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But we feel , of Mrs. Towwouse , Parson Trulliber ( the finest of them all , after " Adams himself ) , Mrs. Slipslop , and the rest , that they would be capable of surprising us if they were given the opportunity .
But we feel , of Mrs. Towwouse , Parson Trulliber ( the finest of them all , after " Adams himself ) , Mrs. Slipslop , and the rest , that they would be capable of surprising us if they were given the opportunity .
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But even then the background of scenery exists to feed Emily's sensibility ; it is material for her feeling . ... From this point of view , The Mysteries of Udolpho may be considered as a machine for making the reader feel similar ...
But even then the background of scenery exists to feed Emily's sensibility ; it is material for her feeling . ... From this point of view , The Mysteries of Udolpho may be considered as a machine for making the reader feel similar ...
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everyone in the novel who meets her feels it , and so does the reader . ... She could not , one feels , forgive sexual passion . ... for goodness conscious of itself is surely the most treacherous quality a human being can feel ...
everyone in the novel who meets her feels it , and so does the reader . ... She could not , one feels , forgive sexual passion . ... for goodness conscious of itself is surely the most treacherous quality a human being can feel ...
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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 Volume 9 of A Dutton paperback Part 9 of Dutton everyman paperback The English Novel: A Short Critical History, Walter Ernest Allen |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1954 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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