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Question
_____________ is the pioneer of the ‘Stream of Consciousness’ technique in English novel.
Options
Agatha Christie
Jane Austen
Virginia Woolf
Solution
Virginia Woolf is the pioneer of the ‘Stream of Consciousness’ technique in English novel.
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