The National Review, Volume 19W.H. Allen, 1892 - English literature |
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Page 163
... novels . This gentleman's soul goes back , no doubt , in longing and despair to the heart of Babylon and the brain of Gath . But if he looks for a modern nation that does not cultivate the novel , he must , I am afraid , go far afield ...
... novels . This gentleman's soul goes back , no doubt , in longing and despair to the heart of Babylon and the brain of Gath . But if he looks for a modern nation that does not cultivate the novel , he must , I am afraid , go far afield ...
Page 164
... novel seemed about to sweep everything before it , the wave subsided and almost disappeared . For nearly forty years , only one novel of the very highest class was produced in England ; and it might well seem as though prose fiction ...
... novel seemed about to sweep everything before it , the wave subsided and almost disappeared . For nearly forty years , only one novel of the very highest class was produced in England ; and it might well seem as though prose fiction ...
Page 611
... novel with a purpose , Uncle Tom was a wonderfully readable novel . The mere possession of a purpose does not , by itself , make a novel a consummate work of art : so far I do not mind going - I can even conceive such a thing as a dull ...
... novel with a purpose , Uncle Tom was a wonderfully readable novel . The mere possession of a purpose does not , by itself , make a novel a consummate work of art : so far I do not mind going - I can even conceive such a thing as a dull ...
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