Specimens Of The Novelists And Romancers With Critical And Biographical Notices Of The Authors

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330698020
Total Pages : 438 pages
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Download or read book Specimens of the Novelists and Romancers written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Specimens of the Novelists and Romancers: With Critical and Biographical Notices of the Authors There is not a more common error than that of attaching undue importance to our own times; yet we surely hazard little in affirming, that, in works of fancy, this age fairly surpasses all others, or, if an exception must be made, can only be equalled by the age of Sidney and Spenser, Shakspeare and Ben Johnson. The important station which the Novel has of late years taken in English literature - a station which ignorance and prejudice had long denied it - has afforded free and honourable scope for the exertion of talents that might otherwise have lain dormant; and it is creditable to the literary character of the country, that among the many who may have been induced, by the unparalleled success of one 'mighty master, ' to follow his path, the greater part - instead of servilely tracing his footsteps, as has been by some insinuated - have marked out their own way, and relied on their own strength. The present volume may be considered as a consequence of that spirit, and those productions, which distinguish modern literature. When the market is full, the samples are many, says the proverb; and the nature of the samples will, of course, be more readily questioned than the necessity for producing them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.