“The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure.Quote by Carl Clinton Van DorenTopics: Quotes about Carl Clinton Van DorenShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power...#Carl Clinton Van Doren
Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in...#Carl Clinton Van Doren
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