The English Novel: A Short Critical HistoryA brilliant, critical history of the novel from Bunyan to Lawrence and Joyce. |
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... achievement as a novel , and much of it has undoubtedly been due to its " niceness , ” which allowed adults to put it in the hands of young people when Tom Jones was considered improper . As a novel , its faults are gross . The plot is ...
... achievement as a novel , and much of it has undoubtedly been due to its " niceness , ” which allowed adults to put it in the hands of young people when Tom Jones was considered improper . As a novel , its faults are gross . The plot is ...
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... achievement was the universal acceptance of the idea of respectability . It was a great achievement , no matter how dingy may be our present associations with the word- lace curtains , aspidistras , and a prudential self - regarding ...
... achievement was the universal acceptance of the idea of respectability . It was a great achievement , no matter how dingy may be our present associations with the word- lace curtains , aspidistras , and a prudential self - regarding ...
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... achievement , but not one by which we may adequately measure that of the Brontës , except perhaps that of Anne , with her study of the governess ' life in Agnes Grey and her portrait of a drunkard's degeneration in The Tenant of ...
... achievement , but not one by which we may adequately measure that of the Brontës , except perhaps that of Anne , with her study of the governess ' life in Agnes Grey and her portrait of a drunkard's degeneration in The Tenant of ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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