 Whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff, I do not know: I scarcely think it is. But this I know: the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master - something that, at times, strangely...  Littell's Living Age - Page 1431851Full view - About this book
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...demon life - a Ghoul an Afreet. Whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff, I do not know: I scarcely think it is. But this I...years lie in subjection; and then, haply without any warning of revolt, there comes a time when it will no longer consent to 'harrow the valleys, or be... | |
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...her sister's work, she says :— " Whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff. I do not know : I scarcely think it is. But this I know, the writ er who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master — something... | |
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