A Complete Manual of English Literature
A Complete Manual of English Literature
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The immense colonial possessions of Great Britain, and particularly her colossal empire in the East, combined with the passion for travelling so strongly manifested in the nation, have created in our literature a class of works which may be considered as forming almost a separate department of fiction. These are novels which have for their aim the delineation of the manners and scenery of distant countries ; and as among these works the Oriental are naturally the most splendid and prominent, we... shall take throe which seem the most favorable specimens of this subdivision. They are different from each other in form, in tone, and in scope, but are equally distinguished for their cleverness and individuality. Of these Oriental novels, then, we select, as the most striking examples, The History of the Caliph Vathek, by WILLIAM BECKFORD (1759-1844) ; the romance of Anastasius, by THOMAS HOPE (about 1770-1831) ; and the inimitable Hajji Baba of JAMES MORIER (d. 1849). The first { these fictions was as wild, strange, and dreamily magnificent_as the character and biography of its author a man almost as rich, as splendidly luxurious, and as coldly meditative as the Comte de Monte- Christo, in ^umas's popular story.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The immense colonial possessions of Great Britain, and particularly her colossal empire in the East, combined with the passion for travelling so strongly manifested in the nation, have created in our literature a class of works which may be considered as forming almost a separate department of fiction. These are novels which have for their aim the delineation of the manners and scenery of distant countries ; and as among these works the Oriental are naturally the most splendid and prominent, we... shall take throe which seem the most favorable specimens of this subdivision. They are different from each other in form, in tone, and in scope, but are equally distinguished for their cleverness and individuality. Of these Oriental novels, then, we select, as the most striking examples, The History of the Caliph Vathek, by WILLIAM BECKFORD (1759-1844) ; the romance of Anastasius, by THOMAS HOPE (about 1770-1831) ; and the inimitable Hajji Baba of JAMES MORIER (d. 1849). The first { these fictions was as wild, strange, and dreamily magnificent_as the character and biography of its author a man almost as rich, as splendidly luxurious, and as coldly meditative as the Comte de Monte- Christo, in ^umas's popular story.
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