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Page 77
... certainly on , and Gog is certainly to do with it , as a man seeks for his own identity from some mytho- logical tradition . For instance , I do not understand why every child in this country is not given Geoffrey of Monmouth's History ...
... certainly on , and Gog is certainly to do with it , as a man seeks for his own identity from some mytho- logical tradition . For instance , I do not understand why every child in this country is not given Geoffrey of Monmouth's History ...
Page 111
... certainly drenched with nostalgia and quite possibly disordered , of Charles Ryder . And Ryder is , un- fortunately , one of Waugh's least interesting characters : weak , sentimental , snobbish . Even such a devoted admirer of Waugh's ...
... certainly drenched with nostalgia and quite possibly disordered , of Charles Ryder . And Ryder is , un- fortunately , one of Waugh's least interesting characters : weak , sentimental , snobbish . Even such a devoted admirer of Waugh's ...
Page 204
... certainly do not share Doris Lessing's impatience with the established conventions of fiction . Thus , Margaret Drabble , in The Millstone , lets her heroine discover the manuscript of a novel that a supposedly loyal friend has been ...
... certainly do not share Doris Lessing's impatience with the established conventions of fiction . Thus , Margaret Drabble , in The Millstone , lets her heroine discover the manuscript of a novel that a supposedly loyal friend has been ...
Contents
Preface 74 | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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