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Page 107
... woman , Lady Delacour , who , so long as she is allowed to remain alive , is one of the great achievements in English fiction . It is scarcely possible to praise her too highly , this brilliant society woman in whom tragedy , in the ...
... woman , Lady Delacour , who , so long as she is allowed to remain alive , is one of the great achievements in English fiction . It is scarcely possible to praise her too highly , this brilliant society woman in whom tragedy , in the ...
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... woman's self - esteem . It is a fantasy with obvious affinities with the Cinderella story : the man stoops down , as it were , from a great height . But it goes a step beyond the Cinderella story in sophistication . The woman triumphs ...
... woman's self - esteem . It is a fantasy with obvious affinities with the Cinderella story : the man stoops down , as it were , from a great height . But it goes a step beyond the Cinderella story in sophistication . The woman triumphs ...
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... Woman in White and The Moonstone represent an almost miracu- lous balance between the novel of mechanical plot and the novel of character . They satisfy completely as detective novels , but the exi- gencies of detection are not allowed ...
... Woman in White and The Moonstone represent an almost miracu- lous balance between the novel of mechanical plot and the novel of character . They satisfy completely as detective novels , but the exi- gencies of detection are not allowed ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
Copyright | |
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