Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical EssaysMacmillan, 1949 - 201 pages |
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Page 77
... Burney's reputation remained very high . In fact , no less a person than Jane Austen thought Camilla a masterpiece . To - day , it must be admitted , all this enthusiasm seems exag- gerated . Compared with the greatest novels , Fanny ...
... Burney's reputation remained very high . In fact , no less a person than Jane Austen thought Camilla a masterpiece . To - day , it must be admitted , all this enthusiasm seems exag- gerated . Compared with the greatest novels , Fanny ...
Page 82
... Burney's comes as a welcome relief . Moreover - it was her outstanding talent she was extremely observant of the surface of existence . Fanny Burney can bring to life not only her central figures but the whole world they live in . To ...
... Burney's comes as a welcome relief . Moreover - it was her outstanding talent she was extremely observant of the surface of existence . Fanny Burney can bring to life not only her central figures but the whole world they live in . To ...
Page 95
... Burney was not an artist , she was not even an efficient craftsman ; she approached her work without ... Burney's influence stop there . The feminisation of the Fielding type of novel was to prove a momentous step in the ...
... Burney was not an artist , she was not even an efficient craftsman ; she approached her work without ... Burney's influence stop there . The feminisation of the Fielding type of novel was to prove a momentous step in the ...
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