Word: novels
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...study of any novel of Hawthorne, Thackeray or George Eliot with special reference either to the treatment of the plot or to the methods of characterization or to both...
Their time is poor and they shoot slowly, while their recover is apt to be too fast. They are also rowing at present in rather a listless way. A rather novel feature which is used by all the class crews is a large looking-glass, which makes it easier for the men to realize their faults...
...gave an account of one of Poushkin's most characteristic creations-a novel in verse: "Eugene Oneguin,"-with an interesting sketch of the literary aspect presented by Russian society of the first decade of our century. The chief chacteristic of Poushkin's lyric poetry was harmoniousness and many sidedness. Equally excellent, said the speaker, was the poet in picturing human sorrow or human joy. One never goes without the other, and, to express the poet's complexity, the lecturer characterizes it as "pouring rain with brilliant sunshine." He endeavored to give his hearers an impression of Poushkin's language...
...Prisoner of Zenda" successful as a dramatization of Anthony Hope's novel...
...issue of Mrs. Deland's "Philip and His Wife" in the Riverside Paper Series has given a fresh lease to this remarkable novel. It has already reached the twelfth thousand...