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action adventure Alton Locke aroused artistic assertion Bulwer Cædmon century character Charles Kingsley Charles Reade Charlotte Bronté claim complete Daniel Deronda demands depict drama Dumas emotion England English novel epic evolution excellence expression external fact fiction Goethe Greek hero Hester Prynne historical novel ideal illustrate important individual influence intense interest Jane Austen Jane Eyre king later less lives Mediæval ment method Middle Ages mind modern novel motive never notion novel of personal Novel of Problem novel of purpose novel seems novelist novels of Charles passed pastoral picture poetic poetry portrayal present Pride and Prejudice prose purpose-novels questions record reform romance romantic novel romanticism Scarlet Letter Scott and Dumas social spirit stage story suggestion symbol tale tendency theory things thought tion to-day true truth Turgénieff Uncle Tom's Cabin unreal utterance Vicar of Wakefield Walter Scott wanderer Werther writing written