THE GREA’ cronor rior wnsny santes JOSEPH CONRAD F,R.LEAVIS PENGUIN BOOKSnom mars, Oe sad sng tate nd ‘departs rece ear amin a herent. Tecan ek, aT fn think nog Be ale roy, front ‘Srl and hn leit athe Lod it hard hard ark fone ral gripe th aw ination ~ too oye ‘Sordi fo otf Uitod id fo the oe of “iaghty God og thogh me = end rao fl fod Se One ast eo sry li, ob mat Tf {hak of ny dur Sa Lees nh ition hee hed, "mer, te, am dnc chon i ? To Brat Coleg, 4 Peary 113 “eet 9f De Laurent 1 THE GREAT TRADITION ‘mot dagmatially but deliberately...” sesh Pre Stake “Tu gest lsh novel ne Jane Austen, George Hl Henry Jamen and Jeph Conrad ~ i sop for the moment at tht apart sae pont in ior. Since Jane Auten, fr special ‘eon, acodeto be sued conakeabe length, I contin y= {elf in this bok to helt thee Ces hve found me narrow, ‘nd bave no doube that ay opening prepasen, whatever I ms fay to explains tify, board in reinforcement of ‘heir rere t pases a fae (nite of the primed evidence) that pronounce Milton ngligble, dines 'the Romans’ se hold th ince Doone, there ir no port we need bute bout ‘sept Hopkins and lis. The view, 1 suppose, wil be as ont ‘deny steoted to me tat, ence Jane Ausen, George Ebot, Tes and Conrad, hee ae no novelts ia English worth ending "The only way to exespe minepresetation is never 0 commit nese to any ered jgernont that makes a impact ~ that, ‘eve tay anything Tl weer, think thatthe bet way 0 reno protable discon eae lear pose with one faut whit oe ses and judge, toty and enablish the exe ‘il dsrnnations in he give eld of tere, and fo tate them st clesty sone can for dimgrerent if soar). And mcm to ma that in the ld of lon some shllenging dcriminations iareey mache head oo and en mh i Som ee ene ET aor int Cae Seen tern eter greee a a tie Cte Vege ae Se ee acne ae cae ce Nerve bens Seite Se eaten nono esp See tin tae coated ats Pel er aeecoerny one ee ae ane as oe heey BOS SS Se in atin Gale Se Se ee tatiatat ae ee te ee a pe ce wcngrant sins Cane ee ee mete eee oe nee eee peer her ae se ly tg ar oe ears Cee ers nee a rata en wy heb nt ey et Se eae fe peatn a tae eee ee ees ye oan Sree sein Siena ara ae 2 aS $a lal oon ie eee Sepa er eee ae See ee eae oe Soreness Seca Se bs} nse oa the pr-ennent few i thie way not tobe infer. nto radon; dhe contrary, tithe way towards understand {ng whet waitin Train’ of course, ea tern with many foros ~ and cen vey il tall. There hat vada of suggesting tht tee fa tation of the English Novel an that tllthat an be sudo the waitin (at engi peel) est “the Eaglsh Novel” canbe anything you lie." diatinguish the sage rowel in the prt proposed to forn amore wf ides tf tation (nd to seegnize thatthe conventionally established ‘ew of the pst of Fog Sesion neds to be desl revise), Fein term of the major novelist, the sgifeant inthe wy suggested tha tation, in ny svious pens, has ts igifcance "To be import historically sno, of enue, to he ecewarly eneof thespian fem, Fisding dence the place ofimportance [Geen hi inthe trary histren but be au’ tein of cae Aisinson we re alo invited wo credit him wth He important ‘ot beaut he leads to MJB. Prietey but bessse heea 0 Jane Austen to appreciate whos tines st el tha i i long enough to fermi of one's giving much tne to Fling or sy to Me Piety ‘Feldog ade Jae Aten pase by opening the cnt trae on of English Sion. a fo say that de Els aovel began Serene Seaay succes "Roca Reman hh SSESCE cephalad wi oe Seok Soeceiicemness ‘Santer he whoa quay of tne ef Eas cd Re iSeice teens Spiros ated Penta [xyannie with him sas eaoeable ar such propositions ever are. He Dleted the work eps by the ator an the Spectator, nthe pages ‘fwhih wesc the deans trrngint th nvel~tha his develop. ‘ment should occur byway of jalan bringin the tral course of tings. 