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Page 196
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
said in ...
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
said in ...
Page 418
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 . There is
selection , but ...
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 . There is
selection , but ...
Page 424
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 . It is a bewildering
...
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 . It is a bewildering
...
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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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