The renowned British novelist's "casual and wittily acute guidance" on reading -- and writing -- great fiction (Harper's Magazine).

Renowned for such classics as A Room with a View, Howards End, and A Passage to India, E. M. Forster was one of Britain's -- and the world's -- most distinguished fiction writers, a frequent nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In this collection of lectures delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1927, he takes a wide-ranging look at English-language novels -- with specific examples from such masters as Dickens and Austen -- discussing the elements they all have in common.

Using a witty, informal tone and drawing on his extensive readings in French and Russian literature, Forster discusses his ideas in reference to such figures as Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Proust; explains the difference between "flat" and "round" characters and between plot and story; and ultimately provides an "admirable and delightful" education for anyone who appreciates the art of a good book (The New York Times).

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• Publication Date: July 1, 2010
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• Print Length: 111 Pages
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