Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2Hurst and Blackett, 1858 |
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... , and in the opinion of many her best , fiction- " The Italian " -for which she was paid by a publisher the yet greater amount of £ 800 , Although Mrs. Radcliffe lived for more than a quarter of 2 NOVELS AND NOVELISTS .
... , and in the opinion of many her best , fiction- " The Italian " -for which she was paid by a publisher the yet greater amount of £ 800 , Although Mrs. Radcliffe lived for more than a quarter of 2 NOVELS AND NOVELISTS .
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... fictions , find them prolix , improbable , and wearisome , and ' speaking as they find ' they utter their emphatic condem ... fiction of any pretensions to excellence , -truthful , graphic , attractive description of scenery ! Read the ...
... fictions , find them prolix , improbable , and wearisome , and ' speaking as they find ' they utter their emphatic condem ... fiction of any pretensions to excellence , -truthful , graphic , attractive description of scenery ! Read the ...
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... fiction published before Mrs. Radcliffe's time , is there such a piece of description as the above ? And who cannot recognise her peculiar touches of the brush in almost all the best novels of a subsequent date - in Scott's , Bul- wer's ...
... fiction published before Mrs. Radcliffe's time , is there such a piece of description as the above ? And who cannot recognise her peculiar touches of the brush in almost all the best novels of a subsequent date - in Scott's , Bul- wer's ...
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... fiction . Literature that did not savour of the cant of sectarianism had now become sinful . It was reported a new novel was about to proceed from her pen , and the rumour filled her with consternation . She wrote to Mrs. Fry ...
... fiction . Literature that did not savour of the cant of sectarianism had now become sinful . It was reported a new novel was about to proceed from her pen , and the rumour filled her with consternation . She wrote to Mrs. Fry ...
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... fiction . To fulfil his part of the contract Sir Walter dashed off within two years " Peveril of the Peak , " " Quen- tin Durward , " " St Ronan's Well , " and " Redgauntlet . ' " By that time , " says his son - in - law , " the new ...
... fiction . To fulfil his part of the contract Sir Walter dashed off within two years " Peveril of the Peak , " " Quen- tin Durward , " " St Ronan's Well , " and " Redgauntlet . ' " By that time , " says his son - in - law , " the new ...
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Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2 John Cordy Jeaffreson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2 John Cordy Jeaffreson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
Novels and Novelists, from Elizabeth to Victoria, Հատոր 2 John Cordy Jeaffreson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
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