The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1The reminiscences of the author's lifetime; insight on life and art; education, discipline and training of a writer. |
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... interest the public in the lower classes . Novels and plays that dealt with them were very generally con- sidered sordid . It will be curious to see if now that these classes have acquired political power the public at large will take ...
... interest the public in the lower classes . Novels and plays that dealt with them were very generally con- sidered sordid . It will be curious to see if now that these classes have acquired political power the public at large will take ...
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... interest . It is important in a novel too , but here greater space permits of greater latitude and , just as according to the idealists evil is transformed into the perfect good of the Absolute , so certain digressions may take their ...
... interest . It is important in a novel too , but here greater space permits of greater latitude and , just as according to the idealists evil is transformed into the perfect good of the Absolute , so certain digressions may take their ...
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... interest has been aroused and the plot is the means by which you gratify this desire . A good story is obviously a ... interest . That is possibly the most important thing in fiction , for it is by direction of interest that the author ...
... interest has been aroused and the plot is the means by which you gratify this desire . A good story is obviously a ... interest . That is possibly the most important thing in fiction , for it is by direction of interest that the author ...
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