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1 This emotional fixation on the " good woman , " for all it was the “ bad ” that aroused his creative energy , had another result , especially apparent in Vanity Fair , in the character of Becky . Becky is one of the most completely ...
1 This emotional fixation on the " good woman , " for all it was the “ bad ” that aroused his creative energy , had another result , especially apparent in Vanity Fair , in the character of Becky . Becky is one of the most completely ...
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Nothing much is left of Reade , but at least two novels , The Woman in White ( 1860 ) and The Moonstone ( 1868 ) , keep Collins's memory sweet . Both novelists were working at the opposite pole of manner and intention to Trollope ...
Nothing much is left of Reade , but at least two novels , The Woman in White ( 1860 ) and The Moonstone ( 1868 ) , keep Collins's memory sweet . Both novelists were working at the opposite pole of manner and intention to Trollope ...
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affects Armadale ( 1866 ) , which is generally considered his best book after The Woman in White and The Moonstone , for Armadale is an exercise in pure melodrama based on the notion of doom . Collins presents us with all the facts of ...
affects Armadale ( 1866 ) , which is generally considered his best book after The Woman in White and The Moonstone , for Armadale is an exercise in pure melodrama based on the notion of doom . Collins presents us with all the facts 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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