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... wrote this in Lope's mid - career ] ; and what is most wonderful of all that can be said on the subject , every one of them have I seen acted or heard of their being so from those that have seen them ; and though there have been many ...
... wrote this in Lope's mid - career ] ; and what is most wonderful of all that can be said on the subject , every one of them have I seen acted or heard of their being so from those that have seen them ; and though there have been many ...
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... wrote realistic novels and dramas . He probed into pockets of suffering , oppression , and brutality in such novels as Thérèse Raquin , L'Assommoir ( The Bludgeon ) , and Le Débâcle , and several plays . Some of the novels were adapted ...
... wrote realistic novels and dramas . He probed into pockets of suffering , oppression , and brutality in such novels as Thérèse Raquin , L'Assommoir ( The Bludgeon ) , and Le Débâcle , and several plays . Some of the novels were adapted ...
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... wrote the sprightliest comedies of manners since Sheridan , in such still popular plays as The Importance of Being Earnest , Lady Windermere's Fan , An Ideal Husband , and A Woman of No Importance . His one poetic tragedy , Salomé , so ...
... wrote the sprightliest comedies of manners since Sheridan , in such still popular plays as The Importance of Being Earnest , Lady Windermere's Fan , An Ideal Husband , and A Woman of No Importance . His one poetic tragedy , Salomé , so ...
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