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... respect at any rate , we feel , as we read it , that we are in a world sur- prisingly similar to that of much nineteenth - century Russian fiction . The novel opens in London — and it might almost as easily be Moscow or St Petersburg ...
... respect at any rate , we feel , as we read it , that we are in a world sur- prisingly similar to that of much nineteenth - century Russian fiction . The novel opens in London — and it might almost as easily be Moscow or St Petersburg ...
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... respect for moral excellence . Then the meaning changed somewhat ; the word was applied to people of ' good or fair social standing ' , with the moral qualities appropriate to this . A further shift of meaning THE EARLY VICTORIANS 135.
... respect for moral excellence . Then the meaning changed somewhat ; the word was applied to people of ' good or fair social standing ' , with the moral qualities appropriate to this . A further shift of meaning THE EARLY VICTORIANS 135.
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... respects , his simplest and most successful tragic novel is The Mayor of Casterbridge . Henchard is his grandest ... respect at any rate , it is Macbeth with whom we have to compare him . External nature fights against Henchard , but ...
... respects , his simplest and most successful tragic novel is The Mayor of Casterbridge . Henchard is his grandest ... respect at any rate , it is Macbeth with whom we have to compare him . External nature fights against Henchard , but ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 50 |
Copyright | |
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