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... novel and play on which he based his scenario - Dumas fils ' La Dame aux Camélias describes a somewhat earlier social period and records a liaison between the young novelist and a famous Parisian demi- mondaine , the ill - fated Marie ...
... novel and play on which he based his scenario - Dumas fils ' La Dame aux Camélias describes a somewhat earlier social period and records a liaison between the young novelist and a famous Parisian demi- mondaine , the ill - fated Marie ...
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... novels that Elizabeth praised and that often disturbed and baffled me , Pastors and Masters , Men and Wives and ... novel's lack of form , and by the stylistic mannerisms and conventions from which the novelist rarely managed to ...
... novels that Elizabeth praised and that often disturbed and baffled me , Pastors and Masters , Men and Wives and ... novel's lack of form , and by the stylistic mannerisms and conventions from which the novelist rarely managed to ...
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... novel that came out in 1964 , and ' Ivy Gripped the Steps ' , an admirable long short story , written during the War ... novels ; and some , in- deed , evoke a complete landscape that soon grows much more real to us than the ...
... novel that came out in 1964 , and ' Ivy Gripped the Steps ' , an admirable long short story , written during the War ... novels ; and some , in- deed , evoke a complete landscape that soon grows much more real to us than the ...
Contents
PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
Copyright | |
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