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Elizabeth Jenkins , in her admirable study of the novelist , comments on this : “ The scene in Lady Booby's house . . . where Beau Didapper steals to Mrs. Slipslop's bed in mistake for Fanny's , and Parson Adams , hearing a scream ...
Elizabeth Jenkins , in her admirable study of the novelist , comments on this : “ The scene in Lady Booby's house . . . where Beau Didapper steals to Mrs. Slipslop's bed in mistake for Fanny's , and Parson Adams , hearing a scream ...
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There are great scenes , the greatesti [ the account of Waterloo , the Waterloo of the civilian hangers - on of the ... a wonderful ease of narration , E a wonderful ability to make rapid transitions from scene en to contrasted scene .
There are great scenes , the greatesti [ the account of Waterloo , the Waterloo of the civilian hangers - on of the ... a wonderful ease of narration , E a wonderful ability to make rapid transitions from scene en to contrasted scene .
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Another example is the scene in Women in Love in which Birkin throws stones into the pool to shatter the image of the moon. Symbolism of this kind cannot be paraphrased; it can only be experienced. It is probably the rarest kind of ...
Another example is the scene in Women in Love in which Birkin throws stones into the pool to shatter the image of the moon. Symbolism of this kind cannot be paraphrased; it can only be experienced. It is probably the rarest kind of ...
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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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