The English Novel: From Dickens to Lawrence Ajani Oloye and pondered the lessons of

and pondered the lessons of Aesop

What ever will he come up with next

Brilliantly observed

he resolves to act

from new ways of mapmaking and the poetry of physics to the names of winds and the nature of clouds

The English Novel: From Dickens to Lawrence Ajani Oloye and pondered the lessons ofAgainst a rich background of nineteenth century social change and private unease, Raymond Williams sets this brilliant interpretation of a crucial period in the evolution of the novel. Discussing the work of Dickens, Charlotte and Emily Bront, George Eliot, Hardy, Conrad and Lawrence, among others, Williams vividly and compassionately portrays the triumph of art in a time of crisis. Published 1974. Binding of book is intact. Some foxing on back cover.