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THE NINETEENTH CENTURY : THE FIRST GENERA31 TION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
107 153 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . THE EARLY VICTORIANS . . . . . 5 . THE LATER
VICTORIANS . . . . . 6 . THE NOVEL FROM 1881 TO 1914 . . . 7 . 1914 AND
AFTER .
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY : THE FIRST GENERA31 TION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
107 153 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . THE EARLY VICTORIANS . . . . . 5 . THE LATER
VICTORIANS . . . . . 6 . THE NOVEL FROM 1881 TO 1914 . . . 7 . 1914 AND
AFTER .
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One is that , caught between Sir Willoughby and her egregious but most
entertaining father , an egoist who somehow escapes all the penalties of egoism ,
Clara is in an intolerable posi - ' tion . Then , and more important since it causes
her ...
One is that , caught between Sir Willoughby and her egregious but most
entertaining father , an egoist who somehow escapes all the penalties of egoism ,
Clara is in an intolerable posi - ' tion . Then , and more important since it causes
her ...
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Mc ition story . tion . The novel is conceived on a much smaller scale than
anything in Dickens , but Dickens himself created no surer character than Mr .
Polly . He is in many ways the hero of a fairy story , but a hero he is , and has his
moment ...
Mc ition story . tion . The novel is conceived on a much smaller scale than
anything in Dickens , but Dickens himself created no surer character than Mr .
Polly . He is in many ways the hero of a fairy story , but a hero he is , and has his
moment ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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