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... father by leaving him out . Lawrence's spokesman , the narrator , Cyril , is a middle - class young man , whose father is scarcely present at all : he dies half - way through the book , a bad lot who has deserted his wife and children ...
... father by leaving him out . Lawrence's spokesman , the narrator , Cyril , is a middle - class young man , whose father is scarcely present at all : he dies half - way through the book , a bad lot who has deserted his wife and children ...
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... father , a doctor , and of the Indians and guides his father works among . The first story of the sequence , ' Indian Camp ' , is typical and sets the note of the whole . Nick's father takes him to an Indian camp where a woman is in ...
... father , a doctor , and of the Indians and guides his father works among . The first story of the sequence , ' Indian Camp ' , is typical and sets the note of the whole . Nick's father takes him to an Indian camp where a woman is in ...
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... father , Major Buchan . Major Buchan is a feudal landowner - Buchan of Pleasant Hill —who refers to his neighbours by the names of their plantations , Carter of Ravensworth , Carey of Vaucluse . His life is ruled by cere- mony ; manners ...
... father , Major Buchan . Major Buchan is a feudal landowner - Buchan of Pleasant Hill —who refers to his neighbours by the names of their plantations , Carter of Ravensworth , Carey of Vaucluse . His life is ruled by cere- mony ; manners ...
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The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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