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There are no norms or shared values in the Human Condition ; man is basically alone , living in a problematical relation with his fellow men , and at odds with society and his physical environment . The author cannot merely accept life ...
There are no norms or shared values in the Human Condition ; man is basically alone , living in a problematical relation with his fellow men , and at odds with society and his physical environment . The author cannot merely accept life ...
Page 98
A little later in V. we are introduced to Fergus Mixolydian , reputedly the laziest living being in New York , who has a special switch to turn his television set off , worked by electrodes fixed to his arm , which operates when he ...
A little later in V. we are introduced to Fergus Mixolydian , reputedly the laziest living being in New York , who has a special switch to turn his television set off , worked by electrodes fixed to his arm , which operates when he ...
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... source of renewed hope and affirmation in living ' and ' a sadly needed testimony to the endurance of the human spirit ' . ' And all this , Bernard reflected with amusement , proceeded from an irrational preoccupation with evil that ...
... source of renewed hope and affirmation in living ' and ' a sadly needed testimony to the endurance of the human spirit ' . ' And all this , Bernard reflected with amusement , proceeded from an irrational preoccupation with evil that ...
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Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Situation of the Novel |
| Author | Bernard Bergonzi |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1970 |
| ISBN | 0822932148, 9780822932147 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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