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... reality , the reality of life shaped by the forces of history , or the reality of work , of traditional skills and professions . These realities give them reality . And what is remarkable is that only in very rare instances are they ...
... reality , the reality of life shaped by the forces of history , or the reality of work , of traditional skills and professions . These realities give them reality . And what is remarkable is that only in very rare instances are they ...
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... reality ; in Wuthering Heights death is not an end but a liberation of the spirit , and in the world of Wuthering ... reality of Fielding's characters , or Jane Austen's , Thackeray's , Trollope's , or Arnold Bennett's , might be called ...
... reality ; in Wuthering Heights death is not an end but a liberation of the spirit , and in the world of Wuthering ... reality of Fielding's characters , or Jane Austen's , Thackeray's , Trollope's , or Arnold Bennett's , might be called ...
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... reality , and their reality is young , vibrant . Weir of Hermiston strikes us as a fragment of epic . We know that the Lord Justice - Clerk was based on the eighteenth - century Lord Justice - Clerk Braxfield . Stevenson's Lord Justice ...
... reality , and their reality is young , vibrant . Weir of Hermiston strikes us as a fragment of epic . We know that the Lord Justice - Clerk was based on the eighteenth - century Lord Justice - Clerk Braxfield . Stevenson's Lord Justice ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
Copyright | |
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