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Page 161
... novel I wrote was called Liza of Lambeth . It was accepted by the first publisher to whom I sent it . For some time Fisher Unwin had been bringing out in what he called The Pseudonym Series a number of short novels which had attracted a ...
... novel I wrote was called Liza of Lambeth . It was accepted by the first publisher to whom I sent it . For some time Fisher Unwin had been bringing out in what he called The Pseudonym Series a number of short novels which had attracted a ...
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... novel towards the end of his career , when thought and the vicissitudes of his own life have brought him knowledge of the world , and when , having for years explored the personalities of people around him , he has acquired an intuition ...
... novel towards the end of his career , when thought and the vicissitudes of his own life have brought him knowledge of the world , and when , having for years explored the personalities of people around him , he has acquired an intuition ...
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... novel . But it is evident that while its vogue lasted it seemed much more significant and so offered a better subject of discourse than the novel of character or adventure . The intelligent critics , the more serious novel readers ...
... novel . But it is evident that while its vogue lasted it seemed much more significant and so offered a better subject of discourse than the novel of character or adventure . The intelligent critics , the more serious novel readers ...
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