The English Novel: A Short Critical HistoryA brilliant, critical history of the novel from Bunyan to Lawrence and Joyce. |
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Page 189
... person in my station , Master Copperfield ! Father and me was both brought up at a foundation school for boys ; and mother , she was likewise brought up at a public , sort of charitable establishment . They taught us a deal of umbleness ...
... person in my station , Master Copperfield ! Father and me was both brought up at a foundation school for boys ; and mother , she was likewise brought up at a public , sort of charitable establishment . They taught us a deal of umbleness ...
Page 355
... person invented by a novelist , but it may also mean a per- son distinguished by odd behavior , an eccentric . We ... persons THE NOVEL FROM 1881 TO 1914 355.
... person invented by a novelist , but it may also mean a per- son distinguished by odd behavior , an eccentric . We ... persons THE NOVEL FROM 1881 TO 1914 355.
Page 356
... persons as eccentric persons ; the two meanings constantly overlap . The French , however , rarely see their characters as " characters . " The difference between the two attitudes might be put like this : the English novelists tend to ...
... persons as eccentric persons ; the two meanings constantly overlap . The French , however , rarely see their characters as " characters . " The difference between the two attitudes might be put like this : the English novelists tend to ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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