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... written , or is thinking of writing . ) American first novels do at least show signs of trying hard , of energy and invention . Here for instance is the opening of one such , the late Richard Farina's Been Down So Long it Looks Like Up ...
... written , or is thinking of writing . ) American first novels do at least show signs of trying hard , of energy and invention . Here for instance is the opening of one such , the late Richard Farina's Been Down So Long it Looks Like Up ...
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... written usefully about the ' polite surprise ' that Jenkins is always displaying at some fresh manifestation of absurdity or unpredicta- bility in his surroundings ; for Powell , he writes , life is a series of small shocks to be met ...
... written usefully about the ' polite surprise ' that Jenkins is always displaying at some fresh manifestation of absurdity or unpredicta- bility in his surroundings ; for Powell , he writes , life is a series of small shocks to be met ...
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... writing Don Quixote again in exactly the same words . This story , as well as being an entertaining piece of fiction , is ... written by quite different - and improbable authors : ' Would not the attributing of The Imitation of Christ to ...
... writing Don Quixote again in exactly the same words . This story , as well as being an entertaining piece of fiction , is ... written by quite different - and improbable authors : ' Would not the attributing of The Imitation of Christ to ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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