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Page 168
... cannot forget that the epoch described is still pre - Victorian ; Lytton is out to shock , and at times , when the underworld is being exposed , the point of view and the tone , when allowance is made 168 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
... cannot forget that the epoch described is still pre - Victorian ; Lytton is out to shock , and at times , when the underworld is being exposed , the point of view and the tone , when allowance is made 168 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
Page 298
... described as doing . This almost animal impercipience removes him far away from the tragic heroes of Shakespeare , and yet , in one respect at any rate , it is Macbeth with whom we have to compare him . External nature fights against ...
... described as doing . This almost animal impercipience removes him far away from the tragic heroes of Shakespeare , and yet , in one respect at any rate , it is Macbeth with whom we have to compare him . External nature fights against ...
Page 364
... collaborated with Conrad and was greatly indebted to him in his own fiction , has described their common attitude towards the novel in Return to Yesterday : We used to say that a Subject must be seized 364 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
... collaborated with Conrad and was greatly indebted to him in his own fiction , has described their common attitude towards the novel in Return to Yesterday : We used to say that a Subject must be seized 364 THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
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THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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