'To the arte presenting character and mes ear in ‘hat schoo (he himsel, tere he became novels, wos both playwright and periodical saya) e joined nara abit the ‘str of which easel inieatd by his own pre, ‘comic «pie in pos’ That the eighteens centary, whith hadn't much ley reing to choos fom, bot had much Kur, sould ave found Tom fons esharating no sures nor lt at Sect, snd Coleridge, should be been ale to gve tat wor superatng Praise. Standards are formed in compat, snd what opp tes hd they for that? But the conventional talk about the prfct ‘hat. The mond substance of George Blt theze is ubtiaed Into something ging withthe value fumes sts on “igh ei tien’: her study of eonscience as dippeared. A charting snd inselige gir determined tive aly eonfidently exercise ‘hee ec scab” (Me Winter's phase and Gicovers hat sheis capable of daurtroun rslaton (thf ot surprising, ‘eng et only how oenperienced she hut how much an afl of ineslicneses, overtones and ie sades the or of ie fourge she moves i) It a tgody in which for her, neither Femore i ivolved no, nthe rina sen the pil pow ‘oF eoscence, though bo doubt her ethic seciity’ ase, Ang the line vealed by the contrat berween te two novels ‘Tues develops an aco unlike George Elis tht, bt fo the fact (whieh seems to ave ecaped notice) af the rlation of Te Portal ofa Lady to Denial Dena, i woul, argument being neces, ‘ave been dieu tosrgue all convincinsy that there was the infant relation beween the aol, And I had beer iit that Tam nat concerned texts indebtedness, What I have in rind the fact ofthe prea ation and the sparies f the 0 {eat aorelss above the ruck of Gael and'Trllope and Mere- Aid, Of he cari novels iewas Geng lit line if we exept the minor relevance of Jane Austes) howe work ha adit and sigicat bering on his ow problem. Ifa this bearing becaue the ara grt novelist, and besa i har maorest irk she Indie wih uneecedeated sbletyandcenemert the personal ‘elitions of sophisticated characters eating the ‘cilietion the et sotey', and uted, In 0 dog, a ein peng station corresponding tthe fneas of ber peychlogil fd mec insight Her rol setiouness as for Tames. ery far from + dagualifenion, i qualfed her for'n hind of Inusnce Uae nether Faere nor the aad Turgeer could Circumstances discussed shove made James geaisry depen ent on lteature he eontat with George Eliot's datietve ind of geataes was comapendingly important for i Ie sgn fant that Moa de Mews (187), the esl tory in which he ‘es eomethng Uke the theme of The Potratof «Lay, hs 8 vrordy quality premositary one ea hep fing) the eibweb Vines that aficed him Ins lte phar, We ent doubt tt George Hit counts for someting inthe incopy sapere comctteness of The Portrait of a Lay. In tat back, in Sacer, Te Bertin, hie ats rot cones and east abject the weknes tenant en his sublet. ts sot ety tiveness hat isin queen, but he ration between te otal srlass, “We eannot tempt trac’ eye Mr Van Wyck Brosks In The Piimage of Henry Yonen, the staising development tf creative fly which i the soure of «daze yen tans ‘ended the sige ploemakar'ear of The meray the factions Teeabeoiouris of Rado Hadon, and rendered elf opble of the arene Beauty of The Porta of Lady, the atery surance of The Bozonian, the mature preston of Washington Sure? Itismore than a gus tha, nat development Garge Eiot had some prt. “Tat reader i key to comment, T suppose onthe deere in ‘whic ny treatment of Fame is tken op wth dicusing hi ni tations and the eretbl arpect af hie ater Seveeprgat. Since Ls onvenanTy OF YORK Lioeanyit wl lo be noted that, of my three novelty, he, in terms of space, gts eat tenting be enced tht cores ing rl valuation i lid. I bad then, pesape Ste sty thie there is no such relation intended between valstion and length of treatment. I wil not, however, deny tht ofthe tice, Jens seems tome to give decidedly ost ase for sation ‘ed