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Page 75
... moral corruption arising out of the desperate boredom she feels behind her façade of gaiety and charm during her elderly husband's long years as an invalid . Niel discovers that she is having an affair with a wealthy friend of the ...
... moral corruption arising out of the desperate boredom she feels behind her façade of gaiety and charm during her elderly husband's long years as an invalid . Niel discovers that she is having an affair with a wealthy friend of the ...
Page 253
... moral judgments , whether directly or by implication , stands him in such good stead . Harris is a bad lot ; he trails unhappiness and disaster in his wake . And yet — perhaps Swan's is the final word on him : ' If we want to weigh the ...
... moral judgments , whether directly or by implication , stands him in such good stead . Harris is a bad lot ; he trails unhappiness and disaster in his wake . And yet — perhaps Swan's is the final word on him : ' If we want to weigh the ...
Page 330
... moral beauty . The theme , if one regards Frank Alpine as the centre of the novel , is the struggle for moral excellence , the wish to be good , though this is probably to over- simplify , for Malamud's characters are seen in a ...
... moral beauty . The theme , if one regards Frank Alpine as the centre of the novel , is the struggle for moral excellence , the wish to be good , though this is probably to over- simplify , for Malamud's characters are seen in a ...
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The Southern Novel Between the Wars | 108 |
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