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... described . Perhaps charactery was never anything more than a literary exercise , but its relation to the novel is obvious . The first magnificent fruit of its marriage with reality , however , is seen in works of history , especially ...
... described . Perhaps charactery was never anything more than a literary exercise , but its relation to the novel is obvious . The first magnificent fruit of its marriage with reality , however , is seen in works of history , especially ...
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... described so vividly that , even when read today , they get under the skin . They remain true , and pathetically right ; and here Locke stands out as the prototype of the class - conscious characters , their minds rankling with pride ...
... described so vividly that , even when read today , they get under the skin . They remain true , and pathetically right ; and here Locke stands out as the prototype of the class - conscious characters , their minds rankling with pride ...
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... described . Yet , like Scott , she gained from the fact that the world she described was a finished one . Since it was finished , it was static . It could therefore be described completely ; and in the solidity and comprehensiveness ...
... described . Yet , like Scott , she gained from the fact that the world she described was a finished one . Since it was finished , it was static . It could therefore be described completely ; and in the solidity and comprehensiveness ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 50 |
Copyright | |
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