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Article: An Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Fiction: Raising the Novel.(Brief Article)
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- The Modern Language Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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An Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Fiction: Raising the Novel. By JOHN SKINNER. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave. 2001. xi + 317 pp. 16.99 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-333-77625-9.
In his preface to An Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Fiction, John Skinner suggests his book will be beneficial not only to those students who have not yet read their set eighteenth-century texts, but also 'to those who never will'. This is an unduly modest claim. Skinner has written a concise, intelligent, and engaging introduction for undergraduates, which should motivate all but the most uninterested to read the eighteenth-century novels that he recommends.
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