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Page 134
... Eliot , move , with immense deftness , onwards and upwards through one area of society after another . We start with Eliot as a young man in a provincial town in the twenties , then follow him to the Inns of Court in London , to the ...
... Eliot , move , with immense deftness , onwards and upwards through one area of society after another . We start with Eliot as a young man in a provincial town in the twenties , then follow him to the Inns of Court in London , to the ...
Page 141
... Eliot , a Gentile and something of a social outsider , is so completely accepted by an aristocratic and clannish Jewish family that he is able to be present at their most intimate family discussions . * There is one scene in this novel ...
... Eliot , a Gentile and something of a social outsider , is so completely accepted by an aristocratic and clannish Jewish family that he is able to be present at their most intimate family discussions . * There is one scene in this novel ...
Page 144
... Eliot's brother , Martin , joins the pro- Howard faction , and Eliot himself is brought in as a legal adviser . In the end justice is done to Howard , though only in a strictly technical sense , and no - one ends up with much sense of ...
... Eliot's brother , Martin , joins the pro- Howard faction , and Eliot himself is brought in as a legal adviser . In the end justice is done to Howard , though only in a strictly technical sense , and no - one ends up with much sense of ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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