Two Centuries of the English Novel |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 42
Page 29
... secondary novels were a dead letter ; and there can be no doubt that he was right . But Defoe succeeded in writing one tale which is not only one of the great and notable books of the world , but , perhaps , the DANIEL DEFOE 29.
... secondary novels were a dead letter ; and there can be no doubt that he was right . But Defoe succeeded in writing one tale which is not only one of the great and notable books of the world , but , perhaps , the DANIEL DEFOE 29.
Page 33
... letters was with the pamphlet . To write books or pamph- lets to reach only the few was never a part of Defoe's schemes . His aim was to write in such a way that the interest of the ordinary man in the work - a - day world should be ...
... letters was with the pamphlet . To write books or pamph- lets to reach only the few was never a part of Defoe's schemes . His aim was to write in such a way that the interest of the ordinary man in the work - a - day world should be ...
Page 37
... women took him into their confidence , and explained their love affairs to him . He wrote model love - letters for them , and , thus early , began to pry into the secrets of the feminine mind . The quiet SAMUEL RICHARDSON 37.
... women took him into their confidence , and explained their love affairs to him . He wrote model love - letters for them , and , thus early , began to pry into the secrets of the feminine mind . The quiet SAMUEL RICHARDSON 37.
Page 39
... letter - writing for the use of the lower - middle class , Richardson threw himself with enthusiasm into a task which was exactly suited to his tastes and proclivities . His book of pattern letters became something more than a mere ...
... letter - writing for the use of the lower - middle class , Richardson threw himself with enthusiasm into a task which was exactly suited to his tastes and proclivities . His book of pattern letters became something more than a mere ...
Page 40
... letters from a beautiful young damsel to her parents . Now first published in order to cultivate the principles of virtue and religion in the minds of the youth of both sexes . " And there is more to the same effect ; but further ...
... letters from a beautiful young damsel to her parents . Now first published in order to cultivate the principles of virtue and religion in the minds of the youth of both sexes . " And there is more to the same effect ; but further ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adam Bede admiration adventure appeared artistic belong CHAPTER character characterisation Charlotte Brontë Clarissa colour comedy commonplace criticism Daniel Defoe Defoe Defoe's Dickens eighteenth century emotion English novel faculty fame faults feel fiction Fielding Fielding's genius George Eliot George Meredith gift Hardy Hardy's Henry Henry Fielding human nature humour imagination insight interest Jane Austen Jane Eyre Jones Joseph Andrews lady letters literary literature living manner matter ment method mind Miss Austen narrative never novelist ordinary Pamela passion pathos picaresque romance Pickwick Papers picture poetry prose prose-fiction readers realistic Richard Feverel Richardson Robinson Crusoe satire scene Scott sense sentiment shows sisters sketches Smollett spirit Sterne Sterne's story style sympathy tale tells temperament Thackeray Thackeray's things Thomas Hardy thought tion Tom Jones Tristram Shandy true truth Waverley Novels whole woman words writing written wrote young
Popular passages
Page 52 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 98 - That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements, and feelings, and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me.
Page 65 - I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated.
Page 63 - I'll not hurt thee," says my Uncle Toby, rising from his chair, and going across the room with the fly in his hand. " I'll not hurt a hair of thy head. Go," says he, liftin<* up the sash, and opening his hand as he spoke to let it escape.
Page 99 - It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Page 153 - No more firing was heard at Brussels — the pursuit rolled miles away. Darkness came down on the field and city : and Amelia was praying for George, who was lying on his face, dead, with a bullet through his heart.
Page 52 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Page 115 - Her form was exquisitely symmetrical, and was shown to advantage by a sort of Eastern dress, which she wore according to the fashion of the females of her nation. Her turban of yellow silk suited well with the darkness of her complexion. The brilliancy of her eyes, the superb arch of her eyebrows, her well-formed aquiline nose, her teeth as white as pearl...
Page 1 - To telle yow al the condicioun Of ech of hem, so as it semed me, And whiche they weren, and of what degree; 40 And eek in what array that they were inne: And at a knight than wol I first biginne.
Page 99 - My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of matrimony in his parish; secondly, that I am convinced it will add very greatly to my happiness; and, thirdly, which perhaps I ought to have mentioned earlier, that it is the particular advice and recommendation of the very noble lady whom I have the honour of calling patroness.