The Art of Fiction by Walter Besant, Henry James

The Art of Fiction

Walter Besant, Henry James

nonfiction classics essays reflective slow-paced

96 pages | first published 1884

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In this classic essay which originally appeared in his 1888 collection Partial Portraits, Henry James argues against rigid proscriptions on the novelist's choice of subject and method of treatment. He maintains that the widest possible freedom in ...
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