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The free spirit : a study of liberal humanism in the novels of George Eliot, Henry James, E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf [and] Angus Wilson.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cox, Brian, 1928-2008
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London, New York : Oxford University Press, 1963.
Subjects:	English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Humanism.

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