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... Afternoon Men , where the syntax conveys the sense of experience fragmented into countless disparate units , with only the most tenuous connection between them ( the scene is an afternoon drink- ing club ) : Atwater did not answer . He ...
... Afternoon Men , where the syntax conveys the sense of experience fragmented into countless disparate units , with only the most tenuous connection between them ( the scene is an afternoon drink- ing club ) : Atwater did not answer . He ...
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... Afternoon Men appeared in 1931 , and a work that is surpassed only by the very best of Waugh and Powell . One would like to think that it will retain its appeal , just as their early books have , even when its sociological implications ...
... Afternoon Men appeared in 1931 , and a work that is surpassed only by the very best of Waugh and Powell . One would like to think that it will retain its appeal , just as their early books have , even when its sociological implications ...
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... Afternoon Men , Duckworth , 1931 ; A Question of Upbringing , The Acceptance World , Casanova's Chinese Restaurant , Heinemann , 1951 , 1955 , 1960. Thomas Pynchon , V. , The Crying of Lot 49 , Cape , 1963 , 1967. Alain Robbe - Grillet ...
... Afternoon Men , Duckworth , 1931 ; A Question of Upbringing , The Acceptance World , Casanova's Chinese Restaurant , Heinemann , 1951 , 1955 , 1960. Thomas Pynchon , V. , The Crying of Lot 49 , Cape , 1963 , 1967. Alain Robbe - Grillet ...
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Preface 74 | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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