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The first chapter , in other words , establishes the mood of the whole . But among other things , Bleak House is also about Lady Dedlock , who hides a love - starved heart under a mask of aristocratic boredom , and as Robert Liddell has ...
The first chapter , in other words , establishes the mood of the whole . But among other things , Bleak House is also about Lady Dedlock , who hides a love - starved heart under a mask of aristocratic boredom , and as Robert Liddell has ...
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On what principle is the selection of thoughts , sense impressions , and associations that must stand for the whole flow of mental activity , to be made ? It is impossible , with Pilgrimage , to speak of structure or form at all .
On what principle is the selection of thoughts , sense impressions , and associations that must stand for the whole flow of mental activity , to be made ? It is impossible , with Pilgrimage , to speak of structure or form at all .
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Whether it is a whole or a magnificent ruin I do not yet know , but it seems important to note that the more arduous one's attempts to come to a decision the greater the novel appears . The difficulty lies in its complexity .
Whether it is a whole or a magnificent ruin I do not yet know , but it seems important to note that the more arduous one's attempts to come to a decision the greater the novel appears . The difficulty lies in its complexity .
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Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
Copyright | |
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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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