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It was still impossible to interest the public in the lower classes . Novels and plays that dealt with them were very generally considered sor- did . It will be curious to see if now that these classes have acquired political power the ...
It was still impossible to interest the public in the lower classes . Novels and plays that dealt with them were very generally considered sor- did . It will be curious to see if now that these classes have acquired political power the ...
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It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the persons whom the playwright introduces at the be- ginning of his play so firmly that if the interest is then switched off to other persons who enter upon ...
It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the persons whom the playwright introduces at the be- ginning of his play so firmly that if the interest is then switched off to other persons who enter upon ...
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It is a line to direct the reader's interest . That is possibly the most important thing in fiction , for it is by direction of interest that the author carries the reader along from page to page and it is by direction of interest that ...
It is a line to direct the reader's interest . That is possibly the most important thing in fiction , for it is by direction of interest that the author carries the reader along from page to page and it is by direction of interest that ...
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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