quliftion, He iy ll he sme, one of the great Hirose ‘tation of sophisticated haman consciousness ae ofthe cased ‘cestive achievements add somethings nly geniss an. And ‘hen be i a is bes hat something i wen to bo ett aman figniiance. He erets an idl cvieed sensi ss hunny ‘spable of communicating by the net shades ef flexion and ‘mplicton:a nunoe may engage a whole enmpex orl estaemy ‘nd the perceptive response be the iader ofan vlton of ‘ic, Even Te iard Ag is which he etree developed tublety of treatment i ota remote ax one wold wi rr te hypertrophy that Sinlly overcame hin nem to me 4s a 20 ther work can we End anything He tht stnising~ in 0 ‘stoning a meant nscenul = ac of suphisined “society” Sloss. Ti considering James's de ats, a fact, ie not ey to sy Just where the incest of the aia att fra iat the ntrest ‘ofthe cascal ase’ Bu it seems to mie obvious that the “one bacomesin ome paces baring the pin of uareadalenee Yet there ia tact conspiracy to adie rome af the work tha al, pay at any rate (lls, one must eoolude, fr the adiers ‘who ts explanatory comment on them) unde this destin AA ee ib auc reason why an ae to promote 8 ds ‘spprcition of James’ genius sould give x god deal fdsein= ‘tory attention tothe tendencies tty as they ceveop, tara va sublet into combing ee ‘When we come o Cored we ce hy way of nstig that he it indeed signal “athe tradition ~in snd of nest nd sone elusive relate him any one English novel. Rete, we have tormres his foreignace~ tat he was «Poly whee fist othe (28) ‘ThE GREAT TRADITION language was French Tremember remaking to André Chevllon how surpzsing a choie twas on Conrad’ pat owrite ia English, ‘specially scing he mas play astudest of the French master. And remember the reply, ode tat twas al irri ing, since Conrad's work couldn't have been writen in French IM. Chovllon, with the authority of erect bling, went en to xpi infers ofthe ebarcterinofthe to langage hy ithad to be Engh. Conrad's themes and interests etsadd the ‘onereteness and action ~ the dame energy ~ of Engl We night go further and say dat Conrad eho to wie hie novels in Engl fr the rezns tt led him to bacome Dish Misr Marine, amt, in aking this pet, concarrng nthe eps gener ally Ini on the Prose Latrete af the Merchant Service, Whit ‘eds tobe stressed i the great novi, Cones get nove they deat withthe ea tall deal with oly iil, the “Meschane Service efor hi both a spit fct ane» spiral ‘symbol and the interests dt rade te for him control an ani sehisart everywhere. Here, then, we have ama of the Enc Tunguage, who cove it for fs datntve qualities sad becuse of the moral edition asocited witht and whose concern with a= he being ike Jane Austen and George Eliot and Hay Tames on innovator in form’ and method ~ isthe servant ofa ptfoundly serous intestine. To us oar peaking of ssh ave ot "Te pte Cord Jone ok fa Cin wf sn ire Kin Ee ty id hn ae he inh enfoc, Cra tan Wel si pir ee et ‘Maran tn cop Tera eeein he ado, a repent by hw tree ae ot led nto eb puro sees wy of th Lie Sin be outs rade ro oti br wo el ‘ost inperans ton ht fonds srs eons intagiy and thee wring pt rests. eden om gh isnt en rn bec ay of ee wich nls er non Aad Faso fee ins we the thy ef ems ‘igecamttne pf se taten ngage ce ‘stig teal soph he oy tipped ere fond ring ster amy wom he ue mae Ihe Toei adage ae ee lca ses Cine ed ene pean ‘pian fe xing)" Day oper Bs hwo woah ed of ee fe ‘phen, Dens As {ptt nny Seo ts Cra nein eect Disa at et 6 ‘efron och aos Dek sant cbeseredy then te Lanon of Ts ret dg hse te ‘erat mare he at eth iy we ISP MU Fran (om hoe ed the eae opts Pooh og the nk Snel sneer te inna ef te ‘erty ben taal nto Cnr Tis copeees ot ‘tvs infec wih anton sages at Deke ay tv ome rere in Con nat thn ens a ak "7 FS me Probable: it suggests that Dickens may have enswraged the development in