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The Hero in Eclipse in Victorian Fiction

by Mario Praz, Angus Davidson. 482 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Mario Praz, Angus Davidson

Publisher:

   Geoffrey Cumberlege

Place of Publication:

  London  

Publication Year:

  1956
Subjects:   Art And Literature, English Fiction--19th Cent--History And Criticism, Romanticism--England, Middle Class--Great Britain
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