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... possible , lives on shore as though he were still on his ship . His house is a garrison , the company sleep in hammocks , watches are kept , guns fired to welcome guests aboard . Women are not allowed on the premises after dark : the ...
... possible , lives on shore as though he were still on his ship . His house is a garrison , the company sleep in hammocks , watches are kept , guns fired to welcome guests aboard . Women are not allowed on the premises after dark : the ...
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... possible . His first novel , Vivian Grey , published in 1826 , , when its author was only twenty - two , was a prophetic work . The theme is the incursion into politics of a young and brilliant adventurer just out of his teens whose ...
... possible . His first novel , Vivian Grey , published in 1826 , , when its author was only twenty - two , was a prophetic work . The theme is the incursion into politics of a young and brilliant adventurer just out of his teens whose ...
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... possible , and also it gave Bennett the strength and assuredness that comes from a writer's knowledge that he is working with the sanction of an established tradition behind him . Bennett at his best , in Anna of the Five Towns ( 1902 ) ...
... possible , and also it gave Bennett the strength and assuredness that comes from a writer's knowledge that he is working with the sanction of an established tradition behind him . Bennett at his best , in Anna of the Five Towns ( 1902 ) ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 50 |
Copyright | |
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