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... offer us , since most prophecies are also gloomy . Beyond that , I feel too much a part of the situation I have described to be able to see very far beyond it . An Appendix on the Short Story THE short story is BEYOND FICTION 213.
... offer us , since most prophecies are also gloomy . Beyond that , I feel too much a part of the situation I have described to be able to see very far beyond it . An Appendix on the Short Story THE short story is BEYOND FICTION 213.
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... short fiction seem constrained to adopt . Whether it represents an accurate rendering of the thought pro- cesses of ... short stories ; still one must insist on his extreme AN APPENDIX ON THE SHORT STORY 217.
... short fiction seem constrained to adopt . Whether it represents an accurate rendering of the thought pro- cesses of ... short stories ; still one must insist on his extreme AN APPENDIX ON THE SHORT STORY 217.
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... short - story formula to compensate for the thinness of her material . At least I enjoyed considerably the title story of Justice Hunger , which is in fact a short novel of 140 pages . It tells the story of a love affair that doesn't ...
... short - story formula to compensate for the thinness of her material . At least I enjoyed considerably the title story of Justice Hunger , which is in fact a short novel of 140 pages . It tells the story of a love affair that doesn't ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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