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... story writer is bound to see the world in a certain way , not merely because of our customary atmosphere of crisis , but because the form of the short story tends to filter down ex- perience to the prime elements of defeat and ...
... story writer is bound to see the world in a certain way , not merely because of our customary atmosphere of crisis , but because the form of the short story tends to filter down ex- perience to the prime elements of defeat and ...
Page 217
... story by Paul Bowles a somewhat confused maniac devises a scheme for inserting packets of poisoned gum in the vending machines on subway stations . But he bungles the scheme and is left with all the poisoned gum on his hands ; the story ...
... story by Paul Bowles a somewhat confused maniac devises a scheme for inserting packets of poisoned gum in the vending machines on subway stations . But he bungles the scheme and is left with all the poisoned gum on his hands ; the story ...
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... story formula to compensate for the thinness of her material . At least I enjoyed considerably the title story of Justice Hunger , which is in fact a short novel of 140 pages . It tells the story of a love affair that doesn't come to ...
... story formula to compensate for the thinness of her material . At least I enjoyed considerably the title story of Justice Hunger , which is in fact a short novel of 140 pages . It tells the story of a love affair that doesn't come to ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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