Religious and Moral Ideas in the Novels of George EliotUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1963 - 398 pages |
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... character , the intellectual region in which he lived and for " setting forth briefly and vividly the man's inward and outward struggles , aims and achievements , so as to make clear the meaning which his experience has for his fellows ...
... character , the intellectual region in which he lived and for " setting forth briefly and vividly the man's inward and outward struggles , aims and achievements , so as to make clear the meaning which his experience has for his fellows ...
Page 96
... characters of churchmen for the ex- pression of deep - seated beliefs . George Eliot presents churchmen in all her novels ex- cept in Silas Marner and Romola . In Silas Marner she makes use of a minor character , Dolly Winthrop , to ...
... characters of churchmen for the ex- pression of deep - seated beliefs . George Eliot presents churchmen in all her novels ex- cept in Silas Marner and Romola . In Silas Marner she makes use of a minor character , Dolly Winthrop , to ...
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... character . The final picture that emerges from the novel is that of a foolish , ignorant girl who out of her vain hopes and silly dreams spins for herself a web of folly that closes round her like a " rancorous poisoned garment ...
... character . The final picture that emerges from the novel is that of a foolish , ignorant girl who out of her vain hopes and silly dreams spins for herself a web of folly that closes round her like a " rancorous poisoned garment ...
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