Conrad’ ar of tht energy of vison ad veyit tion im which they are aki (When people soy that Dicken ctaggerat’ ays Sartayamy, "it sums fo me tht they can bare so eyesand nc es, They probsbly ave oly nsion of what hogs td people a; they aoept chem conven their dp ‘mati va) We may sestonably, to fo the sume wy ae se ‘Dickensian infuencein Conrad's se of loam or what would ave been melodrama in Dickeas; fora Conrad the ead tie ‘Sgnlene of profusdl serio ind, “The reson fr not nelading Dicken in the ine of great novel inti plc n this tp, The Lind of greatness in question hes ben wfc defined. ‘That Dickens was ret gefor and ‘a pean ong the cass i certain Butte penis ws that ofa great eet, sad he bad for test pst no pro Sounder tespocsibity asa erestive art than this description suggests, Prasng him magaicendy in «very fie ctu San ‘aya, inconsudng, sp: TneveryEngt-epeaking hows athe fur quarters ofthe globe, parents and ehlden would do al to send Dicken aloud cf x wie’ evening? This nee tg aad ‘ipnifeant The adulk rind deste as rule find in Dickens 4 shalleage tan unusual and stained seousnes. Tex think of ‘aly one of his boo in which hin ditnctive ceatve gens ‘onrolled throughout ta wnifying and organizing sgncaos, and hat is Hard Tier, which scems, beste of it arsoaness ‘sd compartvely sal wal, to fave exaped reception for the est hig itis, Conrad views on 8 aspperng to have cag ‘sates, would have been iatreatings he was quliled ea ave ‘wten an =p appreciation, cha ind ofprfction at a wok of at that we dont assis ith Dickens ~a pereton tation withthe tine’ and om plot sziousnes for which cong hs redaction ite nique ‘Thongh in length it male «good sized modern nove it isan 2 sal se fr Dickens: leaves no oom for he uaa tepetire eS Bed fa91overdoing and ose ncusvenes, Tes laa that eet no temptae ‘ba to thse, he waa too urenty eased by it themes: the tenes were (cori te tghly Ko In thet variety and too ‘cmmanding. Cetin ley characte of Victrim Giation 1d deny come are to im wi overbeling fore, rbodied fn concrete maniitatons tat suggested to bist eoexios snd tipiances he Bad ever ried so fly before ‘The table eset; the smbolic and representative vols ae iestable and, {aicenly pain atone, itech abvletesastheacion develops ‘stully ints convincing historia way. In Gradgrnd und Bounderby ve hae, f spcat elation, ‘oo epens of Viren Utlteranim Im Grading is aero ‘eed devoutly eld enn if pellet (asthe nae conve) not Stoll respectable; bat wear shown Graded onthe ost Intimate and uneealerms wih Josiah Boundeby, in whom we Buve the gree and crates, the most tery wap eis, {nd the ow blstent throng and bling, to which a peiod of “ugged individual” gave scope. Graded ia fat aris Mie daughter to Bounderby. Ye be i eprseted ara Bnd of James ‘Milan intellects wh ves hlden, on tors, anedation ‘hat remind sina ery Signin way of te Aubry ofthe {younger Ml, And itis hardly posible to question the juste of {as vson a he tendeney of James Mile kind of Utara, s0 ‘Mind in it oesiddnes, o unaware of ts Bet and is lindas. "The generoe uncalelting spontinety, the warm fw of Lie towards which Gradgrindery, practical end intellectual, must be Dowie syle by Slat Horeiding. "The chines in symbol significance of Had Tse a om adequately sogasted by this acount. The prose is that of ene of the green masters of Englah, andthe dalogu ~ very ch a {estan such a underthng =e Gnaureat bea tara ‘fe sinaon, Bat there i only one Hard Toei the Dickensian "Though the grates of Hard Tine passed unsosced, Dickens ‘coun’ al oavea wie nlucace, We have emacked is pres Iso) nce in The Seret Agent, ei there agai, in amine way, in ‘Genego, come of ex sellout caracteriation: at fe there in Henry Joes, moet patently, perhaps, in The Prine CCasonasina, but tostimporsmy i Roderick Hadon’ Te is ‘here ance or, and even more