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Cambridge Studies In Nineteenth-Century Literature And Culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2024

Daniel Williams
Daniel Williams
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Bard College, New York
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The Art of Uncertainty
Probable Realism and the Victorian Novel
 , pp. 325 - 332
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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