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Page 68
... novelists began to disclose the diversity that they had found in themselves or seen in others , they were accused of malign- ing the human race . So far as I know the first novelist who did this with deliberate intention was Stendhal in ...
... novelists began to disclose the diversity that they had found in themselves or seen in others , they were accused of malign- ing the human race . So far as I know the first novelist who did this with deliberate intention was Stendhal in ...
Page 91
... novelist is ill - advised to be too technical . The practice , which came into fashion in the nineties , of using a multitude of cant terms is tiresome . It should be possible to give verisimilitude without that , and atmosphere is ...
... novelist is ill - advised to be too technical . The practice , which came into fashion in the nineties , of using a multitude of cant terms is tiresome . It should be possible to give verisimilitude without that , and atmosphere is ...
Page 217
... novelist claims to be an artist and the artist does not copy life , he makes an arrangement out of it to suit his own purposes . Just as the painter thinks with his brush and his colours the novelist thinks with his story ; his view of ...
... novelist claims to be an artist and the artist does not copy life , he makes an arrangement out of it to suit his own purposes . Just as the painter thinks with his brush and his colours the novelist thinks with his story ; his view of ...
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