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Page 52
... later may in fact be no influence at all , in the sense that the later writer's work would have been in some way different had he not known his for- bear's , but rather a relation between affinities . In the physical sciences it has ...
... later may in fact be no influence at all , in the sense that the later writer's work would have been in some way different had he not known his for- bear's , but rather a relation between affinities . In the physical sciences it has ...
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... later novels . They were a necessary structure for him . Dickens was not a realistic novelist : his one attempt at something that may be called realistic , David Copperfield , is marvellous but a failure : ' He begins ' , as Chesterton ...
... later novels . They were a necessary structure for him . Dickens was not a realistic novelist : his one attempt at something that may be called realistic , David Copperfield , is marvellous but a failure : ' He begins ' , as Chesterton ...
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... later . Astringency grew in him , and the early Barset books would be the better for more than they possess . But The Warden is merely the gateway to Barsetshire , and his full powers are not seen until later in the series . The note of ...
... later . Astringency grew in him , and the early Barset books would be the better for more than they possess . But The Warden is merely the gateway to Barsetshire , and his full powers are not seen until later in the series . The note of ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
Copyright | |
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