intresting, in D. Hz Lawrence, In Tie Last Gir. Te ironic humour, and the presentation in ene in the Sst pare ofthat ook beara lar elon to the Bile, but are enmparably more mitre, nd belong 1 = total eos sgnfieance. Take the opportunity, hs point, to reat parently, that, whore Dion's pretacn ne been canfered by time, i saute otervise with ha "T is usual’ sje Sentyans, to fnigere Diskens with Thackeray, which slike comparing the [rape with he gooseberry there ar obvious points resemblance, athe goueberry hse uperior quate of 04: ut Fou ‘arene red wine fe Te ssems to me hat Thackeray’ places funy enmoph indicted, even if his pela quality ian preciely (dined; by inverting a pate I found the other day onan exe ination popers Tralee Teer Thackeray.” Thackeray i seater Trellope; that oe has (part from some social istry) fovhing to ofer the reader whove demand goes beyond the "Creag of character” and oon, His tudes, and the eset lance ofits, eo iid tht (Bough, ofcourse, he pro> ‘isin nd poe) for the reader a rerly ater of ging ‘and onj nothing has ben done by the cee to justify the space then = exept of ure tat Une has een led (which ees 0 ‘eal chat even some academic rie demand ofa novel) Ill be fa enoogh to Thackeray if Vaniy Fai kept current a, ix Ininor way, 2 cle: he conventional etna cat puts him ong the ret welt andthe touch of etn. The kin of (Bing that Thackeray io credited with is done at amature level by Tamers rend, Howard Stig in Bekhanbr, nove shout ‘Ednacdin sce tn with an appropeateness not always ob- served a tht seri, incladed in The World's Cas), 1 Seep tye, Gea‘THE GREAT TRADITION ‘To came acto Cored and is sr gaye nope of hee eT yarnc ime discton mee i tl bn ee ese pny ive onthe va. rec hme f Shand Wel ond Alou Hux, bet eat ge ere of he changing spt cote 2 De} TREES i seed bythe mont com, lect th sete Sees ara comzucve wish of atin ot pclae wien concise She ofthe dnt aman al ev et ene urs ol aoa outer wii on 20 oF cobra, iRise Crave cane fe Seer hed a owe ou is baa, We me 9 en ont hor te pblem var oto eae Tem oad fm heli, uch the cm Bl ome afer wes aig, whic on out cous {ta the ey wth wc he senders Bis Evite a ee frtarg watt of omeing He dation se cy aout to who the aetna who Sei yt sme, Corad erste a hho he nay of howe wren in wm se ena he Zoe (eva 0 BE sa ey yy of Wels and Shaw Cored wots No ee eat eee rastericewhicyaong oer ng ree inl eomaa ca thee prsepeons mae Sem ek prefect lel of peurpation than thse seeder to vente Cat in Mr Arr Keser) Jou ipad noe, Drs af Nao, we have the werk of 3 Settee ae gta tothe ngung who ows sd THR Conn peoly te Conrad of Natron and Under Wear Boe er Sncampualy costar han Hedy end ese ee Setar tae tn George Bt. pes aan fies esas thy ve both feed tow among the gest are Sod ty ate bth mupooed to be piso AOE SU ew hve ote ured tat Lik acer on (xl azz sen nt rer dead te od lite Thomas Hardy has seared a if — iS Pas of te @ Usb sch a APR inde isa singular charm’ This concedes by maton tees bro cn be conceded — ules we ea selon mene Stat canoe ae sbi, cn na sng ann Cay se itremiecanaht poe Sead ern er Sent Srertnen aceon itv fie aera ae cus ofthe burean situation’. As for Mere needa Sie Melittaininiauanieaa ‘secesay demalton-wark dae cane Dae th ears Tein te ec rent chs Rag” Come 0 Pa pee i Fe A as ed Ot a es faten Eling cop “sy. Ie ils ec ast erable iets at cane oy cece Inaiou it mpeteth @ e eekge ae Galration? Thre i, Im eooinced, one: D-H. Lawrence, Law: Tee eke Engl langue, war the geet en of eur te ( Tees the ages simatic pz, follwing Carat), It would Be ‘Biel soporte the novelist of fr consideration, but i was in ‘eau that he commited moet othe hades and most so iS cestive labour and he wa, 2 noel the repesentatie {Feat and signin develpmen He ng, be ha ehows con. ‘ode, tne pone on wing ves wit the Kind of ‘character ca ey panclogy thatthe eueventinal ested reader Stee ae pprecate ~ novels tht demanded no una avo He might i genius had thn In soting oe er ame tant than i the way in which, alter the 1 ene nd cs ete of Sen and Las gv 8 Fre and devotes htc! to he eiauting tot of working ve pecans the developments, tt asthe highly cossout ra italigentwreatof ile hes 0 be acosay, Writing £0 Feel Geen a the wosk tha waco become Wanen in Love be caesar een rom Sou nd Les writen in aneter [fine ance T hall be sory if you don ie tbat am pe MOR chant wie inthe src manners Sn and Loner niin tha ards lent tle fl of versaton and presente “Deserbing ot ngsh what bes trying to do bes “You mnt ok in olf eo eile ao ff cart ree Ether ee scrtng 0 wb ction te nial 0 dae etme pose ag, mt ee lop state wich ene tn any wv ben edt carci, inet ces he mame ce vaialy unchanged cement (AG 3 RRA aS Gad ae eh se poe ple element of cabo, The See cy nuld ace te sory of the darned tat 8%, ae pat Tn nat” And ny ion ight be cok Pesca hc carn) You must nota my ox! sak OE eeme Fan ancenpertin what wet dtc the ee a you Hr Na sal et respi i 8 05, te Theta of , Har 8 Gal ‘The GREAT TRADITION thea before fon, Agia Tp, ott ok or the deepen Sear ito te fine f conan chance the irae ‘Brlicm some aber htm toe, a when one doa e-bow eeTine ty ley and te tandakes ines tainow Tete anor daring end radia insoeatrin ‘fora method tech ‘igue As his ionortone and experiments are dicated by te TR xian urgent hind of ieteret in fe Thi fs the epi tits ‘Do yo toa Cassnde ia Ars ad Hamer? She it nef the wot ae an wt he Gres an Agamenton id 0 Bet TOPEL trate mating ie ore sober sn =rapedand despoled EE item ett oot your ban ta yoo at test , 90 ee ce it fda pt ay fo resin he Hitcr ve tn nme om the Spe fi, and fb tering Hake cep wr i mthe which hapenr be the a oon te ange of ewes aetaing whch ecole nd veto wo deat Tein pitt that fr al the alkenes elas Laren closely to George lioe* He writes agi, to Edward Games "You see ~ you ell me Tm fall « Frenemn and oni « ‘cohaey. Bot ee Late ery fen the wot md sr SS a he common peopl, m sou sy Coney, ahd Lay be rencman Dus pany Lam 2 paso epous maby ad 9 ‘nena rien the dep my signa expres Tat ‘hockey t,bssne oni men he that Ad my Cooke Leh enenonon ae ely when the deep fing dows ia way hae suo eee aed, ad venient and pl Be iu te liga cr uring an oe it 20 thee fipp cn ings ft, Me Gave as 1 Bes 0 ee eee alm clever nd tre Dat at ot Tejera of te linens ad compan Tein thi opt by vit of which he ean tray sy that ht he 1 ae ee tas)writes tbe writen fom the dep of hi reo experience, Aha rake him in my opinion oo och mare significa in ela: in othe pst and futur, co much more uly creatives techni ‘inventor an innovator,» ase of language tha James Joye. Tow tht Mi‘. 8. Hct has found in Joyee's work eomething Ahatrcommende Joye o him a poste religious i tendency (cee Aur Strange Goa), Butt ees plain to me thst there 00, ‘organic pracpe demining, informing, and contig ito il hte de elaborate amogiel structure, the extracrdinay ‘rst af tenia dove, he eumpt tan exe ene ing of consciousness, for which Usuts i remarlable, and which sot itacorped by conopoltan terry world apa new sta. tis ‘thon think, eed eng seat a pointe to disintegrating View senpthned by Joye'e own development (foe ¥ think it gniean and appropiate tat Work Prag Pimegans Wake, ‘it bese ~ shold baveenguged the interest ofthe inventor of Baie Hog Tis tre tht we ca pint othe inuence of Joye in line of wits to which Mee no paral ing fm Lawrence. But ind here further conimatin ofny vew, For hi ha a thee ‘wes in whom a egretble (ioe) stn of Mr Flos i= ‘ence mens met oin with that of Joyce, we have in ofr ‘ve ave anything siguifca, the wrong Kad of eaton against [beri Tae in tnd wters in whom Mr Blot his caprevsed an interes in srngly