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... early exponent of true fictional realism . It can hardly be denied that in a few decades the novel underwent an astonishing technical development , and this development in fact involved more than mere technique , since new areas of ...
... early exponent of true fictional realism . It can hardly be denied that in a few decades the novel underwent an astonishing technical development , and this development in fact involved more than mere technique , since new areas of ...
Page 97
... early part of his novel , especially in the scenes dealing with Benny Profane , an amiable layabout looking for work in New York , and his friends , who are known as the Whole Sick Crew . Some of these episodes , such as the one in ...
... early part of his novel , especially in the scenes dealing with Benny Profane , an amiable layabout looking for work in New York , and his friends , who are known as the Whole Sick Crew . Some of these episodes , such as the one in ...
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... early books have , even when its sociological implications , of which so much was made in the fifties , have dwindled into a historical footnote . On its first appearance Lucky Jim was assumed to inherit the comic manner of the early ...
... early books have , even when its sociological implications , of which so much was made in the fifties , have dwindled into a historical footnote . On its first appearance Lucky Jim was assumed to inherit the comic manner of the early ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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