"The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human life cannot be expected to be any more so."

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Historians from EnglandNovelists from EnglandExistentialistsUniversity of Oxford facultyEditors from England
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Preface, Second edition (21 June 1849), added in response to some controversies and rumors caused by the publication of the first edition of his novel. There were no changes made in the text of the novel itself.