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Page 16
... characters the less they can be reduced to ' bold out- lines ' . And the organization of a character is conditioned by every- thing in the novel . Hardy's characters , for instance , are simple enough ; there is nothing particularly ...
... characters the less they can be reduced to ' bold out- lines ' . And the organization of a character is conditioned by every- thing in the novel . Hardy's characters , for instance , are simple enough ; there is nothing particularly ...
Page 98
... characters and their immediate environments . Character and environment are im- pregnated each with the other . To some extent environment is , as it were , humanized ; and the character himself is as he is because of the environment ...
... characters and their immediate environments . Character and environment are im- pregnated each with the other . To some extent environment is , as it were , humanized ; and the character himself is as he is because of the environment ...
Page 168
... characters as Pecksniff , Squeers , Chadband , Silas Wegg , were to be characters of savage comedy ; but something happened to them in the process of creation . Humour softens them ; it is as though Dickens has forgotten the full extent ...
... characters as Pecksniff , Squeers , Chadband , Silas Wegg , were to be characters of savage comedy ; but something happened to them in the process of creation . Humour softens them ; it is as though Dickens has forgotten the full extent ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
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