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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Four little letters
When did bad language first find its way into novels? For most of its history, the novel - despite being the genre of everyday life - has been peculiarly decorous about its oaths and exclamations. Characters in The Canterbury Tales are allowed to use ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Book Details
- Nederlandse Boeken
- Others 287 Pages
- ISBN-10: 9020400185
- ISBN-13: 9789020400182
- Pub date: Jan 01, 1986
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Joking aside
No wonder the TV version of Lucky Jim found it so hard to catch its comedy. The novel's humour depends upon the difference between what its protagonist, Jim Dixon, would like to say, and what he does say. One of its great set-pieces, Dixon's disastro ... (read full critics)