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This can scarcely be questioned when one remembers the characters of the
novel , those sharp , scathing sketches of the money - conscious , the Veneerings
, Podsnap , Fledgeby , the Lammles . Any account of Dickens is inadequate .
This can scarcely be questioned when one remembers the characters of the
novel , those sharp , scathing sketches of the money - conscious , the Veneerings
, Podsnap , Fledgeby , the Lammles . Any account of Dickens is inadequate .
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Contents
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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