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Page 46
... attempt at compulsion is to be made on her , is abducted by Lovelace . She loves him ; or would love him if only he ... attempts on her chastity , which she indignantly repulses . At last , he rapes her while drugged . After that ...
... attempt at compulsion is to be made on her , is abducted by Lovelace . She loves him ; or would love him if only he ... attempts on her chastity , which she indignantly repulses . At last , he rapes her while drugged . After that ...
Page 99
... attempt to ' get up ' her period or seek accuracy of detail . But these are minor matters . She placed her story , a thriller , in a situation in time where it could appear to be not improbable . And her handling of the story is ...
... attempt to ' get up ' her period or seek accuracy of detail . But these are minor matters . She placed her story , a thriller , in a situation in time where it could appear to be not improbable . And her handling of the story is ...
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... attempt to combine the novel of fashion with that of Godwin . An index of its modish success is the fact that it is ... attempts at heightened narrative , at a bastard poetry , in fact . They seem grotesquely inflated THE EARLY ...
... attempt to combine the novel of fashion with that of Godwin . An index of its modish success is the fact that it is ... attempts at heightened narrative , at a bastard poetry , in fact . They seem grotesquely inflated THE EARLY ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
Copyright | |
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