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“Fresh instruction o'er the mind”: Exploit and example in Victorian fiction

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  1. Peter Merchant
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Peter Merchant teaches English at Christ Church College, Canterbury, U. K., and has research interests in the 18th and 19th centuries. His article on Blackmore'sLorna Doone appears inCLE, 18(4), Winter 1987.

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Merchant, P. “Fresh instruction o'er the mind”: Exploit and example in Victorian fiction. Child Lit Educ 20, 9–24 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01128037

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