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If Winter Comes Study Guide

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by A. S. M. Hutchinson
About 6 pages (1,793 words)
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Literary Precedents

Hutchinson's fiction derives from the great tradition of the English novel as seen in the work of Charles Dickens.

Like him, Hutchinson believes in the moral function of literature. His characters are rewarded for long-suffering virtue, punished for their sins, and sometimes redeemed through their punishment. Reading This Freedom (1922), one is reminded of Dickens's chastened heroes at the end of Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son (1848) and Hard Times: For These Times.....

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If Winter Comes from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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