The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts, Volumes 1-4William Rose Benét |
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... novel by Anthony Trollope , one of his Chronicles of Barsetshire . See BARSETSHIRE . Last Days of Pompeii , The . A historical novel by BULWER LYTTON ( 1834 ) . The hero , Glaucus , is a noble young Athenian , in love with the beautiful ...
... novel by Anthony Trollope , one of his Chronicles of Barsetshire . See BARSETSHIRE . Last Days of Pompeii , The . A historical novel by BULWER LYTTON ( 1834 ) . The hero , Glaucus , is a noble young Athenian , in love with the beautiful ...
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... novels the experiences of Adelaide's offspring and their children are followed in some detail . Of these novels the following are probably the best known : L'Assommoir ( The Dram Shop ; 1877 ) . This novel first brought Zola his ...
... novels the experiences of Adelaide's offspring and their children are followed in some detail . Of these novels the following are probably the best known : L'Assommoir ( The Dram Shop ; 1877 ) . This novel first brought Zola his ...
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... novel , The Devil is a Lonely Man ( 1946 ) . Waynflete , Lady Cicely . Heroine of Shaw's comedy CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CON- VERSION . Way of All Flesh , The . A novel by Samuel BUTLER , published posthumously in 1903. The hero , Ernest ...
... novel , The Devil is a Lonely Man ( 1946 ) . Waynflete , Lady Cicely . Heroine of Shaw's comedy CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CON- VERSION . Way of All Flesh , The . A novel by Samuel BUTLER , published posthumously in 1903. The hero , Ernest ...
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