The Art of Fiction
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This book is an appreciation of the art of novels written by the British novelist and literary theorist David Lodge. It provides general readers with a way to appreciate the art of novels. It can also be used as an introduction to academic theory and a guide to writing techniques. This book is divided into fifty chapters, giving an in-depth and simple explanation of the art of fiction from fifty aspects. Each article quotes one or two novel fragments, and based on a close reading and analysis of the text, demonstrates all aspects of novel techniques, including the opening remarks in traditional novels, delicate characterization techniques, and the unique theories of stream of consciousness and metafiction in modern and post-modern novels. Most of the chapters in the book have been published as columns in the Sunday Independent and the Washington Post. The content covers a wide range of topics, including almost every major classical and modern writer in the history of English fiction, such as Fielding, Thackeray, Austen, Henry James, Joyce, Hemingway, Beckett, Milan Kundera, etc. The writing is both easy to understand and professional and accurate, and can be used as a textbook and reference book for novel learning and writing. The author's humorous and interesting writing style also makes it suitable for the tastes of public readers. When "The Art of Fiction" was published in the 1990s, it was on the British non-fiction bestseller list. The Financial Times commented: "It is the most outstanding novel study for the general public since Forster's "Aspects of the Novel"."
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