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Page 165
... fiction . In one of them he argued , very convincingly to me , that the historical novel was the only one that the young author could hope to write with success . For he could not have sufficient experience of life to write of ...
... fiction . In one of them he argued , very convincingly to me , that the historical novel was the only one that the young author could hope to write with success . For he could not have sufficient experience of life to write of ...
Page 192
... fiction ) I found myself free forever from those pains and unhappy recollections . I put into it every- thing I then knew and having at last finished it pre- pared to make a fresh start . lü I was tired . I was tired not only of the ...
... fiction ) I found myself free forever from those pains and unhappy recollections . I put into it every- thing I then knew and having at last finished it pre- pared to make a fresh start . lü I was tired . I was tired not only of the ...
Page 216
... fiction . They had a news value . Their dis- advantage was that after a little while they were as unreadable as last week's paper . But the demand of this great new public for knowledge has of late given rise to the production of a ...
... fiction . They had a news value . Their dis- advantage was that after a little while they were as unreadable as last week's paper . But the demand of this great new public for knowledge has of late given rise to the production of a ...
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