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... respect either his source of strength or his weak- nesses . Unless a towering genius , like Dickens , or a being possessed , like Emily Brontë , he was never truly braced for action . What he did was too easy , and the result is plain ...
... respect either his source of strength or his weak- nesses . Unless a towering genius , like Dickens , or a being possessed , like Emily Brontë , he was never truly braced for action . What he did was too easy , and the result is plain ...
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... respects , his simplest and most successful tragic novel is The Mayor of Casterbridge . Henchard is his grandest hero as Tess is his most moving heroine , and much of Henchard's tragic greatness ... respect at any THE LATER VICTORIANS 253.
... respects , his simplest and most successful tragic novel is The Mayor of Casterbridge . Henchard is his grandest hero as Tess is his most moving heroine , and much of Henchard's tragic greatness ... respect at any THE LATER VICTORIANS 253.
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A Short Critical History Walter Allen. and yet , speare ; in one respect at any rate , it is Macbeth with whom we ... respects his counterpart , his actual double , was floating as if dead in Ten Hatches Hole . To match the first for ...
A Short Critical History Walter Allen. and yet , speare ; in one respect at any rate , it is Macbeth with whom we ... respects his counterpart , his actual double , was floating as if dead in Ten Hatches Hole . To match the first for ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
Copyright | |
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