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... appeared , sufficient to give one some idea both of the extent of Powell's achievement and of its limitations . Since the work is one continuous novel , Powell's custom of publishing a fresh volume every two years , although there may ...
... appeared , sufficient to give one some idea both of the extent of Powell's achievement and of its limitations . Since the work is one continuous novel , Powell's custom of publishing a fresh volume every two years , although there may ...
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... appearance , and Sherman Winter and his degenerate friends misbehave in the bedrooms of Varden Hall be- cause it was ... appeared in abundance between 1870 and * New York Review of Books , 23 February 1965 . 1914 , and which have been ...
... appearance , and Sherman Winter and his degenerate friends misbehave in the bedrooms of Varden Hall be- cause it was ... appeared in abundance between 1870 and * New York Review of Books , 23 February 1965 . 1914 , and which have been ...
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... appeared in 1931 , and a work that is surpassed only by the very best of Waugh and Powell . One would like to think ... appearance Lucky Jim was assumed to inherit the comic manner of the early Waugh ; but some readers also related it to ...
... appeared in 1931 , and a work that is surpassed only by the very best of Waugh and Powell . One would like to think ... appearance Lucky Jim was assumed to inherit the comic manner of the early Waugh ; but some readers also related it to ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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