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1584. Mrs. Radcliffe has merely set her action in a past conveniently remote; her
characters are of her own time, and she has made no attempt to "get up" her
period or seek accuracy of detail. But these are minor matters. She placed her
story, ...
1584. Mrs. Radcliffe has merely set her action in a past conveniently remote; her
characters are of her own time, and she has made no attempt to "get up" her
period or seek accuracy of detail. But these are minor matters. She placed her
story, ...
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were not those of Dostoevski or Tolstoi; yet in spite of the genuineness of his
affinity with Dickens, Dostoevski, with \ his tremendous subject matter of man in
relation to God, is plainly using the novel with a depth of seriousness quite*'"
beyond ...
were not those of Dostoevski or Tolstoi; yet in spite of the genuineness of his
affinity with Dickens, Dostoevski, with \ his tremendous subject matter of man in
relation to God, is plainly using the novel with a depth of seriousness quite*'"
beyond ...
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"The root of the whole matter," he said, "is that a novel is not a transcript of life, to
be judged by its exactitude; but a simplification of some side or point of life, to
stand or fall by its significant simplicity." With this James had no difficulty in
agreeing ...
"The root of the whole matter," he said, "is that a novel is not a transcript of life, to
be judged by its exactitude; but a simplification of some side or point of life, to
stand or fall by its significant simplicity." With this James had no difficulty in
agreeing ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History A Dutton paperback Part 9 of Dutton everyman paperback |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1955 |
| Length | 454 pages |
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