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The Ethical Tendency of the English Novel by Helen M. Harney, 1897

The Ethical Tendency of the English Novel by Helen M. Harney, 1897, Page 25

problems. They could not have been written in any age save this; while "She" and "A Gentleman of France" might almost equally have stepped out of some other country. I do not deny that the romantic temperament and the love for books of adventure will always live on; but I believe side by side with them, the taste for books of thought and ethical teaching will always increase, and in an accelerated ratio. I think men and women will be less and less content, like children with mere hearing of a story, they will demand from the novelist something that at the same time instructs and elevates them.
But where do I place Stevenson in this gallery of recent writers? Ah, Stevenson is -- Stevenson. A great artist - perhaps more of an artist than Meredith and Hardy, though less of a thinker - nevertheless, an artist
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problems. They could not have been written in any age save this; while "She" and "A Gentleman of France" might almost equally have stepped out of some other country. I do not deny that the romantic temperament and the love for books of adventure will always live on; but I believe side by side with them, the taste for books of thought and ethical teaching will always increase, and in an accelerated ratio. I think men and women will be less and less content, like children with mere hearing of a story, they will demand from the novelist something that at the same time instructs and elevates them. But where do I place Stevenson in this gallery of recent writers? Ah, Stevenson is -- Stevenson. A great artist - perhaps more of an artist than Meredith and Hardy, though less of a thinker - nevertheless, an artist 22.