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Aspects of the Novel

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8th November 2012

Price: £17.99

Selected:  Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781444765182

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Full of Forster’s renowned wit and perceptiveness, ASPECTS OF THE NOVEL offers a rare insight into the art of fiction from one of our greatest novelists.

‘His is a book to encourage dreaming.’ Virginia Woolf

Forster pares down the novel to its essential elements as he sees them: story, people, plot, fantasy, prophecy, pattern and rhythm. He illustrates each aspect with examples from their greatest exponents, not hesitating as he does so to pass controversial judgement on the works of, among others, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens and Henry James.

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Virginia Woolf
His is a book to encourage dreaming.