favourable em: Djuna Bares E Niphneed Henry Miler, Laveence Durell of The Black Dok Tihs writea~ at ny rate inte last to (ad theft seems 0 ‘ie isignicant) de opi of wht ear offered aes me a brngessenally desi, n Lauren rae, todo di’ on esens to me important tat one should, all mat, beat o's ites theaters "Onc must peak fr ifeand growth, sid this mas of destruction and disintegration Thisis Lawrence, fu iein the opr fal hi work, Ke the epi of orgy 2 SED. nt Rt ei pity apa [361 that gives his novels thir disconcerting quality, and give ther, {he sleianes of weks of gear. Tam not contending that he n'y a= novelist open to gest ao esi, o tat hie achievement ir ana wile sisters (Ge potentaliy bag wha ewan), He wrote hie ater books fc too usrely. But Tanow fem experience tat ar too ey 0 ‘ola tat his ey sim nd tention condemned hi tate Shaasfacorinss Tam thinking in pardcalar of two Hooks st ‘which he worked very Bard and in which he developed hie di Concerti eigial interes end spproachs ~The fib an owen it Love, Reed, they sem to me astonishing works of enn and very much ore arglyeaccesful than they did when Tread'them (a) fen years ago Isl dhink hae The Rais ioctl up sfiety into a whale, But shouldn't be qui to offer my ec of omen i Lae, beng prety nue teat 1 ‘Bouldin amy cae ave once more to cit ssl of upisy nd habtblndnes op later reveading- Asd aftr these novels ‘here comes, ete, perhaps with an eae ented by this hard ‘work done alge Body of act storie and noe ha area indubialy succes Wools of genie a9 any he woeld bat to show. hav, then, given my hostages, What thnk end judge Ihave tinted responsibly and clesy a4 cn, Jane Asteny George lo, Henry James, Conad, and D. H, Lavwiensethe great ad ‘don ofthe Bags novel tare, 1 is tempting to ser that sere only one Brent. Atly, Carley thoogh claiming ao pct im the gest Une of Eagsh Fin (sgt that she could’ ce why ay vl should De atached to Jane Austen), has a pesmanere itera oft minor ‘ind, She ads rernlable tales tht enabled ert dossnething firsthand, nd new inthe reading ef personal exeience, above tio Valet fe)“Toe geaiue, of eure, wa Emily. Ihave sid othing about Wchrng Flr becse tha eons work seems fo me nd of spect. sy, all the same ey well ve ad some fa ‘nce of an eseatally undetecabie kind: she broke complel, land in the mow callenging wy, both withthe Sot ein tha imposed on dhe novelnt« romantic resolution fh theres, aad vith the radion coming down frm he eghtenth century tat ‘demanded s ple mio election ofthe surface of re he-Out lof hera minor tradition comes, o which belong most notably, The Hoss with the Grace Shuts 2 GEORGE ELIOT ee ‘The Early Phase ‘Tusnsie general agremen that en ppm of Gontge Bot must ‘be good del preoccupied with sje discriminations ~ tht the body of er work exhite within el scking differences not merely of kind, ut berwen the more andthe le stisatory nd Cxhibt them in sucha way thatthe story of erat beso fecn as someting es happy int esi ics than jt an wel ing of fer gent, « prosperous development of her distinctive powers, with growing maturity. Tee general syed tht tis spect fhe performance signin ested to the fr of bet having displayed impresiveintlecial git outside her art, mo thatahe waa distinguished Sigur inthe word of Herbert Speer sd the Wetmier Review before she became asi: An there is someching lke a unanimity tothe eft Unt inte of her, among reat novels, to be peuly addicted to moral reseupation, “Tae foree of his lst ~ what amounts too intends and the Snieanoe it has for etcem ~ beavis ell ‘Sit with a preliminary glance at what from hs hous wth the {ites the reader ely to real an alsee ctblised bla acroat fhe flo vision, Henry James seas tome to hae shown Set inteligence than anyone ee in wrtng sot George Elo ond inhisrevew othe Cros Life offs, tele th fo hes, the one bol