The common reader, p.33
The Common Reader,
p.33
Writers and Writing, escaping the present, 40; & the reader, 52, 259; period & perspective, 53; ‘not writing’, 94; writing: slightly ridiculous in a girl, 108; the writer’s psychology, 132; the famous, & the great, 217; writing & education, 218; Gissing on writing, 224; writers: seldom great artists, 261; & biography, 263
Yeobright, Clym (fictional), Hardy’s character, 251
Young, Dolly, & Fanny Burney, 108
Zelmane (fictional), Arcadian character, 45, 46, 48
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