In the sect – fairly large and yet unusually choice – of Au… - George Saintsbury

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In the sect – fairly large and yet unusually choice – of Austenians or Janites, there would probably be found partisans of the claim to primacy of almost every one of the novels.

George Saintsbury

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George Edward Bateman Saintsbury (23 October 1845 – 28 January 1933) was a prolific and popular English historian and literary scholar.

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Birth Name: George Edward Bateman Saintsbury

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